n.; pl. Alvearies [ L. alvearium, alveare, beehive, fr. alveus a hollow vessel, beehive, from alvus belly, beehive. ] 1. A beehive, or something resembling a beehive. Barret. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The hollow of the external ear. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + weary. ] Weary. [ Poetic ] “I begin to be aweary of thee.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balnearium, fr. balneum bath. ] A bathing room. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat blear. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having eyes sore or unfocused, due to weariness or excessive drinking; same as blear-eyed{ 1 }.
Syn. -- blear, bleary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as teary. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

a. [ L. cochlearum penfor snails (meaning formerly given, snail shell). See Cjchlea. ] Same as Cochleate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dear; a darling. [ Familiar ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Extremely weary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Drearier superl. Dreariest. ] [ OE. dreori, dreri, AS. dreórig, sad; akin to G. traurig, and prob. to AS. dreósan to fall, Goth. driusan. Cf. Dross, Drear, Drizzle, Drowse. ] 1. Sorrowful; distressful. [ Obs. ] “ Dreary shrieks.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting cheerless sensations, feelings, or associations; comfortless; dismal; gloomy. “ Dreary shades.” Dryden. “The dreary ground.” Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full many a dreary anxious hour. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

Johnson entered on his vocation in the most dreary part of that dreary interval which separated two ages of prosperity. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weary extremely; to dispirit. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Interlinear. -- n. A book containing interlineations. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. laqueus a noose. ] Using a noose, as a gladiator. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Retiary and laqueary combatants. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Weary of living. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Linear. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weary out. Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weary too much; to tire out. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively weary; very tired; exhausted. [ PJC ]

a. Tending to smear or soil; adhesive; viscous. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the form of a spear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stearic + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical characteristic of stearic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Wet with tears; tearful. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of tears, or drops like tears. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae. -- n. (Zool.) One of the Trachearia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or connected with, a trochlea; trochlear; as, the trochleary, or trochlear, nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + weary. ] To cause to cease being weary; to refresh. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. [ Compar. Wearier superl. Weariest. ] [ OE. weri, AS. w&unr_;rig; akin to OS. w&unr_;rig, OHG. wu&unr_;rag; of uncertain origin; cf. AS. w&unr_;rian to ramble. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the strength exhausted by toil or exertion; worn out in respect to strength, endurance, etc.; tired; fatigued. [ 1913 Webster ]

I care not for my spirits if my legs were not weary. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ I ] am weary, thinking of your task. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing weariness; tiresome. “Weary way.” Spenser. “There passed a weary time.” Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having one's patience, relish, or contentment exhausted; tired; sick; -- with of before the cause; as, weary of marching, or of confinement; weary of study. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fatigued; tiresome; irksome; wearisome. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Wearied p. pr. & vb. n. Wearying. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To reduce or exhaust the physical strength or endurance of; to tire; to fatigue; as, to weary one's self with labor or traveling. [ 1913 Webster ]

So shall he waste his means, weary his soldiers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make weary of anything; to exhaust the patience of, as by continuance. [ 1913 Webster ]

I stay too long by thee; I weary thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To harass by anything irksome. [ 1913 Webster ]

I would not cease
To weary him with my assiduous cries. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To weary out, to subdue or exhaust by fatigue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To jade; tire; fatigue; fag. See Jade. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow tired; to become exhausted or impatient; as, to weary of an undertaking. [ 1913 Webster ]