n. [ AS. &unr_;, &unr_;, perh. dim. of īeg, īg, island. See Eyot. ] An islet, or little isle, in a river or lake; an eyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ait where the osiers grew. R. Hodges (1649). [ 1913 Webster ]

Among green aits and meadows. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Oat. [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The letter h or H. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For nachebone. For loss of n, cf. Adder. See Natch. ] The bone of the rump; also, the cut of beef surrounding this bone. [ Spelt also edgebone. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ætiology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + traitor. ] A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. Lit., to the deed, act, or point. Fait is fr. L. factum. See Fact. ] Expert; skillful; well instructed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaiting. ] [ OF. awaitier, agaitier; &unr_; (L. ad) + waitier, gaitier to watch, F. guetter. See Wait. ] 1. To watch for; to look out for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait on, serve, or attend. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wait for; to stay for; to expect. See Expect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Betwixt these rocky pillars Gabriel sat,
Chief of the angelic guards, awaiting night. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To be in store for; to be ready or in waiting for; as, a glorious reward awaits the good. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Eve, some farther change awaits us night. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To watch. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To wait (on or upon). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To wait; to stay in waiting. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A waiting for; ambush; watch; watching; heed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj. 1. expected. Opposite of unexpected.
Syn. -- anticipated, hoped-for, prospective. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Icel. beita food, beit pasture, akin to AS. bāt food, Sw. bete. See Bait, v. t. ] 1. Any substance, esp. food, used in catching fish, or other animals, by alluring them to a hook, snare, inclosure, or net. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything which allures; a lure; enticement; temptation. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A portion of food or drink, as a refreshment taken on a journey; also, a stop for rest and refreshment. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A light or hasty luncheon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bait bug (Zool.), a crustacean of the genus Hippa found burrowing in sandy beaches. See Anomura. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Baited; p. pr. & vb. n. Baiting. ] [ OE. baiten, beitēn, to feed, harass, fr. Icel. beita, orig., to cause to bite, fr. bīta. √87. See Bite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To provoke and harass; esp., to harass or torment for sport; as, to bait a bear with dogs; to bait a bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give a portion of food and drink to, upon the road; as, to bait horses. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To furnish or cover with bait, as a trap or hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

A crooked pin . . . baited with a vile earthworm. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To stop to take a portion of food and drink for refreshment of one's self or one's beasts, on a journey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil news rides post, while good news baits. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

My lord's coach conveyed me to Bury, and thence baiting at Newmarket. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. battre de l'aile (or des ailes), to flap or flutter. See Batter, v. t. ] To flap the wings; to flutter as if to fly; or to hover, as a hawk when she stoops to her prey. “Kites that bait and beat.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who baits; a tormentor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. harassment, especially of a tethered animal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf.W. braith variegated, Ir. breath, breagh, fine, comely. ] A rough diamond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prov. E. codbait, cadbote fly. ] (Zoöl.) See Caddice.

a. [ OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. chétif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See Heave, and cf. Captive. ] 1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A captive; a prisoner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deep-felt conviction of men that slavery breaks down the moral character . . . speaks out with . . . distinctness in the change of meaning which caitiff has undergone signifying as it now does, one of a base, abject disposition, while there was a time when it had nothing of this in it. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. callaïs, Gr. ka`lai:s, ka`llai:s; cf. F. calaïte. ] A mineral. See Turquoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. Ateles paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order of extinct plants having tall arborescent trunks comparable to or more advanced than cycads; known from the Pennsylvanian; probably extinct since the Mesozoic.
Syn. -- order Cordaitales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of tall Paleozoic trees superficially resembling modern screw pines; they were structurally intermediate in some ways between cycads and conifers.
Syn. -- genus Cordaites. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after J. Freeman Dana. ] (Min.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F. See Distract. ] Absent-minded; lost in thought; abstracted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Elcesai, the leader of the sect. ] (Eccl.) One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. feith, fayth, fay, OF. feid, feit, fei, F. foi, fr. L. fides; akin to fidere to trust, Gr. pei`qein to persuade. The ending th is perhaps due to the influence of such words as truth, health, wealth. See Bid, Bide, and cf. Confide, Defy, Fealty. ] 1. Belief; the assent of the mind to the truth of what is declared by another, resting solely and implicitly on his authority and veracity; reliance on testimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters; firm and earnest belief, on probable evidence of any kind, especially in regard to important moral truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faith, that is, fidelity, -- the fealty of the finite will and understanding to the reason. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Judeo-Christian Theol.) (a) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. (b) (Christian Theol.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without faith it is impossible to please him [ God ]. Heb. xi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faith of the gospel is that emotion of the mind which is called “trust” or “confidence” exercised toward the moral character of God, and particularly of the Savior. Dr. T. Dwight. [ 1913 Webster ]

