a. Of or pertaining to Algeria. -- n. A native of Algeria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Algiers or Algeria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or one of the people of Algiers or Algeria. Also, a pirate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who badgers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The practice of buying wheat and other kinds of food in one place and selling them in another for a profit. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The practices of a boroughmonger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Boulanger, a French mineralogist. ] (Min.) A mineral of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, usually in plumose masses, also compact. It is a sulphide of antimony and lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small Australian parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors.
Syn. -- budgie, grass parakeet, lovebird, shell parakeet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. sing. & pl. [ L., fr. congerere. See Congest. ] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or condition of a dowager; formality, as that of a dowager. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mansions that have passed away into dowagerism. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Behaving like a fashion-monger. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., ‖/mhw>, n. Same as Vehm, Vehmgericht. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. The act or process of handling or touching with the fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mere sight and fingering of money. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manner of using the fingers in playing or striking the keys of an instrument of music; movement or management of the fingers in playing on a musical instrument, in typewriting, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The marking of the notes of a piece of music to guide or regulate the action or use of the fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Delicate work made with the fingers. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gigeria [ NL., fr. L. gigeria, pl., the cooked entrails of poultry. ] (Anat.) The muscular stomach, or gizzard, of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Globigerinæ [ NL., fr. L. globus a round body + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3, 000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. gorge neck. ] (Arch.) In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between two neck moldings; -- called also neck of the capital, and hypotrachelium. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the Rev. James Granger, whose “Biographical History of England” (1769) was a favorite book for illustration in this manner. ] The practice of illustrating a particular book by engravings collected from other books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who collects illustrations from various books for the decoration of one book. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A mineral consisting chiefly of the arseniate of lime; -- so named in honor of W. Haidinger, of Vienna. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after W. Hisinger, a Swedish mineralogist. ] (Min.) A soft black, iron ore, nearly earthy, a hydrous silicate of iron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. légèreté. See 3d Leger. ] Lightness; nimbleness. [ Archaic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Delaying. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With delay; slowly; tediously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Flattery; deceit; trickery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to management or a manager; as, managerial qualities. “Managerial responsibility.” C. Bronté. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ménagerie, fr. ménager to keep house, ménage household. See Menial, Mansion. ] 1. A place where animals are kept and trained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Nigeria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the country Nigeria; as, The Nigerian capital used to be Lagos. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Nigeria; as, A Nigerian novelist won the Noble Prize for literature this year. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Niger.
Syn. -- Nigerian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Niger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. ] Cooling refreshment; refrigeration. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a staggering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Bot.) A kind of orange, much like the mandarin, but of deeper color and higher flavor. It is said to have been produced in America from the mandarin. [ Written also tangierine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tigerish; tigrine. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a tiger; tigrish. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Vehmgerichte /plu>. [ G. vefm, fehm criminal tribunal + gerichte court, judgment. Cf. Vehmic. ] A vehmic court. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Hazarding; pertaining to the act of one who wagers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wagering policy. (Com.) See Wager policy, under Policy. [ 1913 Webster ]