‖n. [ G. ] See Legislature, Austria, Prussia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F. avantageux, fr. avantage. ] Being of advantage; conferring advantage; gainful; profitable; useful; beneficial; as, an advantageous position; trade is advantageous to a nation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advabtageous comparison with any other country. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

You see . . . of what use a good reputation is, and how swift and advantageous a harbinger it is, wherever one goes. Chesterfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Profitably; with advantage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Profitableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ From Albi and Albigeois, a town and its district in the south of France, in which the sect abounded. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A sect of reformers opposed to the church of Rome in the 12th centuries. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Albigenses were a branch of the Catharists (the pure). They were exterminated by crusades and the Inquisition. They were distinct from the Waldenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + geography. ] The science of the human species as to geographical distribution and environment. Broadly, it includes industrial, commercial, and political geography, and that part of ethnology which deals with distribution and physical environment. -- An`thro*po*ge*og"ra*pher n. -- An`thro*po*ge`o*graph"ic*al a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A cement or distemper paste (as of plaster and powdered freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, finish a surface, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. of or pertaining to biogeography. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. geography. ] The branch of biology which deals with the geographical distribution of animals and plants. It includes both zoögeography and phytogeography. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic a. -- Bi`o*ge`o*graph"ic*al*ly adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. Ir. blocan a little block, Gael. plocan a mallet, W. plocyn, dim. of ploc block; or perh. connected with E. blow a stroke. Cf. Block, Blow a stroke. ] A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From a French type founder named Bourgeois, or fr. F. bourgeois of the middle class; hence applied to an intermediate size of type between brevier and long primer: cf. G. bourgeois, borgis. Cf. Burgess. ] (Print.) A size of type between long primer and brevier. See Type. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in bourgeois type. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. bourg town; of German origin. See Burgess. ] A man of middle rank in society; one of the shopkeeping class. [ France. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characteristic of the middle class, as in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise. ] To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Print.) See 1st Bourgeois. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois. [ R. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To bud. See Bourgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an event that results in a transformation.
Syn. -- conversion, transition. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Burdensome. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I was chargeous to no man. Wyclif, (2 Cor. xi. 9). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chirurgien, from chirurgie surgery, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; working or operating with the hand; chei`r hand + &unr_; work. Cf. Surgeon, Work. ] A surgeon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Surgically. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of clerc. See Clerk. ] A chorister boy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Coccygeal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. courageux. ] Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold. [ 1913 Webster ]

With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow.

Syn. -- Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous; enterprising. See Gallant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a courageous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being courageous; courage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cornmudgin, where -mudgin is prob. from OF. muchier, mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares skulking thieves, E. miche, micher. ] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. dia` through, at variance + &unr_; earth + &unr_; turning. ] (Bot.) Relating to, or exhibiting, diageotropism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The tendency of organs (as roots) of plants to assume a position oblique or transverse to a direction towards the center of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. désavantageux. ] Attended with disadvantage; unfavorable to success or prosperity; inconvenient; prejudicial; -- opposed to advantageous; as, the situation of an army is disadvantageous for attack or defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even in the disadvantageous position in which he had been placed, he gave clear indications of future excellence. Prescott.

-- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ly, adv. -- Dis*ad`van*ta"geous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strip of burgeons or buds; to disbud. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. dis- + vantage. ] Disadvantageous. [ Obs. ] “Disadvantageous ground.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The root of the box tree, of which hafts for daggers were made. Gerarde (1597). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The haft of a dagger. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dudgeon-hafted dagger; a dagger. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ W. dygen anger, grudge. ] Resentment; ill will; anger; displeasure. [ 1913 Webster ]

I drink it to thee in dudgeon and hostility. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sir T. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Homely; rude; coarse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By my troth, though I am plain and dudgeon,
I would not be an ass. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon. ] A close, dark prison, commonly, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. [ 1913 Webster ]

Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Epigæous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj&unr_;l (as if fr. a LL. flautio;us), of flaüte, flahute, F. fl&unr_;te. See Flute. ] (Mus.) A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf. F. géocentrique. ] (Astron.) (a) Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet. [ 1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Geocentric latitude (of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a geocentric manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of giant tortoises.
Syn. -- genus Geochelone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + chemistry. ] The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth. -- Ge`o*chem"ic*al a. -- Ge`o*chem"ist n. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The genus of birds comprising the roadrunners.
Syn. -- genus Geococcyx. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + Kro`nos Saturn, the alchemistic name of lead: cf. G. geokronit. ] (Min.) A lead-gray or grayish blue mineral with a metallic luster, consisting of sulphur, antimony, and lead, with a small proportion of arsenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ky`klos circle. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or illustrating, the revolutions of the earth; as, a geocyclic machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Circling the earth periodically. [ 1913 Webster ]