Faith is an affectionate, practical confidence in the testimony of God. J. Hawes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion; especially (Theol.), a system of religious belief of any kind; as, the Jewish or Muslim faith; the Christian faith; also, the creed or belief of a Christian society or church. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Which to believe of her,
Must be a faith that reason without miracle
Could never plant in me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed. Gal. i. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved; loyalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children in whom is no faith. Deut. xxvii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whose failing, while her faith to me remains,
I should conceal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Word or honor pledged; promise given; fidelity; as, he violated his faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

For you alone
I broke me faith with injured Palamon. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Credibility or truth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The faith of the foregoing narrative. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

Act of faith. See Auto-da-fé. --
Breach of faith,
Confession of faith, etc. See under Breach, Confession, etc. --
Faith cure, a method or practice of treating diseases by prayer and the exercise of faith in God. --
In good faith, with perfect sincerity. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. By my faith; in truth; verily. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having faith or a faith; honest; sincere. [ Obs. ] “Make thy words faithed.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of faith, or having faith; disposed to believe, especially in the declarations and promises of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

You are not faithful, sir. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Firm in adherence to promises, oaths, contracts, treaties, or other engagements. [ 1913 Webster ]

The faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him. Deut. vii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. True and constant in affection or allegiance to a person to whom one is bound by a vow, by ties of love, gratitude, or honor, as to a husband, a prince, a friend; firm in the observance of duty; loyal; of true fidelity; as, a faithful husband or servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake the seraph Abdiel, faithful found,
Among the faithless, faithful only he. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Worthy of confidence and belief; conformable to truth ot fact; exact; accurate; as, a faithful narrative or representation. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a faithful saying. 2 Tim. ii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Faithful, the adherents of any system of religious belief; esp. used as an epithet of the followers of Mohammed.

Syn. -- Trusty; honest; upright; sincere; veracious; trustworthy.

-- Faith"ful*ly, adv. -Faith"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the trait of being faithful.
Syn. -- fidelity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Not believing; not giving credit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not observant of promises or covenants. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. “Yonder faithless phantom.” Goldsmith.

-- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. faitor a doer, L. factor. See Factor. ] A doer or actor; particularly, an evil doer; a scoundrel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lo! faitour, there thy meed unto thee take. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A variety of pyroxene, from the valley of Fassa, in the Tyrol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gate a way. ] 1. A going; a walk; a march; a way. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having (such) a gait; -- used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. guêtre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v. ] 1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with gaiters.

/mhw>, n. [ OE. Cf. Gatten tree. ] The dogwood tree. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Obs. ] See Greith. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Furniture; apparatus or accouterments for work, traveling, war, etc. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a country on the island of Hispaniola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an island in the West Indies.
Syn. -- Hispaniola, Hayti. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. & n. Same as Haytian; -- now the preferred spelling. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

In faith; indeed; truly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. Ilva, the island now called Elba. ] (Min.) A silicate of iron and lime occurring in black prismatic crystals and columnar masses. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. involving persons of different religious faiths; as, an interfaith marriage; interfaith good will.
Syn. -- interdenominational. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]