n. Abuse. [ Obs. ] Whately (1634). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Embassage. [ Obs. or R. ] Luke xiv. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bossage, fr. bosse. See Boss a stud. ] 1. (Arch.) A stone in a building, left rough and projecting, to be afterward carved into shape. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Rustic work, consisting of stones which seem to advance beyond the level of the building, by reason of indentures or channels left in the joinings. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A sum formerly levied to pay the expense of coinage; -- now called seigniorage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impudent; bold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A passage different from the usual one; a byway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Corset. ] 1. The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as, a low corsage.

2. def>a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere. [ PJC ]

n. [ From L. desponsus, p. p. See Despond. ] Betrothal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethelbert . . . went peaceably to King Offa for desponsage of Athilrid, his daughter. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse. [ R. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. dosage. See Dose, v. ] 1. (Med.) The administration of medicine in doses; specif., a scheme or system of grading doses of medicine according to age, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The process of adding some ingredient, as to wine, to give flavor, character, or strength. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. same as dose{ 1 }; as, 200 mg q.i.d. [ wns=1 ] [ PJC ]

4. the quantity of a medicine or other substance given to an animal, expressed as a quantity per body weight; as, use a dosage of 10 milligrams per kilogram [ PJC ]

5. the quantity of radiation given to or absorbed by an object; as, a maximum dosage of 1 mrad per day is allowed. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- dose. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. maneuvers of a horse in response to body signals by the rider. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. An embassy. “He sent a solemn embassage.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Except your embassages have better success. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Message; errand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Envisaged p. pr. & vb. n. Envisaging ] [ F. envisager; pref. en- (L. in) + visage face, visage. See Visage. ] To look in the face of; to apprehend; to regard. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

From the very dawn of existence the infant must envisage self, and body acting on self. McCosh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of envisaging. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Espousal. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The charge for carrying a parcel by express. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Elec.) The intensity of a magnetic field expressed in C.G.S. units, or gausses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of a harsh or stern countenance; hard-featured. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From House. ] A fee for keeping goods in a house. [ R. ] Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. cruel or inhumane treatment.
Syn. -- maltreatment, ill-treatment, abuse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Is- + Gr. a`gelos information. ] Containing the same information; as, isagelous sentences. “The coded message and the original, though appearing entirely unlike, are completely isagelous.” Bacon “The complementary strands have isagelous sequences.” J. D. Watson. -- n. One of two or more objects containing the same information. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A rubbing or kneading of the body, especially when performed as a hygienic or remedial measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Med.) To treat by means of massage; to rub or knead; as, to massage a patient with ointment. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. missaticum, fr. L. mittere, missum, to send. See Mission, and cf. Messenger. ] 1. Any notice, word, or communication, written or verbal, sent from one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ehud said, I have a message from God unto thee. Judg. iii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specifically, an official communication, not made in person, but delivered by a messenger; as, the President's message. [ 1913 Webster ]

Message shell. See Shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bear as a message. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., fr. OF. message, fr. LL. missaticus. See 1st Message. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ] A messenger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. A stick, carved with lines and dots, used, esp. by Australian aborigines, to convey information. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. mésusage. ] Bad treatment; abuse. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A tributary of the Missouri River.
Syn. -- Osage River. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. 1. A member of the Osages, a tribe of North American Indians formerly living in western Missouri. [ PJC ]

2. The language of the Osages, a siouxan language. [ PJC ]

(Bot.) An ornamental tree of the genus Maclura (Maclura aurantiaca), closely allied to the mulberry (Morus); also, its fruit. The tree was first found in the country of the Osage Indians, and bears a hard and inedible fruit of an orangelike appearance. See Bois d'arc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Osage (Ethnol.) A tribe of southern Sioux Indians, now living in the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. passage. See Pass, v. i. ] 1. The act of passing; transit from one place to another; movement from point to point; a going by, over, across, or through; as, the passage of a man or a carriage; the passage of a ship or a bird; the passage of light; the passage of fluids through the pores or channels of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

What! are my doors opposed against my passage! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Transit by means of conveyance; journey, as by water, carriage, car, or the like; travel; right, liberty, or means, of passing; conveyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ship in which he had taken passage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Price paid for the liberty to pass; fare; as, to pay one's passage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Removal from life; decease; departure; death. [ R. ] “Endure thy mortal passage.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

When he is fit and season'd for his passage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Way; road; path; channel or course through or by which one passes; way of exit or entrance; way of access or transit. Hence, a common avenue to various apartments in a building; a hall; a corridor. [ 1913 Webster ]

And with his pointed dart
Explores the nearest passage to his heart. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Persian army had advanced into the . . . passages of Cilicia. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A continuous course, process, or progress; a connected or continuous series; as, the passage of time. [ 1913 Webster ]

The conduct and passage of affairs. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A separate part of a course, process, or series; an occurrence; an incident; an act or deed. “In thy passages of life.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The . . . almost incredible passage of their unbelief. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A particular portion constituting a part of something continuous; esp., a portion of a book, speech, or musical composition; a paragraph; a clause. [ 1913 Webster ]

How commentators each dark passage shun. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Reception; currency. [ Obs. ] Sir K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A pass or en encounter; as, a passage at arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

No passages of love
Betwixt us twain henceforward evermore. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

