a. Full of abuse; abusive. [ R. ] “Abuseful names.” Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to adventure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Terrifying; frightful. -- Af*fright"ful*ly, adv. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]

Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Affused p. pr. & vb. n. Affusing ] [ L. affusus, p. p. of affundere to pour to; ad + fundere. See Fuse. ] To pour out or upon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. affusion. ] The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism. Specifically: (Med) The act of pouring water or other fluid on the whole or a part of the body, as a remedy in disease. Dunglison. [ archaic ] AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Helpful. [ Archaic. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having full power over all aspects of a situation.
Syn. -- almighty, omnipotent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. All-powerful; almighty. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain. ] A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of amazement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Much improving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Apronfuls The quantity an apron can hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Armfulus As much as the arm can hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Art. ] 1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [ Archaic ] “Artful strains.” “Artful terms.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artificial; imitative. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ was ] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [ The usual sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The artful revenge of various animals. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky; deceitful; designing. See Cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. A furnace or oven for fritting materials for glass making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Helpful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Vengeful. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Watchful; circumspect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. “The hour of Nature's awful throes.” Hemans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Struck or filled with awe; terror-stricken. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Worshipful; reverential; law-abiding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; -- applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very; excessively. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The awfulness of grandeur. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Producing in us reverence and awfulness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quantity that a bag will hold; as, he ate a bagful of popcorn.
Syn. -- bag. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ AS. bealoful. See Bale misery. ] 1. Full of deadly or pernicious influence; destructive. “Baleful enemies.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Four infernal rivers that disgorge
Into the burning lake their baleful streams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of grief or sorrow; woeful; sad. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a baleful manner; perniciously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being baleful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. “Baneful hemlock.” Garth. “Baneful wrath.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bane"ful*ly, adv. --Bane"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of obstructions. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quantity that a barn will hold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold.
Syn. -- barrel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Bash. ] 1. Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Very modest, or modest to excess; constitutionally disposed to shrink from public notice; indicating extreme or excessive modesty; shy; as, a bashful person, action, expression. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Diffident; retiring; reserved; shamefaced; sheepish. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bashful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being bashful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Bashfulness, Modesty, Diffidence, Shyness. Modesty arises from a low estimate of ourselves; bashfulness is an abashment or agitation of the spirits at coming into contact with others; diffidence is produced by an undue degree of self-distrust; shyness usually arises from an excessive self-consciousness, and a painful impression that every one is looking at us. Modesty of deportment is becoming in all; bashfulness often gives rise to mistakes and blundering; diffidence in society frequently makes a man a burden to himself; shyness usually produces a reserve or distance which is often mistaken for haughtiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Base, n.+ L. fugere to flee. ] (Bot.) Tending or proceeding away from the base; as, a basifugal growth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Basketfuls As much as a basket will contain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exciting contention; contentious. [ Obs. ] “It did bateful question frame.” Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Icel. bati amelioration, batna to grow better; akin to AS. bet better. Goth. ga-batnan to profit. √255. Cf. Batten, v. i., Better. ] Rich; fertile. [ Obs. ] “Batful valleys.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Beamy; radiant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Handsome; elegant; lovely; fair; charming; graceful; pretty; delightful. See Fine.

-- Beau"ti*ful*ly, adv. -- Beau"ti*ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Befuddled To becloud and confuse, as with liquor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. dazed by alcoholic drink. the wino's poor befuddled mind
Syn. -- stupefied. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. unclear in mind or intent; filled with bewilderment.
Syn. -- at sea, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed, mixed-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. confused and vague; used especially of thinking.
Syn. -- addled, befogged, muddled, muzzy, unclear, woolly, wooly, woolly-headed, wooly-minded. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Advantageous; useful; profitable. [ Archaic ] -- Be*hoove"ful*ly, adv. -- Be*hoove"ful*ness, n. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having belief or faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]

King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or or . A fuse used in blasting, consisting of a long cylinder of explosive material inclosed in a varnished wrapping of rope or hose. It burns from 2 to 4 feet a minute. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. To divide into two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + furcate. ] 1. Two-pronged; forked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. divided into or made up of two parts. socially bifurcated populations
Syn. -- chesty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. bifurcation. ] A forking, or division into two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]