n. See Allineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Alignment; position in a straight line, as of two planets with the sun. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

The allineation of the two planets. C. A. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. ad + lineatus, p. p. of lineare to draw a line. ] To align. [ R. ] Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. [ Pref. a- + neath for beneath. ] Beneath. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. balneare to bathe, fr. L. balneum bath. ] The act of bathing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. balneatorius. ] Belonging to a bath. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. benethe, bineoðen, AS. beneoðan, benyðan; pref. be- + neoðan, nyðan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether. ] 1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. “Beneath the mount.” Ex. xxxii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our country sinks beneath the yoke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming. [ 1913 Webster ]

He will do nothing that is beneath his high station. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth you take from beneath will be barren. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation. ] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L.cuneatus, fr. cuneus a wege SeeCoin. ] Wedge-shaped; (Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Cuneiform. “Cuneatic decipherment.” Sayce. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See Line. ] Delineated; portrayed. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating. ] 1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. represented accurately or precisely. [ Narrower terms: diagrammatic, diagrammatical; drawn; painted ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. described in words with sharpness and detail or with vivid imagery. Opposite of undelineated.
Syn. -- represented, delineate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L. delineatio: cf. F. délinéation. ] 1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints and shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.

Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Delineation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. 'enne`a nine. ] Occurring once in every nine times, days, years, etc.; every ninth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enneatical day, every ninth day of a disease. --
Enneatical year, every ninth year of a man's life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. interlinéation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of interlining. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is interlined; a passage, word, or line inserted between lines already written or printed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of early apple. [ Written also jenneting. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. lineatus, p. p. of lineare to reduce to a straight line, fr. linea line. ] 1. (Zool.) Marked with lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Marked longitudinally with depressed parallel lines; as, a lineate leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lineatio the drawing of a line, fr. lineare. ] Delineation; a line or lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything having an outline. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Neater superl. Neatest. ] [ OE. nett, F. nett, fr. L. nitidus, fr. nitere to shine. Cf. Nitid, Net, a., Natty. ] 1. Free from that which soils, defiles, or disorders; clean; cleanly; tidy. [ 1913 Webster ]

If you were to see her, you would wonder what poor body it was that was so surprisingly neat and clean. Law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Free from what is unbecoming, inappropriate, or tawdry; simple and becoming; pleasing with simplicity; tasteful; chaste; as, a neat style; a neat dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Free from admixture or adulteration; good of its kind; as, neat brandy; to drink one's vodka neat. Hence: (Chem.) Pure; undiluted; as, dissolved in neat acetone. “Our old wine neat.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

4. Excellent in character, skill, or performance, etc.; nice; finished; adroit; as, a neat design; a neat thief. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. With all deductions or allowances made; net. [ In this sense usually written net. See Net, a., 3. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

neat line (Civil Engin.), a line to which work is to be built or formed. --
Neat work, work built or formed to neat lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Nice; pure; cleanly; tidy; trim; spruce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. sing. & pl. [ AS. neát; akin to OHG. nōz, Icel. naut, Sw. nöt, Dan. nöd, and to AS. neótan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth. niutan to have a share in, have joy of, Lith. nauda use, profit. ] (Zool.) Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherein the herds[ men ] were keeping of their neat. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The steer, the heifer, and the calf
Are all called neat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A neat and a sheep of his own. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See neat, n. ] Of or pertaining to the genus Bos, or to cattle of that genus; as, neat cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. An abbreviation of Beneath. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who has the care of neat cattle; a cowherd. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Neat, a. + -fy. ] To make neat. [ Obs. ] olland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a neat manner; tidily; tastefully. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ From neat cattle. ] A woman who takes care of cattle. [ R. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Excessively neat. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Previous delineation. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Snath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mark of a line or lines under a word in a sentence, or under another line; underlining. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. trans across + linea a line: cf. It tralineare, tralignare. ] To deviate; to stray; to wander. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. undirnepe. See Under, and Beneath. ] Beneath; below; in a lower place; under; as, a channel underneath the soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or sullen mole, that runneth underneath. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Under; beneath; below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underneath this stone lie
As much beauty as could die. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. uneá&unr_;e; un- not + eá&unr_;&unr_; easily, easy; akin to OS. &unr_;&unr_;i easy, OHG. &unr_;di. ] Not easy; difficult; hard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Who he was, uneath was to descry. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Not easily; hardly; scarcely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Uneath may she endure the flinty streets. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

See drainable.
See dramatic.
See drinkable.
See durable.
See duteous.
See dutiful.
See earnest.
See eatable.
See ecclesiastical.
See edible.
See elaborate.
See elective.
See elusive.
See emotional.
See emphatic. See employable.
See employable.
See endurable.
See -English.
See entire.
See enviable.
See envious.
See episcopal.
See equable.
See errable.
See escapable.
See evangelical.
See eventful.
See evident.
See exact.
See examinable.
See exceptionable.
See exclusive.
See exemplary.
See exempt.
See exhaustible.
See existent.
See expectable.
See expectant.
See explainable.
See express.
See expressible.
See expugnable.
See extinct.
See factious.
See fadable.
See fain.
See familiar.
See famous.
See fashionable.
See fast.
See fatherly.
See fathomable.
See faulty.
See fearful.
See feasible.
See felicitous.
See felt.
See feminine.
See fermentable.
See festival.
See fine.
See fleshy.
See fluent.
See forcible.
See fordable.
See foreknowable.
See foreseeable.
See forgetful.
See forgivable.
See formal.
See framable.
See fraternal.
See friable.
See frightful.
See frustrable.
See full.
See gainable.
See gainful.
See gallant.
See genial.
See genteel.
See gentle.
See gentlemanlike.
See gentlemanly.
See geometrical.
See ghostly.
See glad.
See godlike.
See good.
See goodly.
See gorgeous.
See grammatical.
See grave.
See guidable.
See guilty.
See habile.
See habitable.
See hale.
See handy.
See hardy.
See harmful.
See hasty.
See hazardous.
See healable.
See healthful.
See healthy.
See heavenly.
See heedful.
See helpful.
See heritable.
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