a. [ Cf. F. abolissable. ] Capable of being abolished. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being accomplished; practicable. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The hypoptilum. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as after-shave lotion.
Syn. -- after-shave lotion [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving.
Syn. -- after-shave [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A passage, usually vertical, for admitting fresh air into a mine or a tunnel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends.
Syn. -- amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } (Min.) A variety of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. erzmarschall. See Arch-, pref. ] The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Botany) like an arrow head without flaring base lobes; -- of a leaf shape.
Syn. -- sagittate, sagittiform. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + shame: cf. AS. āscamian to shame (where ā- is the same as Goth. us-, G. er-, and orig. meant out), gescamian, gesceamian, to shame. ] To shame. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Orig. a p. p. of ashame, v. t. ] Affected by shame; abashed or confused by guilt, or a conviction or consciousness of some wrong action or impropriety. “I am ashamed to beg.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that forsake thee shall be ashamed. Jer. xvii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

I began to be ashamed of sitting idle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enough to make us ashamed of our species. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ashamed person can hardly endure to meet the gaze of those present. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ashamed seldom precedes the noun or pronoun it qualifies. By a Hebraism, it is sometimes used in the Bible to mean disappointed, or defeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Bashfully. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ashantees A native or an inhabitant of Ashantee in Western Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Ashantee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Shaped like an awl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. shaped like a sphere.
Syn. -- global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Pasha. ] 1. A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A magnate or grandee. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A very large siluroid fish (Leptops olivaris) of the Mississippi valley; -- also called goujon, mud cat, and yellow cat. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of the largest species of sharks (Cetorhinus maximus), so called from its habit of basking in the sun; the liver shark, or bone shark. It inhabits the northern seas of Europe and America, and grows to a length of more than forty feet. It is a harmless species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the shape of a wide-mouthed bell; campanulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj.Very angry; very disturbed. [ PJC ]

a. (Bot.) See Cymbiform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Sciatica. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a bristle in form; as, a bristle-shaped leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

def>An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [ Also but shaft. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of camel's hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. --
Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a shaft that has cams attached to it, forming part of a mechanical device. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ or . [ See capitan. ] The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a professional card player who makes a living by cheating at card games. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. able to be converted into ready money; as, a cashable check; cashable gambling chips.
Syn. -- redeemable. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. cylindrical, tapering at each end; having the shape of a cigar.
Syn. -- fusiform, spindle-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having the surface shaved to smoothness.
Syn. -- smooth-shaven, well-shaven. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antennæ of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pectinate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something used to conceal infamy. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shade by means of crosshatching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Shaped like or approximately like a cube.
Syn. -- cubelike, cubiform, cuboid, cuboidal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chin. kom-tsie. ] A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To give or make a present to. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Forestry) A shake or fissure between the annual rings of a tree, found oftenest near the roots. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. shaped like a cup.
Syn. -- cupular, cupulate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. cusceote. ] (Zool.) The ringdove or wood pigeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. déshabillé, fr. déshabiller to undress; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + habiller to dress. See Habiliment, and cf. Dishabille. ] An undress; a careless toilet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shaped like a diamond or rhombus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being diminished or lessened. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Disability. ] To disqualify. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deshabille. ] An undress; a loose, negligent dress; deshabille. [ 1913 Webster ]

They breakfast in dishabille. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]