11. A movement or an evacuation of the bowels. [ 1913 Webster ]

12. In parliamentary proceedings: (a) The course of a proposition (bill, resolution, etc.) through the several stages of consideration and action; as, during its passage through Congress the bill was amended in both Houses. (b) The advancement of a bill or other proposition from one stage to another by an affirmative vote; esp., the final affirmative action of the body upon a proposition; hence, adoption; enactment; as, the passage of the bill to its third reading was delayed. “The passage of the Stamp Act.” D. Hosack. [ 1913 Webster ]

The final question was then put upon its passage. Cushing. [ 1913 Webster ]

In passage, in passing; cursorily. “These . . . have been studied but in passage.” Bacon. --
Middle passage,
Northeast passage,
Northwest passage. See under Middle, Northeast, etc. --
Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of birds. “Birds of passage.” Longfellow. --
Passage hawk, a hawk taken on its passage or migration. --
Passage money, money paid for conveyance of a passenger, -- usually for carrying passengers by water. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Vestibule; hall; corridor. See Vestibule. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Passenger. ] A passenger; a bird or boat of passage. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A way for passage; a hall. See Passage, 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. peser to weigh. ] A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. présage, L. praesagium, from praesagire. See Presage, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Something which foreshows or portends a future event; a prognostic; an omen; an augury. “Joy and shout -- presage of victory.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power to look the future, or the exercise of that power; foreknowledge; presentiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

If there be aught of presage in the mind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prognostic; omen; token; sign; presentiment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Presaged p. pr. & vb. n. Presaging. ] [ F. présager, L. praesagire: prae before + sagire to perceive acutely or sharply. See Sagacious. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To have a presentiment of; to feel beforehand; to foreknow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To foretell; to predict; to foreshow; to indicate. [ 1913 Webster ]

My dreams presage some joyful news at hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form or utter a prediction; -- sometimes used with of. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of presages; ominous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dark in the glass of some presageful mood. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is presaged, or foretold. [ R. ] “Ominous presagement before his end. ” Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, presages; a foreteller; a foreboder. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. prisage a praising, valuing, taxing; cf. LL. prisagium prisage; or from F. prise a taking, capture, prize. See Prize. ] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A right belonging to the crown of England, of taking two tuns of wine from every ship importing twenty tuns or more, -- one before and one behind the mast. By charter of Edward I. butlerage was substituted for this. Blackstone. (b) The share of merchandise taken as lawful prize at sea which belongs to the king or admiral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of repassing; passage back. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Repoussé. ] (Art) Art or process of hammering out or pressing thin metal from the reverse side: (1) in producing repoussé work; (2) in leveling up any part of an etched plate that has been worked so as to cause a depression. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OE. sauge, F. sauge, L. salvia, from salvus saved, in allusion to its reputed healing virtues. See Safe. ] (Bot.) (a) A suffruticose labiate plant (Salvia officinalis) with grayish green foliage, much used in flavoring meats, etc. The name is often extended to the whole genus, of which many species are cultivated for ornament, as the scarlet sage, and Mexican red and blue sage. (b) The sagebrush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meadow sage (Bot.), a blue-flowered species of Salvia (Salvia pratensis) growing in meadows in Europe. --
Sage cheese, cheese flavored with sage, and colored green by the juice of leaves of spinach and other plants which are added to the milk. --
Sage cock (Zool.), the male of the sage grouse; in a more general sense, the specific name of the sage grouse. --
Sage green, of a dull grayish green color, like the leaves of garden sage. --
Sage grouse (Zool.), a very large American grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), native of the dry sagebrush plains of Western North America. Called also cock of the plains. The male is called sage cock, and the female sage hen. --
Sage hare, or
Sage rabbit (Zool.), a species of hare (Lepus Nuttalli syn. Lepus artemisia) which inhabits the arid regions of Western North America and lives among sagebrush. By recent writers it is considered to be merely a variety of the common cottontail, or wood rabbit. --
Sage hen (Zool.), the female of the sage grouse. --
Sage sparrow (Zool.), a small sparrow (Amphispiza Belli, var. Nevadensis) which inhabits the dry plains of the Rocky Mountain region, living among sagebrush. --
Sage thrasher (Zool.), a singing bird (Oroscoptes montanus) which inhabits the sagebrush plains of Western North America. --
Sage willow (Bot.), a species of willow (Salix tristis) forming a low bush with nearly sessile grayish green leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Sager superl. Sagest. ] [ F., fr. L. sapius (only in nesapius unwise, foolish), fr. sapere to be wise; perhaps akin to E. sap. Cf. Savor, Sapient, Insipid. ] 1. Having nice discernment and powers of judging; prudent; grave; sagacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

All you sage counselors, hence! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proceeding from wisdom; well judged; shrewd; well adapted to the purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commanders, who, cloaking their fear under show of sage advice, counseled the general to retreat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Grave; serious; solemn. [ R. ] “[ Great bards ] in sage and solemn tunes have sung.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wise; sagacious; sapient; grave; prudent; judicious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A wise man; a man of gravity and wisdom; especially, a man venerable for years, and of sound judgment and prudence; a grave philosopher. [ 1913 Webster ]

At his birth a star,
Unseen before in heaven, proclaims him come,
And guides the Eastern sages. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order Compositae, covering vast tracts of the dry alkaline regions of the American plains; -- called also sagebush, and wild sage. [ 1913 Webster ]