n. (Chem.) The bitter principle of wormwood (Artemisia absinthium). Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acanthinus, Gr. &unr_;, thorny, fr. &unr_;. See Acanthus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the plant acanthus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. -- Ach"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. expressing adverse criticism as a corrective
Syn. -- admonitory, reproachful, reproving [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. fitness to fly. “the plane received a certificate of airworthiness”. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ For in all (= every) thing. ] Altogether. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Icel. (modern) alping, earlier alpingi; allr all + ping assembly. See All, and Thing. ] The national assembly or parliament of Iceland. See Thing, n., 8. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to amaranth. “Amaranthine bowers.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. [ 1913 Webster ]

They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. 'amfi` + &unr_; sinew, nerve. ] (Zool.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + &unr_;, &unr_;, nose. ] (Zool.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; thorny, fr. &unr_; thorn. ] (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + sfi`gx sphinx. ] (Egypt. Art.) A man sphinx; a sphinx having the head of a man and the body of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] (Zool.) An aquatic bird of the southern United States (Platus anhinga); the darter, or snakebird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [ Colloq. or Lowx ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. “Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing.” De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anything but, not at all or in any respect. “The battle was a rare one, and the victory anything but secure.” Hawthorne. --
Anything like, in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In any measure; anywise; at all. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to no particular creed or dogma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Pref. apo- + morphia, morphine. ] (Chem.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The arched part of a structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to sagging. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Arshine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Russ. arshin, of Turkish-Tartar origin; Turk. arshin, arshūn, ell, yard. ] A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Shining; radiant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. [ 1913 Webster ]

As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To repent; to displease; to disgust. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It. Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. Baudekin. ] 1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of taking a bath or baths. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ AS. behindan; pref. be- + hindan. See Hind, a. ] 1. On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small part of what he left behind him. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Cor. xi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. At the back part; in the rear. “I shall not lag behind.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Backward in time or order of succession; past. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forgetting those things which are behind. Phil. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave not a rack behind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The backside; the rump. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Behind + hand. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this also [ dress ] the country are very much behindhand. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Smyth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seech"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beshone; p. pr. & vb. n. Beshining. ] To shine upon; to illumine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bethought p. pr. & vb. n. Bethinking. ] [ AS. beþencan; pref. be- + þencan to think. See Think. ] To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We bethink a means to break it off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To think; to recollect; to consider. “Bethink ere thou dismiss us.” Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) Anything added to raise the sides of a ship. Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or process of giving birth. [ PJC ]

{ } n. Native bismuth sulphide; -- sometimes called bismuthite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. an informal intensifier; as, we had a bitching good time. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. complaining; griping. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) 1. A grey cetacean of the Dolphin family, of several species, as Delphinus Tursio and Lagenorhyncus leucopleurus, of Europe. Also Tursiops truncatus -- a synonym?
Syn. -- bottlenose dolphin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. a north Atlantic beaked whale with a bulbous forehead.
Syn. -- bottle-nosed whale, bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon ampullatus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process of forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Fullness of branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaded with branching palm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]