n. One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or practice of an absentee; esp. the practice of absenting one's self from the country or district where one's estate is situated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who absents one's self. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. (Phonology) having the main stress of a word; -- used of syllables
Syn. -- tonic (vs. atonic) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 being pronounced with sterss; -- used of syllables
Syn. -- heavy, strong [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Sp., contr. of agua ardiente burning water (L. aqua water + ardens burning). ] 1. A inferior brandy of Spain and Portugal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strong alcoholic drink, especially pulque. [ Mexico and Spanish America. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; intestine, &unr_; within, &unr_; in. ] (Zool.) Destitute of a stomach or an intestine. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against dysentery. -- n. A medicine for dysentery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to the payment of rent; esp. one of those who in 1840-47 resisted the collection of rents claimed by the patroons from the settlers on certain manorial lands in the State of New York. -- An`ti*rent"ism n. [1913 Webster]

a. (Biol.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Pref. arch- + Gr. &unr_; intestine. ] (Biol.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, augments or increases anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the point representing the mean position of the matter in a body.
Syn. -- centroid, center of mass. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having battlements. [ 1913 Webster ]

A battlemented portal. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + centenary. ] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + centennial. ] 1. Consisting of two hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occurring every two hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The two hundredth year or anniversary, or its celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage. ] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc.

Syn. -- Carpenter, Joiner. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carpenter ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. --
Carpenter bee (Zool.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a California evergreen shrub (Carpenteria californica) having glossy opposite leaves and terminal clusters of a few fragrant white flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of working in timber; carpentry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a casement or casements. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person or thing that cements. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n. A person a hundred years old. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centenarius, fr. centum a hundred. ] 1. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. “Centenary solemnities.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Centenaries 1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. “Every centenary of years.” Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centum a hundred + annus year. ] 1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

That opened through long lines
Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Once in a hundred years. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Colorado; -- a nickname alluding to the fact that it was admitted to the Union in the centennial year, 1876. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. Gr. ke`ntron any sharp point, the point round which a circle is described, fr. kentei^n to prick, goad. ] 1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The middle or central portion of anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The earth. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In a lathe the
live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the
dead center is on the tail stock.
Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

Center of an army, the body or troops occupying the place in the line between the wings. --
Center of a curve or
Center of a surface (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar coordinates. See Coordinates. --
Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See Circle. --
Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee. --
Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity. --
Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardation. --
Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies. --
Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it. --
Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body. --
Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis. --
Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>adj. 1. being or placed in the center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.
Syn. -- centred, centralized, focused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. (Baseball) The part of the outfield directly ahead of the catcher.
Syn. -- center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. See under Cartridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) Same as Center, n., 6. [ Written also centring. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. (Gas Manuf.) A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. centesimus the hundredth, fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centésimal. ] Hundredth. -- n. A hundredth part. [ 1913 Webster ]

The neglect of a few centesimals. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centesimore to take out or select every hundredth, fr. centesimus hundredth. ] (Mil.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny.

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n.; pl. -mi [ It. & Sp. ] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centesima. ] Hundredth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Centered or Centred p. pr. & vb. n. Centering or Centring. ] 1. To be placed in a center; to be central. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. 1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To collect to a point; to concentrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy joys are centered all in me alone. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Naut.) A retractable or sliding keel used on sailboats, formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent drifting to leeward when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States
Syn. -- centreboard, drop keel, sliding keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: An arrangement of flowers placed in the center of a table as an ornament while dining. [ PJC ]

3. The central or most important feature of an activity, plan, or object; as, the centerpiece of her campaign was a proposal to slash taxes. [ PJC ]

{ or }. (Mech.) (a) A punch for making indentations or dots in a piece of work, as for suspension between lathe centers, etc. (b) A punch for punching holes in sheet metal, having a small conical center to insure correct locating. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. (Gas Manuf.) A compound hydraulic valve for regulating the passage of the gas through a set of purifiers so as to cut out each one in turn for the renewal of the lime. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A variant of Chieftain. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Supplied with clients. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Clientele, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]