‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cat + -oid. ] (Zool.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 in some classifications considered the family comprising the giant pandas.
Syn. -- family Ailuropodidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the lesser pandas.
Syn. -- genus Ailurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded p. pr. & vb. n. Alluring. ] [ OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre lure. See Lure. ] To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven
Allured his eye. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. -- To Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F.; aller to go. ] Gait; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv. -- Al*lur"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. alure, aleure, walk, gait, fr. aler (F. aller) to go. ] A walk or passage; -- applied to passages of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sides of every street were covered with fresh alures of marble. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + 'o`plon weapon, sting + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A group of insects which includes the lice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blurred p. pr. & vb. n. Blurring. ] [ Prob. of same origin as blear. See Blear. ] 1. To render obscure by making the form or outline of confused and uncertain, as by soiling; to smear; to make indistinct and confused; as, to blur manuscript by handling it while damp; to blur the impression of a woodcut by an excess of ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

But time hath nothing blurred those lines of favor
Which then he wore. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause imperfection of vision in; to dim; to darken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her eyes are blurred with the lightning's glare. J. R. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sully; to stain; to blemish, as reputation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sarcasms may eclipse thine own,
But can not blur my lost renown. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To spot; blot; disfigure; stain; sully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which obscures without effacing; a stain; a blot, as upon paper or other substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

As for those who cleanse blurs with blotted fingers, they make it worse. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dim, confused appearance; indistinctness of vision; as, to see things with a blur; it was all blur. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A moral stain or blot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest she . . . will with her railing set a great blur on mine honesty and good name. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. out of focus; not sharply defined.
Syn. -- bleary, blurry, foggy, fuzzy, muzzy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of blurs; blurred. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blurted; p. pr. & vb. n. Blurting. ] [ Cf. Blare. ] To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others . . . can not hold, but blurt out, those words which afterward they are forced to eat. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

To blurt at, to speak contemptuously of. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. canneler to groove. ] (Mil.) A groove in any cylinder; specif., a groove around the cylinder of an elongated bullet for small arms to contain a lubricant, or around the rotating band of a gun projectile to lessen the resistance offered to the rifling. Also, a groove around the base of a cartridge, where the extractor takes hold. -- Can"ne*lured a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chhlh` claw + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., head of hair. ] A hairlike envelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. from Gr. &unr_; chyle + &unr_; urine. ] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Colures [ F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. ko`loyros dock-tailed, a"i ko`loyroi (sc. grammai` lines) the colures; fr. ko`los docked, stunted + o'yra` tail. So named because a part is always beneath the horizon.] (Astron. & Geog.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90° from the former, and is called the solstitial colure. [1913 Webster]

Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled; four times crossed the car of night
From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F., prop., a dropping. ] (Hort.) A disease affecting grapes, esp. in California, manifested by the premature dropping of the fruit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + 'e`rgon work. ] Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Failure. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. (Bookbinding) The lining of a book cover, esp. one of unusual sort, as of tooled leather, painted vellum, rich brocade, or the like. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Paleon.) The reflexed margin of the trilobite carapace. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The neck of horse. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fail. ] 1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Want of success; the state of having failed. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A failing; a slight fault. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Agitated; excited. -- Flur"ried*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. Flurries [ Prov. E. flur to ruffle. ] 1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. [ 1913 Webster ]

The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The violent spasms of a dying whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Flurried p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying. ] To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H. Swinburne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flirt. [ Obs. ] Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glycol + uric. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, glycol and urea; as, glycoluric acid, which is called also hydantoic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Glycolyl + uric. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance, obtained by the reduction of allantoïn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to hydrometallurgy; involving the use of liquid reagents in the treatment or reduction of ores. -- Hy`dro*met`al*lur"gic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + metallurgy. ] The art or process of assaying or reducing ores by means of liquid reagents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of hydrotelluric acid and the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 2 + telluric. ] (Chem.) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium; as, hydrotelluric acid, or hydrogen telluride. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. il- in + lure. ] To deceive; to entice; to lure. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The devil insnareth the souls of many men, by illuring them with the muck and dung of this world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See its Lurch. ] Gluttony; gormandizing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ A variant of lurk. ] 1. To withdraw to one side, or to a private place; to lurk. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dodge; to shift; to play tricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . am fain to shuffle, to hedge, and to lurch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. lurcare, lurcari. ] To swallow or eat greedily; to devour; hence, to swallow up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Too far off from great cities, which may hinder business; too near them, which lurcheth all provisions, and maketh everything dear. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. lourche name of a game; as adj., deceived, embarrassed. ] 1. An old game played with dice and counters; a variety of the game of tables. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A double score in cribbage for the winner when his adversary has been left in the lurch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lady --- has cried her eyes out on losing a lurch. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

To leave one in the lurch. (a) In the game of cribbage, to leave one's adversary so far behind that the game is won before he has scored thirty-one. (b) To leave one behind; hence, to abandon, or fail to stand by, a person in a difficulty. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ] But though thou'rt of a different church,
I will not leave thee in the lurch. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To leave in the lurch; to cheat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Never deceive or lurch the sincere communicant. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To steal; to rob. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And in the brunt of seventeen battles since
He lurched all swords of the garland. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. W. llerch, llerc, a frisk, a frisking backward or forward, a loitering, a lurking, a lurking, llercian, llerciaw, to be idle, to frisk; or perh. fr. E. lurch to lurk. ] A sudden roll of a ship to one side, as in heavy weather; hence, a swaying or staggering movement to one side, as that by a drunken man. Fig.: A sudden and capricious inclination of the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lurched p. pr. & vb. n. Lurching. ] To roll or sway suddenly to one side, as a ship or a drunken man; to move forward while lurching. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ See Lurch to lurk. ] 1. One that lurches or lies in wait; one who watches to pilfer, or to betray or entrap; one who lurks; a lurker; a poacher. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Zool.) One of a mongrel breed of dogs said to have been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lurco, lurcho, a glutton. See 1st Lurch. ] A glutton; a gormandizer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]