n. 1. same as bunsen burner; a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air.
Syn. -- bunsen burner, etna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Elec.) A zinc-carbon cell in which the zinc (amalgamated) is surrounded by dilute sulphuric acid, and the carbon by nitric acid or a chromic acid mixture, the two plates being separated by a porous cup. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

See under Battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. conseil, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul. ] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management of the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See Attorney. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

In counsel, in secret. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
To keep counsel, or
To keep one's own counsel, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. Shak.

Syn. -- Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counseled i>or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or Counselling. ] [ OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel. ] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. [ 1913 Webster ]

They who counsel war. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb,
Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also counsellable. ] 1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
Syn. -- guidance, counsel, direction. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as counselor.
Syn. -- counselor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the position of counselor; same as counselorship.
Syn. -- counselorship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Written also counsellor. ] [ OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel. ] 1. One who counsels; an adviser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [ See under Consilor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.
Syn. -- advocate, counsel, counselor, counselor-at-law; attorney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good counselors lack no clients. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp. [ PJC ]

n. a lawyer who pleads cases in court.
Syn. -- advocate, counsel, counselor, counsellor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + counsel: cf. OF. desconseiller. ] To dissuade. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To counsel or advise wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From Chinese. ] Powdered fledspar, kaolin, or quartz, used in the manufacture of porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. 1. The descent of the sun below the horizon; also, the time when the sun sets; evening. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is the sunset of life gives me mystical lore. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the region where the sun sets; the west. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sunset shell (Zool.), a West Indian marine bivalve (Tellina radiata) having a smooth shell marked with radiating bands of varied colors resembling those seen at sunset or before sunrise; -- called also rising sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + seal. ] 1. To break or remove the seal of; to open, as what is sealed; as, to unseal a letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unable to unseal his lips beyond the width of a quarter of an inch. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To disclose, as a secret. [ Obs. ] The Coronation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + seam. ] To open the seam or seams of; to rip; to cut; to cut open. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not searchable; inscrutable; hidden; mysterious. [ 1913 Webster ]

The counsels of God are to us unsearchable. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Un*search"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*search"a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + season. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To make unseasoned; to deprive of seasoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike unseasonably; to affect disagreeably or unfavorably. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Why do I send this rustic madrigal,
That may thy tuneful ear unseason quite? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not seasonable; being, done, or occurring out of the proper season; ill-timed; untimely; too early or too late; as, he called at an unseasonable hour; unseasonable advice; unseasonable frosts; unseasonable food. -- Un*sea"son*a*ble*ness, n. -- Un*sea"son*a*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not seasoned. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Untimely; ill-timed. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + seat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To throw from one's seat; to deprive of a seat. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, to deprive of the right to sit in a legislative body, as for fraud in election. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not seconded; not supported, aided, or assisted; as, the motion was unseconded; the attempt was unseconded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not exemplified a second time. [ Obs. ] “Strange and unseconded shapes of worms.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + secret. ] To disclose; to divulge. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not + secret. ] Not secret; not close; not trusty; indiscreet. [ Obs. ] “We are unsecret to ourselves.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + secularize. ] To cause to become not secular; to detach from secular things; to alienate from the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Insecure. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + seel. ] To open, as the eyes of a hawk that have been seeled; hence, to give light to; to enlighten. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ 1st pref. un- + seem. ] Not to seem. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unbeseeming; not fit or becoming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. [ 1913 Webster ]

An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an unseemly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not seen or discovered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unskilled; inexperienced. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Not seldom; frequently. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. uns&unr_;lig. See Un- not, and Silly. ] Not blessed or happy; wretched; unfortunate. [ Written also unsilly. ] [ Obs. ] Chaucer. -- Un*se"li*ness, n. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

a. [ See 1st Un-, and Semen. ] Deprived of virility, or seminal energy; made a eunuch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanting a distinct meaning; having no certain signification. [ R. ] Puller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Insensible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + sensualize. ] To elevate from the domain of the senses; to purify. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inseparable. [ Obs. ] “In love unseparable.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not set; not fixed or appointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + settle. ] To move or loosen from a settled position or state; to unfix; to displace; to disorder; to confuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become unsettled or unfixed; to be disordered. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. The act of unsettling, or state of being unsettled; disturbance. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]