a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A foreboding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 same as abundant abounding confidence
Syn. -- galore(postnominal) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. “This according voice of national wisdom.” Burke. “Mind and soul according well.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ According to has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

According as, precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which. According as is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it. See According, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is all things well,
According as I gave directions? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised. Ex. xii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Agreeably; correspondingly; suitably; in a manner conformable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In natural sequence; consequently; so. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Consequently; therefore; wherefore; hence; so. -- Accordingly, Consequently, indicate a connection between two things, the latter of which is done on account of the former. Accordingly marks the connection as one of simple accordance or congruity, leading naturally to the result which followed; as, he was absent when I called, and I accordingly left my card; our preparations were all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently all finished, and we accordingly set sail. Consequently marks a closer connection, that of logical or causal sequence; as, the papers were not ready, and consequently could not be signed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rising; moving upward; as, an ascending kite. -- As*cend"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Ascending latitude (Astron.), the increasing latitude of a planet. Ferguson. --
Ascending line (Geneol.), the line of relationship traced backward or through one's ancestors. One's father and mother, grandfather and grandmother, etc., are in the line direct ascending. --
Ascending node having, that node of the moon or a planet wherein it passes the ecliptic to proceed northward. It is also called the northern node. Herschel. --
Ascending series. (Math.) (a) A series arranged according to the ascending powers of a quantity. (b) A series in which each term is greater than the preceding. --
Ascending signs, signs east of the meridian. [1913 Webster]

a. Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact. -- As*tound"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Computers) The execution of low priority programs while higher priority programs are not using the processing system.
Syn. -- background processing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Slipping back; falling back into sin or error; sinning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord. Jer. iii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of one who backslides; abandonment of faith or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our backslidings are many. Jer. xiv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material.
Syn. -- band, stripe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A plane used for cutting out grooves and inlaying strings and bands in straight and circular work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Arch.) Molding in imitation of beads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bedding, beding. See Bed. ] 1. A bed and its furniture; the materials of a bed, whether for man or beast; bedclothes; litter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The state or position of beds and layers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Arch.) The molding of a cornice immediately below the corona. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Obliged; beholden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I was much bound and beholding to the right reverend father. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

So much hath Oxford been beholding to her nephews, or sister's children. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of seeing; sight; also, that which is beheld. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., The state of being obliged or beholden. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The marking of the clothes with stripes or horizontal bands. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Command; order; a proclamation or notifying. “Do thou thy master's bidding.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making bids; an offer; a proposal of a price, as at an auction. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The prayer for the souls of benefactors, said before the sermon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Angl. Ch.) The prayer before the sermon, with petitions for various specified classes of persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Residence; habitation. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That binds; obligatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

Binding beam (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. --
Binding joist (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to bind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Elec.) A metallic post attached to electrical apparatus for convenience in making connections. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Birdcatching or fowling. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Birding piece, a fowling piece. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The kidnaping of negroes or Polynesians to be sold as slaves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The act or practice of collecting natives of the islands near Queensland for service on the Queensland sugar plantations. [ Australia ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

A kind of sausage made of blood, suet, etc., thickened with meal. [ 1913 Webster ]

And fat black puddings, -- proper food,
For warriors that delight in blood. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Scots Law) A mode of tenure by the payment of a small duty in white rent (silver) or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Emitting, or appearing to emit, blood or sap, etc.; also, expressing anguish or compassion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A running or issuing of blood, as from the nose or a wound; a hemorrhage; the operation of letting blood, as in surgery; a drawing or running of sap from a tree or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) See Blanch holding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of mingling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) The method of laying on different tints so that they may mingle together while wet, and shade into each other insensibly. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Making blind or as if blind; depriving of sight or of understanding; obscuring; as, blinding tears; blinding snow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A thin coating of sand and fine gravel over a newly paved road. See Blind, v. t., 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bloodshed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) The act of entering a ship, whether with a hostile or a friendly purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of covering with boards; also, boards, collectively; or a covering made of boards. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of supplying, or the state of being supplied, with regular or specified meals, or with meals and lodgings, for pay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boarding house, a house in which boarders are kept. --
Boarding nettings (Naut.), a strong network of cords or ropes erected at the side of a ship to prevent an enemy from boarding it. --
Boarding pike (Naut.), a pike used by sailors in boarding a vessel, or in repelling an attempt to board it. Totten. --
Boarding school, a school in which pupils receive board and lodging as well as instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests.
Syn. -- boarding house. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Foreshowing; presaging; ominous. -- Bod"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A prognostic; an omen; a foreboding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. exercise that builds muscles through tension.
Syn. -- anaerobic exercise, musclebuilding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process of fastening firmly together.
Syn. -- soldering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The art, process, or business of binding books. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moving with a bound or bounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of making or using braids. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Braids, collectively; trimming. [ 1913 Webster ]

A gentleman enveloped in mustachios, whiskers, fur collars, and braiding. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]