n. [ L. adhaesio, fr. adhaerere: cf. F. adhésion. ] 1. The action of sticking; the state of being attached; intimate union; as, the adhesion of glue, or of parts united by growth, cement, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Adherence; steady or firm attachment; fidelity; as, adhesion to error, adhesion to a policy. [ 1913 Webster ]

His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Agreement to adhere; concurrence; assent. [ 1913 Webster ]

To that treaty Spain and England gave in their adhesion. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Physics) The molecular attraction exerted between bodies in contact. See Cohesion. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Med.) The process of uniting surfaces by the formation of new fibrous bands resulting from an inflammatory process. [ AS ]

6. (Med.) One of the fibrous bands resulting from adhesion{ 5 }. [ AS ]

7. (Bot.) The union of parts which are separate in other plants, or in younger states of the same plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Adherence; union. See Adherence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. adhésif. ] 1. Sticky; tenacious, as glutinous substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apt or tending to adhere; clinging. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adhesive attraction. (Physics) See Attraction. --
Adhesive inflammation (Surg.), that kind of inflammation which terminates in the reunion of divided parts without suppuration. --
Adhesive plaster, a sticking; a plaster containing resin, wax, litharge, and olive oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an adhesive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality of sticking or adhering; stickiness; tenacity of union. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phren.) Propensity to form and maintain attachments to persons, and to promote social intercourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation, fr. &unr_; to perceive. ] (Physiol.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anæsthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Sensuous perception. [ R. ] Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; sensation + &unr_; a way; cf. F. esthésodique. ] (Physiol.) Conveying sensory or afferent impulses; -- said of nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Alkahest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. alchahest, F. alcahest, a word that has an Arabic appearance, but was probably arbitrarily formed by Paracelsus. ] The fabled “universal solvent” of the alchemists; a menstruum capable of dissolving all bodies. -- Al`ka*hes"tic a. [1913 Webster]

‖ n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anaisqhsi`a; 'an priv. + a'i`sqhsis feeling, a'isqa`nesqai to feel: cf. F. anesthésie. See aesthetics. ] (Med.) Entire or partial loss or absence of feeling or sensation; a state of general or local insensibility produced by disease or by the inhalation or application of an anaesthetic. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Anaesthesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., /mhw>, a. Same as Anæsthesia, Anæsthetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; bloom, fr. 'anqei^n to bloom, 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antitheses. /plu> [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to set against, to oppose; 'anti` against + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. (Rhet.) An opposition or contrast of words or sentiments occurring in the same sentence; as, “The prodigal robs his heir; the miser robs himself.” “He had covertly shot at Cromwell; he how openly aimed at the Queen.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The second of two clauses forming an antithesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Opposition; contrast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Apache (Ethnol.) A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a letting go; &unr_; + &unr_; to let go. ] The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'apo`qesis a putting back or away, fr. 'apotiqe`nai. See Apothecary. ] (Arch.) (a) A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc. Weale. (b) A dressing room connected with a public bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a subclass of primitive reptilelike fossil birds of the Jurassic or early Cretaceous.
Syn. -- subclass Archaeornithes [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + duchess. ] The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. of Arch, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of arches, or
Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as archesporium.
Syn. -- archesporium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
Syn. -- archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ OE. asche, aske, AS. asce, æsce, axe; akin to OHG. asca, G. asche, D. asch, Icel. & Sw. aska, Dan. aske, Goth. azgo. ] 1. The earthy or mineral particles of combustible substances remaining after combustion, as of wood or coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The remains of the human body when burnt, or when “returned to dust” by natural decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their martyred blood and ashes sow. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coffins were broken open. The ashes were scattered to the winds. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The color of ashes; deathlike paleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lip of ashes, and the cheek of flame. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dust and ashes,
In sackcloth and ashes, with humble expression of grief or repentance; -- from the method of mourning in Eastern lands. --
Volcanic ashes, or
Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + æsthesiometer. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for determining the delicacy of the sense of pressure. -- Bar`æs*the`si*o*met"ric, Bar`es*the`si*o*met"ric a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Perh. G. berg mountain + geist demon, or bär a bear + geist. ] A goblin, in the shape of a large dog, portending misfortune. [ Also written barguest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) The English cow parsnip (Heracleum sphondylium) Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a widely cultivated southern European acanthus (Acanthus mollis) with whitish purple-veined flowers. See Acanthus, n., 1.
Syn. -- bear's breech, bear's-breech, bear's breeches, sea holly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To vow. [ Obs. ] Paston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. biheste promise, command, AS. beh&aemacr_;s promise; pref. be- + h&aemacr_;s command. See Hest, Hight. ] 1. That which is willed or ordered; a command; a mandate; an injunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

To do his master's high behest. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vow; a promise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The time is come that I should send it her, if I keep the behest that I have made. Paston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. production of a chemical compound by a living organism.
Syn. -- biogenesis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the production of chemical substances by use of reagents or enzymes derived from living organisms, in reactions modeled on those observed in living organisms. [ PJC ]

a. Cheery; gay; merry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blithesome sounds of wassail gay. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Blithe"some*ly, adv. -- Blithe"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OE. brech, brek, AS. brēk, pl. of brōc breech, breeches; akin to Icel. brōk breeches, ODan. brog, D. broek, G. bruch; cf. L. bracae, braccae, which is of Celtic origin. Cf. Brail. ] 1. A garment worn by men, covering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. [ 1913 Webster ]

His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Trousers; pantaloons. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Breeches buoy, in the life-saving service, a pair of canvas breeches depending from an annular or beltlike life buoy which is usually of cork. This contrivance, inclosing the person to be rescued, is hung by short ropes from a block which runs upon the hawser stretched from the ship to the shore, and is drawn to land by hauling lines. --
Breeches pipe, a forked pipe forming two branches united at one end. --
Knee breeches, breeches coming to the knee, and buckled or fastened there; smallclothes. --
To wear the breeches, to usurp the authority of the husband; -- said of a wife. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; of ill habits, &unr_;&unr_; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an ill habit; kako`s bad + &unr_; habit ] 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, “The itch for writing”. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chemical + synthesis. ] (Plant Physiol.) Synthesis of organic compounds by energy derived from chemical changes or reactions. Chemosynthesis of carbohydrates occurs in the nitrite bacteria through the oxidation of ammonia to nitrous acid, and in the nitrate bacteria through the conversion of nitrous into nitric acid. -- Chem`o*syn*thet"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

pret. of Chese. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To choose [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chasuble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The wood louse. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ches, F. échecs, prop. pl. of échec check. See 1st Check. ] A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat fields, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chessboard and the checkerboard are alike. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpenty. ] (Mil.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞A singular, chess, is sometimes used. “Each chess consists of three planks.” Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. chesil, AS. ceosel gravel, sand. ] Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chessmen /plu>. A piece used in the game of chess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Chisley. ] Mellow earth; mold. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpentry. ] (Naut.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail. [ 1913 Webster ]