v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Abhorred p. pr. & vb. n. Abhorring. ] [ L. abhorrere; ab + horrere to bristle, shiver, shudder: cf. F. abhorrer. See Horrid. ] 1. To shrink back with shuddering from; to regard with horror or detestation; to feel excessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fill with horror or disgust. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It doth abhor me now I speak the word. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Canon Law) To protest against; to reject solemnly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul
Refuse you for my judge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To hate; detest; loathe; abominate. See Hate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To shrink back with horror, disgust, or dislike; to be contrary or averse; -- with from. [ Obs. ] “To abhor from those vices.” Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which is utterly abhorring from the end of all law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. anker, AS. ancor, oncer, L. ancora, sometimes spelt anchora, fr. Gr. 'a`gkyra, akin to E. angle: cf. F. ancre. See Angle, n. ] 1. A iron instrument which is attached to a ship by a cable (rope or chain), and which, being cast overboard, lays hold of the earth by a fluke or hook and thus retains the ship in a particular station. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The common anchor consists of a straight bar called a shank, having at one end a transverse bar called a stock, above which is a ring for the cable, and at the other end the crown, from which branch out two or more arms with flukes, forming with the shank a suitable angle to enter the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

Formerly the largest and strongest anchor was the sheet anchor (hence, Fig., best hope or last refuge), called also waist anchor. Now the bower and the sheet anchor are usually alike. Then came the best bower and the small bower (so called from being carried on the bows). The stream anchor is one fourth the weight of the bower anchor. Kedges or kedge anchors are light anchors used in warping. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any instrument or contrivance serving a purpose like that of a ship's anchor, as an arrangement of timber to hold a dam fast; a contrivance to hold the end of a bridge cable, or other similar part; a contrivance used by founders to hold the core of a mold in place. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: That which gives stability or security; that on which we place dependence for safety. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul. Heb. vi. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) An emblem of hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Arch.) (a) A metal tie holding adjoining parts of a building together. (b) Carved work, somewhat resembling an anchor or arrowhead; -- a part of the ornaments of certain moldings. It is seen in the echinus, or egg-and-anchor (called also egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue) ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Zool.) One of the anchor-shaped spicules of certain sponges; also, one of the calcareous spinules of certain Holothurians, as in species of Synapta. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Television) an achorman, anchorwoman, or anchorperson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anchor ice. See under Ice. --
Anchor light See the vocabulary. --
Anchor ring. (Math.) Same as Annulus, 2 (b). --
Anchor shot See the vocabulary. --
Anchor space See the vocabulary. --
Anchor stock (Naut.), the crossbar at the top of the shank at right angles to the arms. --
Anchor watch See the vocabulary. --
The anchor comes home, when it drags over the bottom as the ship drifts. --
Foul anchor, the anchor when it hooks, or is entangled with, another anchor, or with a cable or wreck, or when the slack cable is entangled. --
The anchor is acockbill, when it is suspended perpendicularly from the cathead, ready to be let go. --
The anchor is apeak, when the cable is drawn in so tight as to bring the ship directly over it. --
The anchor is atrip, or
aweigh, when it is lifted out of the ground. --
The anchor is awash, when it is hove up to the surface of the water. --
At anchor, anchored. --
To back an anchor, to increase the holding power by laying down a small anchor ahead of that by which the ship rides, with the cable fastened to the crown of the latter to prevent its coming home. --
To cast anchor, to drop or let go an anchor to keep a ship at rest. --
To cat the anchor, to hoist the anchor to the cathead and pass the ring-stopper. --
To fish the anchor, to hoist the flukes to their resting place (called the bill-boards), and pass the shank painter. --
To weigh anchor, to heave or raise the anchor so as to sail away. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anchored p. pr. & vb. n. Anchoring. ] [ Cf. F. ancrer. ] 1. To place at anchor; to secure by an anchor; as, to anchor a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fix or fasten; to fix in a stable condition; as, to anchor the cables of a suspension bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till that my nails were anchored in thine eyes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To cast anchor; to come to anchor; as, our ship (or the captain) anchored in the stream. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stop; to fix or rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

