a. (Med.) Efficacious against catarrh. -- n. An anticatarrhal remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n. A remedy for hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
Syn. -- Arhat, lohan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 a Buddhist who has attained nirvana.
Syn. -- Arhant, lohan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Arrhæ /plu>. [ L. Cf. Earnest. ] (Law) Money or other valuable thing given to evidence a contract; a pledge or earnest. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; to sew together. ] Seamless. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European goatsucker; -- so called because it eats the dor beetle. See Goatsucker. [ Written also dorrhawk. ] Booth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Dorhawk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One or a breed of short-horned cattle, originating in the county of Durham, England. The Durham cattle are noted for their beef-producing quality.

n. [ Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; a sewing. ] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a rent in the intestinal canal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. for- + hale to draw. ] To harass; to torment; to distress. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having four hands; quadrumanous. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Requiring four “hands” or players; as, a fourhanded game at cards. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haemorrhagia, Gr. a"imorragi`a; a"i^ma blood + "rhgny`nai to break, burst: cf. F. hémorragie, hémorrhagie.] (Med.) Any discharge of blood from the blood vessels. [1913 Webster]

☞ The blood circulates in a system of closed tubes, the rupture of which gives rise to hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. a"imorragiko`s: cf. F. hémorrhagique.] Pertaining or tending to a flux of blood; consisting in, or accompanied by, hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Hyporhachides [ NL., fr. Gr. "ypo` beneath + &unr_; spine.] (Zool.) The stem of an aftershaft or hypoptilum. [Written also hyporachis.] [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'ichw`r ichor + &unr_; blood. ] (Med.) Infection of the blood with ichorous or putrid substances. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Between the hemal arches or hemal spines. -- n. An interhemal spine or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. mh`n month + &unr_; to break. ] (Med.) (a) Profuse menstruation. (b) Any profuse bleeding from the uterus; Metrorrhagia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to break. ] (Med.) Profuse bleeding from the womb, esp. such as does not occur at the menstrual period. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Near; near at hand; closely. [ Obs. or Scot. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Overhaul. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Overhaul. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had gotten thereby a great overhand on me. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Baseball) A throwing or pitching style that is overhanded; also an overhand{ 2 } pitch. [ PJC ]

a. 1. (Sewing) Over and over; -- applied to a style of sewing, or to a seam, in which two edges, usually selvedges, are sewed together by passing each stitch over both. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Baseball, Cricket, Tennis, etc.) Done (as pitching or bowling) with the hand higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder; as, an overhand pitch; an overhand stroke. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an overhand manner or style. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. performed with the arm moving above the shoulder; overhand{ 2 }; -- of methods of throwing, especially in baseball. Contrasted with underhand and sidearm.
Syn. -- overarm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To handle, or use, too much; to mention too often. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overhung p. pr. & vb. n. Overhanging. ] 1. To impend or hang over. [ R. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hang over; to jut or project over. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To jut over. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) 1. In a general sense, that which just out or projects; a projection; also, the measure of the projection; as, the overhang is five feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: The projection of an upper part (as a roof, an upper story, or other part) of a building beyond the lower part; as, the overhang of a roof, of the eaves, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) The portion of the bow or stem of a vessel that projects over the water beyond the water line. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) The projection of a part beyond another part that is directly below it, or beyond a part by which it is supported; as, the overhang of a shaft; i. e., its projection beyond its bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exceedingly happy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To harden too much; to make too hard. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too hardy; overbold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Too great haste. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too hasty; precipitate; rash. -- O"ver*has"ti*ly adv. -- O`ver*has"ti*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overhauled p. pr. & vb. n. Overhauling. ] 1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination; to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to corrections or repairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To repair thoroughly; to make repairs on; -- usually implying major repairs and perhaps modifying improvements. [ PJC ]

To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to separate the blocks. --
To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that no hitch occurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. A strict examination with a view to correction or repairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A major repair or a revision for the purpose of improvement. [ PJC ]

/mhw> n. One whose occupation is decorating walls with wallpaper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The application of wallpaper to walls for decorative purposes.
Syn. -- papering. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Per + hap chance. ] Posibly; by chance; peradventure; perchance; it may be. [ 1913 Webster ]

And pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee. Acts viii. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perineum + Gr. &unr_; to sew. ] (Med.) The operation of sewing up a ruptured perineum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + Gr. &unr_; a rod. ] (Zool.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From NL. rhabarbarum, an old name of rhubarb. See Rhubarb. ] Impregnated or tinctured with rhubarb. Floyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Chem.) Chrysophanic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "ra`bdos a rod.] 1. (Zool.) A minute smooth rodlike or fusiform structure found in the tissues of many Turbellaria. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zool.) One of the hard parts forming the ovipositor of insects. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + koi^los hollow.] (Zool.) A suborder of Turbellaria including those that have a simple cylindrical, or saclike, stomach, without an intestine. [1913 Webster]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Rhabdocoela. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Sagittal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "ra`bdos a rod + -lith.] A minute calcareous rodlike structure found both at the surface and the bottom of the ocean; -- supposed by some to be a calcareous alga. [1913 Webster]