. 1. Any of numerous dark-colored neuropterous insects of the genus Sialis or allied genera. They have predaceous aquatic larvæ, which are used for bait. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Angling) An artificial fly with brown mottled wings, body of peacock harl, and black legs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. having full power over all aspects of a situation.
Syn. -- almighty, omnipotent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zool.) Any of several amber to coppery fork-tailed warm-water carangid fishes of the genus Seriola, especially a large vigorous sport fish of the southern Atlantic coast (Seriola Dumerili). It is also called the amberjack. Seriola Carolinensis was the species name given in the 1890 Webster: same fish or different?
Syn. -- amberjack [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. Full of bitterness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the fatty substance of milk from which butter is made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; not skillful in using the hands; slippery; careless.
Syn. -- bumbling, bungling, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who drops things (especially one who cannot catch a ball); a person who is butter-fingered. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various plants of the genus Ranunculus.
Syn. -- buttercup, crowfoot, goldcup, kingcup. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Butterflies [ Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flēge, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly. ] (Zool.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. [ See Illust. under Aphrodite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. --
Butterfly fish (Zool.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. --
Butterfly shell (Zool.), a shell of the genus Voluta. --
Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. tropical gurnardlike fish with huge fanlike pectoral fins for underwater gliding; unrelated to searobins.
Syn. -- flying gurnard, flying robin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Zoöl.), a white butterfly (Pieris rapæ of both Europe and America, and the allied Pieris oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See also Cabbage worm, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

. See under Cartridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing. [ 1913 Webster ]

To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cheerful birds of sundry kind
Do chant sweet music. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.

Syn. -- Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cheerful manner, gladly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a davenport with upright armrests. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a fitted overcoat with a velvet collar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an erect perennial of eastern and southern U. S. (Asclepias tuberosa) having showy orange flowers.
Syn. -- butterfly weed, orange milkweed, pleurisy root, tuber root, Indian paintbrush, Asclepias tuberosa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quantity that a container will hold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. contrary to fact; -- of assertions, ideas, assumptions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the quality of being contrary to fact. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Counterfesance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and Fact. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Look here upon this picture, and on this-
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin. “No counterfeit gem.” Robinson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. “An arrant counterfeit rascal.” Shak.

Syn. -- Forged; fictitious; spurious; false. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou drawest a counterfeit
Best in all Athens. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Even Nature's self envied the same,
And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame
The thing itself. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear thou art another counterfeit;
And yet, in faith, thou bear'st thee like a king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting. ] 1. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee
At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make counterfeits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

Counterfeiters of devotion. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By forgery; falsely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. contrefaisance, fr. contrefaire. See Counterfeit, a. ] The act of forging; forgery. [ Obs. ] [ Written also counterfaisance. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. contrefleuri. ] (Her.) Counterflory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Counterfleury. ] (Her.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Counter- + foil a leaf. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An opposing force. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Fort.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A spur or projection of a mountain. Imp. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of danger; dangerous. [ Obs. ] -- Dan"ger*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Udall. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Icel. djafr. ] Strong; powerful; fierce. [ Obs. ] -- Derf"ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Erven [ D. ] A garden plot, usually about half an acre. [ Cape Colony ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Far forth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As ferforth as, as far as. --
So ferforth, to such a degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Ferforth. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. feferfuge, fr. L. febrifugia. See fever, Fugitive, and cf. Febrifuge. ] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Pyrethrum Parthenium, or Chrysanthemum Parthenium) allied to camomile, having finely divided leaves and white blossoms; -- so named from its supposed febrifugal qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding with flowers. Craig. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pl. [ L. imperfecti imperfect. ] (Bot.) A heterogenous phylum of fungi which lack a sexual phase, or of which the sexual phase is not known. Some undoubtedly represent the conidium stages of various Ascomycetes. It is not considered a natural phylum, and is also called the Deuteromycota. The group is divided into the orders Sphæropsidales, Melanconiales, and Moniliales. It includes the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus, which reproduce asexually by means of conidia. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Gyrfalcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. girer to twirl, E. gyrate. ] Changeable; capricious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

a. [ L. imperfectus: pref. im- not + perfectus perfect: cf. F imparfait, whence OE. imparfit. See Perfect. ] 1. Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something he left imperfect in the state. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why, then, your other senses grow imperfect. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting in some elementary organ that is essential to successful or normal activity. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . stammered like a child, or an amazed, imperfect person. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not fulfilling its design; not realizing an ideal; not conformed to a standard or rule; not satisfying the taste or conscience; esthetically or morally defective. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing imperfect or deficient left
Of all that he created. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then say not man's imperfect, Heaven in fault;
Say rather, man's as perfect as he ought. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imperfect arch, an arch of less than a semicircle; a skew arch. --
Imperfect cadence (Mus.), one not ending with the tonic, but with the dominant or some other chord; one not giving complete rest; a half close. --
Imperfect consonances (Mus.), chords like the third and sixth, whose ratios are less simple than those of the fifth and forth. --
Imperfect flower (Bot.), a flower wanting either stamens or pistils. Gray. --
Imperfect interval (Mus.), one a semitone less than perfect; as, an imperfect fifth. --
Imperfect number (Math.), a number either greater or less than the sum of its several divisors; in the former case, it is called also a defective number; in the latter, an abundant number. --
Imperfect obligations (Law), obligations as of charity or gratitude, which cannot be enforced by law. --
Imperfect power (Math.), a number which can not be produced by taking any whole number or vulgar fraction, as a factor, the number of times indicated by the power; thus, 9 is a perfect square, but an imperfect cube. --
Imperfect tense (Gram.), a tense expressing past time and incomplete action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gram.) The imperfect tense; or the form of a verb denoting the imperfect tense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make imperfect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being imperfectible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]