My invention . . . anchors on Isabel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. anker, ancre, AS. ancra, fr. L. anachoreta. See Anchoret. ] An anchoret. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. authour, autour, OF. autor, F. auteur, fr. L. auctor, sometimes, but erroneously, written autor or author, fr. augere to increase, to produce. See Auction, n. ] 1. The beginner, former, or first mover of anything; hence, the efficient cause of a thing; a creator; an originator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eternal King; thee, Author of all being. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who composes or writes a book; a composer, as distinguished from an editor, translator, or compiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chief glory of every people arises from its authors. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The editor of a periodical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An informant. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To occasion; to originate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an overthrow . . . I have authored. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To tell; to say; to declare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

More of him I dare not author. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Gr. bi`os life + fo`ros bearing, fr. fe`rein to bear. ] (Biol.) One of the smaller vital units of a cell, the bearer of vitality and heredity. See Pangen, in Supplement. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [ R. ] Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. canfora, Sp. camfora, alcanfor, LL. canfora, camphora, NGr. kafoyra`), fr. Ar. kāfūr, prob. fr. Skr. karpūra. ] 1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphora of Linnæus.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. originally, a gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops aromatica formerly Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; now applied to its main constituent, a terpene alcohol obtainable as a white solid C10H18O, called also Borneo camphor, Malay camphor, Malayan camphor, camphor of Borneo, Sumatra camphor, bornyl alcohol, camphol, and borneol. The isomer from Dryobalanops is dextrorotatory; the levoratatory form is obtainable from other species of plants, and the racemic mixture may be obtained by reduction of camphor. It is used in perfumery, and for manufacture of its esters. See Borneol. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. --
Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a writer who collaborates with others in writing something.
Syn. -- joint author. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. 1. to to be an author of, together with another author or authors; to author jointly with others. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to exist together at the same time.
Syn. -- coexist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ Pref. dis- + anchor: cf. F. désancrer. ] To raise the anchor of, as a ship; to weigh anchor. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as egg-and-dart.
Syn. -- egg-and-dart, egg-and-tongue. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Ephors L. Ephori [ L. ephorus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to oversee; &unr_; + &unr_; to see: cf. F. éphore. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A magistrate; one of a body of five magistrates chosen by the people of ancient Sparta. They exercised control even over the king. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ichw`r: cf. F. ichor. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. xhw`ra space. ] (Physics) A line upon a thermodynamic diagram so drawn as to represent the pressures corresponding to changes of temperature when the volume of the gas operated on is constant. -- I`so*chor"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Litho- + phosphor. ] A stone that becomes phosphoric by heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; G. pl. Männerchöre /plu>. [ G.; männer, pl. of mann man + chor chorus. ] A German men's chorus or singing club. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ n. [ Per. mār-khōr snake eater. ] (Zool.) A large wild goat (Capra falconeri syn. Capra megaceros), having huge flattened spiral horns. It inhabits the mountains of Northern India and Cashmere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. métaphore, L. metaphora, fr. Gr. metafora`, fr. metafe`rein to carry over, transfer; meta` beyond, over + fe`rein to bring, bear. ] (Rhet.) The transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation; a compressed simile; e. g., the ship plows the sea. Abbott & Seeley. “All the world's a stage.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The statement, “that man is a fox, ” is a metaphor; but “that man is like a fox, ” is a simile, similitude, or comparison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. phosphor. See Phosphorus. ] 1. Phosphorus. [ Obs. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [ Poetic and Rare ] Pope. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A phosphorescent substance. [ archaic ] [ PJC ]

4. A substance capable of exhibiting luminescence. This term is now most commonly used to refer to substances used in fluorescent lights, image intensifiers, or cathode-ray tubes (CRT's), which luminesce when excited by ultraviolet radiation or an electron beam. In color CRT's, three different phosphors, each giving different colors when excited, are used. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. rhéteur. See Rhetor. ] A rhetorician; a careful writer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If a rethor couthe fair endite. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Naut.) See Drag sail, under 4th Drag. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. Cf. Señor, Senior. ] A Portuguese title of courtesy corresponding to the Spanish señor or the English Mr. or sir; also, a gentleman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

[ OE. scheten to shoot, AS. sceótan; cf. OE. shoot anchor. See Shoot, v. t. ] 1. (Naut.) A large anchor stowed on shores outside the waist of a vessel; -- called also waist anchor. See the Note under Anchor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything regarded as a sure support or dependence in danger; the best hope or refuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. þōrs. Cf. Thursday. ] (Scand. Myth.) The god of thunder, and son of Odin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + anchor. ] To loose from the anchor, as a ship. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) Same as Voucher, 3 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]