n. [ AS. arcediacon, archidiacon, L. archidiaconus, fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Arch-, pref., and Deacon. ] In England, an ecclesiastical dignitary, next in rank below a bishop, whom he assists, and by whom he is appointed, though with independent authority. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an archdeacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + diocese. ] The diocese of an archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to an archduke or archduchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + duchess. ] The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The territory of an archduke or archduchess. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + duke. ] A prince of the imperial family of Austria. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Formerly this title was assumed by the rulers of Lorraine, Brabant, Austria, etc. It is now appropriated to the descendants of the imperial family of Austria through the make line, all such male descendants being styled archduke, and all such female descendants archduchesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An archduchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Iraq. Population (2000) = nk. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The day in which any person is born; day of origin or commencement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those barbarous ages past, succeeded next
The birthday of invention. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The day of the month in which a person was born, in whatever succeeding year it may recur; the anniversary of one's birth. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is my birthday; as this very day
Was Cassius born. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the day of birth, or its anniversary; as, birthday gifts or festivities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Birth + -dom. ] The land of one's birth; one's inheritance. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The institution, government, or authority of a church. [ R. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An earthquake. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mythical monster of the early Anglo-Saxon literature; a dragon. W. Spalding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. High density lipoprotein, a lipoprotein that transports cholesterol in the blood; high levels are thought to be associated with decreased risk of coronary heart disease and atherosclerosis; sometimes called good cholesterol. Contrasted with LDL.
Syn. -- high-density lipoprotein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ar., guide, leader. ] Among Muslims, the last imam or leader of the faithful. The Sunni, the largest sect of the Muslims, believe that he is yet to appear. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The title has been taken by several persons in countries where Islam prevails, -- notably by Mohammad Ahmed, who overran the Egyptian Sudan, and in 1885 captured Khartum, his soldiers killing General Gordon, an Englishman, who was then the Egyptian governor of the region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mahdism. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Belief in the coming of the Mahdi; fanatical devotion to the cause of the Mahdi or a pretender to that title. -- Mah"dist n.

Mahdism has proved the most shameful and terrible instrument of bloodshed and oppression which the modern world has ever witnessed. E. N. Bennett. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. Same as muezzin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrfev. from L., Philosophae Doctor. ] A scholastic degree awarded for study beyond college; the Doctorate degree in Philosophy. In America it is usually based on at least 3 years graduate study and a dissertation; the doctorate is the highest degree awarded by a graduate school, and is awarded in other fields, such as Doctor of Arts. The Ph.D. is broadly applicable, as in most fields of science and technology; -- the term philosophy being derived from an earlier label for experimental science as Natural Philosophy.
Syn. -- Doctor of Philosophy. [ WordNet 1.5 + PJC ]

v. t. To draw or delineate rapidly and by way of a first sketch. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. in laundry work, to dry without smoothing or ironing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Subahdar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the South Downs, a range of pasture hills south of the Thames, in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

Southdown sheep (Zool.), a celebrated breed of shortwooled, hornless sheep, highly valued on account of the delicacy of their flesh. So called from the South Downs where the breed originated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Southdown sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Per. & Hind. sūbah-dār, Per. sūbah a province + dār holding, keeping. ] A viceroy; a governor of a subah; also, a native captain in the British native army. [ India ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The office or jurisdiction of a subahdar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Football) The act of touching the football down behind the opponents' goal; also the score (6 points) resulting from such a play. [ 1913 Webster ]

Safety touchdown. See under Safety. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A washbowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Same as Washerwoman, 2. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dog kept to watch and guard premises or property, and to give notice of the approach of intruders. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Withdrew p. p. Withdrawn p. pr. & vb. n. Withdrawing. ] [ With against + draw. ] 1. To take back or away, as what has been bestowed or enjoyed; to draw back; to cause to move away or retire; as, to withdraw aid, favor, capital, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Impossible it is that God should withdraw his presence from anything. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take back; to recall or retract; as, to withdraw false charges. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To retire; to retreat; to quit a company or place; to go away; as, he withdrew from the company. “When the sea withdrew.” King Horn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recede; retrograde; go back. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawment; retreat; retraction. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who withdraws; one who takes back, or retracts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Withdraw, and cf. Drawing-room. ] A room for retirement from another room, as from a dining room; a drawing-room. [ 1913 Webster ]

A door in the middle leading to a parlor and withdrawing-room. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of withdrawing; withdrawal. W. Belsham. [ 1913 Webster ]