n. 1. a relatively well-defined prevailing wind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
Syn. -- slipstream, race, backwash, wash [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A female ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A rude apparatus for pulverizing ores, esp. those containing free gold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female baker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Baxter. ] A baker. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a woman who trains ballet dancers. [ PJC ]

v. t. To streak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Bestrewed p. p. Bestrewed, Bestrown (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Bestrewing. ] To strew or scatter over; to besprinkle. [ Spelt also bestrow. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bister. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bistre a color made of soot; of unknown origin. Cf., however, LG. biester frowning, dark, ugly. ] (Paint.) A dark brown pigment extracted from the soot of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. colored with or as if with bister.
Syn. -- bistered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street. [ 1913 Webster ]

He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. cadastre. ] (Law.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property; a public register showing the details of ownership and value of land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. crécerelle, cristel, OF. crecel, cercele. Cf. Kestrel. ] (Zool.) See Kestrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. castrensis, fr. castra camp. ] Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Castrensial. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpentry. ] (Naut.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A nun. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre. ] (Zool.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ CF. W. costrel, OF. costrel, LL. costrellum, a liquid measure, costrellus a wine cup. ] A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore
The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Coistril. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the “top.” [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill. ] (Zool.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. curvus curved + rostrum beak, rostrum. ] (Zool.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. coustillier. See Coistril. ] An armor-bearer to a knight. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Costrel. [ Obs. ] Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ OF. destrier, fr. L. dextra on the right side. The squire led his master's horse beside him, on his right hand. Skeat. ] A war horse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream. ] To flow. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. destresse, distresse, OF. destresse, destrece, F. détresse, OF. destrecier to distress, (assumed) LL. districtiare, fr. L. districtus, p. p. of distringere. See Distrain, and cf. Stress. ] 1. Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not fearing death nor shrinking for distress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) (a) The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc. (b) The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction. Bouvier. Kent. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

If he were not paid, he would straight go and take a distress of goods and cattle. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distress thus taken must be proportioned to the thing distrained for. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Abuse of distress. (Law) See under Abuse.

Syn. -- Affliction; suffering; pain; agony; misery; torment; anguish; grief; sorrow; calamity; misfortune; trouble; adversity. See Affliction. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distressed p. pr. & vb. n. Distressing. ] [ Cf. OF. destrecier. See Distress, n. ] 1. To cause pain or anguish to; to pain; to oppress with calamity; to afflict; to harass; to make miserable. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed. 2 Cor. iv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To compel by pain or suffering. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men who can neither be distressed nor won into a sacrifice of duty. A. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) To seize for debt; to distrain.

Syn. -- To pain; grieve; harass; trouble; perplex; afflict; worry; annoy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty; as, distressed companies need loans and technical advice.
Syn. -- hard-pressed, hard put, in a bad way(predicate), in trouble(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. experienceing a generalized feeling of distress. Also See: dejected, unhappy, sad. Antonym: euphoric.
Syn. -- dysphoric, unhappy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. suffering severe physical strain or discomfort; as, he dropped out of the race, clearly distressed and having difficulty breathing.
Syn. -- stressed, in a bad way(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. emotionally upset.
Syn. -- unstrung. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A state of being distressed or greatly pained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of distress; causing, indicating, or attended with, distress; as, a distressful situation. “Some distressful stroke.” Shak. “Distressful cries.” Pope.
Syn. -- distressing. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Dis*tress"ful*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. the quality of causing mental anguish.
Syn. -- seriousness. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adv. In a distressing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing distress; painful; unpleasant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A diviner. [ Obs. ] “ I am no divinistre.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Down the stream; as, floating downstream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estre state, plan. ] The inward part of a building; the interior. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See Extract. ] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Estreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating. ] (Law) (a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance. (b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. estreper. ] (Law) To strip or lay bare, as land of wood, houses, etc.; to commit waste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF., damage, waste. ] (Law) A destructive kind of waste, committed by a tenant for life, in lands, woods, or houses. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stretched beyond ordinary limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + rostrum beak. ] (Zool.) A group of birds having the bill deeply cleft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For fosteress. ] A woman who feeds and cherishes; a nurse. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Undiluted; -- of liquids. Opposite of diluted.
Syn. -- neat, straight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as gallows.
Syn. -- gallows, gibbet, gallows tree, gallow tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (Thecla rubi). [ 1913 Webster ]