n. [ Abbot + -ship. ] The state or office of an abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

or /mhw>, n. [ Ger., fr. abräumen to remove. ] A red ocher used to darken mahogany and for making chloride of potassium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Accountant + -ship. ] The office or employment of an accountant. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. [ F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter. ] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

How gay with all the accouterments of war! [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 one of the books of the Christian New Testament describing the activities of Christ's apostles after his death.
Syn. -- Acts of the Apostles [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Agency. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a noncommissioned officer in the British Royal Air Force. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } The first day of November, called, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ Gr. 'ana`lekta fr. 'anale`gein to collect; 'ana` + le`gein to gather. ] A collection of literary fragments. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ OE. on niht. ] In the night time; at night. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Does he hawk anights still? Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. 1. socks that reach just above the ankle.
Syn. -- anklet, bobbysock, bobbysocks [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ See Ann. ] (Eccl. Law) The first year's profits of a spiritual preferment, anciently paid by the clergy to the pope; first fruits. In England, they now form a fund for the augmentation of poor livings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. muscles having opposite effects; the contraction of one neutralizes the contraction of the other.
Syn. -- antagonistic muscles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ Gr. 'a`rchwn, p. pr. See Archon. ] (Zool.) The group including man alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any type of strongly alcoholic beverage prepared by distillation of an alcohol-containing fermented material. [ PJC ]

n. A man skilled in an art or in arts. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as arty.
Syn. -- arty. [ PJC ]

2. same as artsy-craftsy.
Syn. -- artsy-craftsy. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. 1 pretentiously artistic; cloyingly charming.
Syn. -- arty-crafty, artsy, arty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ OF. asez enough, F. assez, fr. L. ad + satis, akin to Gr. &unr_; enough, Goth. saps full. Cf. Assai, Satisfy. ] 1. (Law) (a) Property of a deceased person, subject by law to the payment of his debts and legacies; -- called assets because sufficient to render the executor or administrator liable to the creditors and legatees, so far as such goods or estate may extend. Story. Blackstone. (b) Effects of an insolvent debtor or bankrupt, applicable to the payment of debts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The entire property of all sorts, belonging to a person, a corporation, or an estate; as, the assets of a merchant or a trading association; -- opposed to liabilities. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In balancing accounts the assets are put on the Cr. side and the debts on the Dr. side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a college degree granted for successful completion of a two-year course of study in arts or general topics.
Syn. -- AA [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office or dignity of an autocrat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crazy; insane; loony; demented; batty. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Batsmen The one who wields the bat in cricket, baseball, etc.; in baseball, the batsman is usually called the batter. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ It. bezzo. ] A small brass Venetian coin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Russ.; bez without + popovtsy, a derivative of pop priest. ] A Russian sect. See Raskolnik. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Cf. F. bitte, Icel. biti, a beam. &unr_;87. ] (Naut.) A frame of two strong timbers fixed perpendicularly in the fore part of a ship, on which to fasten the cables as the ship rides at anchor, or in warping. Other bitts are used for belaying (belaying bitts), for sustaining the windlass (carrick bitts, winch bitts, or windlass bitts), to hold the pawls of the windlass (pawl bitts) etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crude potash. De Colange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. same as blewit.
Syn. -- blewit, Tricholoma personatum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bluet, bleuet, dim. of bleu blue. See Blue, a. ] (Bot.) A name given to several different species of plants having blue flowers, as the Houstonia cœrulea, the Centaurea cyanus or bluebottle, and the Vaccinium angustifolium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A boatman. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boat + swain. ] 1. (Naut.) An officer who has charge of the boats, sails, rigging, colors, anchors, cables, cordage, etc., of a ship, and who also summons the crew, and performs other duties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The jager gull. (b) The tropic bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

Boatswain's mate, an assistant of the boatswain. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The Jesuit editors of the “Acta Sanctorum”, or Lives of the Saints; -- named from John Bolland, who began the work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of bowsprit. ] (Naut.) See Bowsprit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A servant at a hotel or elsewhere, who cleans and blacks the boots and shoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russian ] a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation, and often served with sour cream. Also, as used in the U.S., a sour cabbage soup, called in Russian shchi.
Syn. -- borsch, borsh, borscht, borshch, bortsch. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. pl. [ Cf. Gael. botus belly worm, boiteag maggot. ] (Zool.) The larvæ of several species of botfly, especially those larvæ which infest the stomach, throat, or intestines of the horse, and are supposed to be the cause of various ailments. [ Written also botts. ] See Illust. of Botfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Zool.) See Bots. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ F. bout end + rimé rhymed. ] Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Brassart. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., fr. It. viola da braccio viola held on the arm. ] The tenor viola, or viola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A summer or girder extending across a building flush with, and supporting, the upper part of a front or external wall; a long lintel; a girder; -- used principally above shop windows. [ Written also brestsummer and bressummer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Breastsummer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bright; clear; luminous; brilliant. [ R. ] Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the people of Great Britain. [ informal ]
Syn. -- British, British people, the British. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr. &unr_; hill, heap + &unr_;, &unr_;, a tooth. ] (Zool.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

n. pl. [ F. castagnettes, Sp. castañetas, fr. L. castanea (Sp. castaña) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See Chestnut. ] Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles them to the motion of his feet. Moore (Encyc. of Music). [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Catsos [ It. cazzo. ] A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]