TERMS STARTING WITH
quob ::: v. i. --> To throb; to quiver.
quoddies ::: n. pl. --> Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.
quodlibetarian ::: n. --> One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
quodlibetical ::: a. --> Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment.
quodlibet ::: n. --> A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
A medley improvised by several performers.
quod ::: n. --> A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison. ::: v. --> Quoth; said. See Quoth.
quoifffure ::: n. --> See Coiffure.
quoif ::: n. & v. t. --> See Coif.
quoil ::: n. --> See Coil.
quoin ::: n. --> Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes
to support and steady a stone.
To support the breech of a cannon.
To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
quoit ::: n. --> A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
A game played with quoits.
The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
A cromlech. ::: v. i.
quoke ::: --> imp. of Quake.
quoll ::: n. --> A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.
quondam ::: a. --> Having been formerly; former; sometime. ::: n. --> A person dismissed or ejected from a position.
quook ::: --> imp. of Quake.
quop ::: v. i. --> See Quob.
quorum ::: n. --> Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.
quotable ::: a. --> Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.
quota ::: n. --> A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
quota sample: A method of non-random sampling where the population is divided into groups and each group is given a quota - a proportion with which sample units from this group should form the sample. The fact that actions have to be taken in order to ensure that the proportions are right means that such samples may be biased.
quota sampling: a technique for obtaining participants by selecting a quota of individuals, in proportion to their frequency in the population.
quotation: A passage or expression that is quoted or cited.
quotationist ::: n. --> One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
quotation ::: n. --> The act of quoting or citing.
That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
Quota; share.
A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank
quote :::Abstract sound is called Saut-i Sarmad by the Sufis; all space is filled with it. The vibrations of this sound are too fine to be either audible or visible to the material ears or eyes, since it is even difficult for the eyes to see the form and color of he ethereal vibrations on the external plane. It was the Saut-i Sarmad, the sound of the abstract plane, which Muhammad heard in the cave of Ghar-i Hira when he became lost in his divine ideal.
quote :::After receiving instruction in the five different grades of Sufism, the physical, intellectual, mental, moral, and spiritual, I went through a course of training in the four schools:
quote :::All down the ages the Yogis and seers of India have worshipped the Word-God, or Sound-God, and around that idea is centered all the mysticism of sound or utterance.
quote :::Among the Sufis there was a great saint, Muinuddin Chishti of Ajmer. At his grave music is played, the Hindus and Muslims go their on pilgrimage. This shows that the religion of the knowers of truth is the religion of God.
quote :::As in the physical being of an individual many small germs are born and nourished which are also living beings, so in his mental plane there are many beings, termed Muwakkals, or elementals. These are still finer entities born of man's own thoughts, and as the germs live in his physical body so the elementals dwell in his mental sphere. Man often imagines that thoughts are without life; he does not see that they are more alive than the physical germs and that they have a birth, childhood, youth, age and death. They work for man's advantage or disadvantage according to their nature. The Sufi creates, fashions and controls them.
quote :::Avicenna, the great physician of ancient times, on whose discoveries medieval science was based, was a Sufi who used to sit in meditation, and by intuition he used to write prescriptions.
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Vairagya means satisfaction, the feeling that no desire is to be satisfied any more, that nothing on earth is desired.
from The Sufi Message, Volume VIII,
quote chapter and verse ::: [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant excerpt from an appropriate bible. I don't care if rn gets it wrong; Followup-To: poster is explicitly permitted by RFC 1036. I'll quote chapter and verse if you don't believe me. See also legalese, language lawyer, RTFS (sense 2).[Jargon File]
quote chapter and verse [by analogy with the mainstream phrase] To cite a relevant excerpt from an appropriate {bible}. "I don't care if "rn" gets it wrong; "Followup-To: poster" is explicitly permitted by {RFC} 1036. I'll quote chapter and verse if you don't believe me." See also {legalese}, {language lawyer}, {RTFS} (sense 2). [{Jargon File}]
quote :::Christ said, 'I and the Father are one'. That does not mean that Christ laid claim to Godhood for His own person. It is what the dervishes call 'Hama man am', which means all is He and He is all. There is not an atom in the universe that He is not. We must recognize Him, we must respect Him in every face, even in the face of our enemy...
quoted by Levi in Transcendental Magic, the govern¬
quoted by Levi in Transcendental Magic, the
quote :::Deep thinkers in all ages have recognized the three-fold aspect of nature. Teachers have called these three aspects by different names according to their religious terminology, and they gave them an interpretation that suited the time and the place. Tracing back this idea, we find that it already existed among the Hindus in very ancient times; they called it Trimutri, and they personified these three aspects by giving them characters such as Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu the Sustainer, and Mahesh or Shiva the Destroyer or Assimilator.
quote :::Devotion requires an ideal, and the ideal of the Sufis is the God-ideal. They attain to this ideal by a gradual process. They first take bayat, initiation, from the hand of one whose presence gives them confidence that he will be a worthy counselor in life and a guide on the path as yet untrodden...
quoted ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Quote
quoted in Jewish Encyclopedia I, 593.] In the
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quote ::: from The Sufi Message, Sangatha I, Tasawwuf (unpublished)
quote ::: from The Sufi Message, Volume II, Abstract Sound
quote ::: from The Sufi Message, Volume IX, Universal Worship
quote ::: from The Sufi Message, Volume XII, The Life of a Sage
quote ::: from The Sufi Message, Volume XII, The Life of a Sage
quote ::: from The Sufi Message, Volume X, Sufi Poetry
quote :::Haya
quote :::In an Eastern language there is a word which is very difficult to translate: iman. It is not exactly faith or belief; the nearest word one can find for it is conviction, a conviction that cannot be changed by anything, a conviction that does not come from outside. One always seeks for conviction, one asks, 'Will anybody convince me, will this thing convince me?'Nothing convinces, nobody convinces. Conviction is something that comes from one's own heart and it stands above faith and belief...
quote :::In Sanskrit religion is called Dharma, which literally means duty. To give a definition of what religion is one can say that it is an unswerving progress towards the ideal.
quote :::Inspiration is the inner light which reflects itself upon the heart of man; the purer the heart is from rust, like a clean mirror, the more clearly inspiration can be reflected in it. To receive inspirations clearly the heart should be prepared by proper training. A heart soiled with rust is never capable of receiving them. There are five kinds of inspiration:
quote :::Inspirations are reflected upon mankind in five ways:
quote :::In spiritual terms, kauthar refers to the abundance of good, or abundant blessings, that Allah has promised to those who pray sincerely and devote their lives selflessly to the good of humanity. Esoterically, this is the Divine wine. Also, the name of Chapter 108 of the Qur'an. In the hadith, al-kauthar is variously likened, to a river, a lake, or a fountain, while also saying that these attributes are just a portion of the great goodness of al-kauthar. One of the sayings of Muhammad (hadith), as narrated by Sahl bin Sad, says: I heard the Prophet saying, "I am your predecessor at al-kauthar, and whoever will come to it, will drink from it, and whoever will drink from it, will never become thirsty after that."
quote :::In the imagery of the Sufi poets, this tavern is the world, and the sāqī is God. In whatever form the wine-giver comes and gives a wine, it is God who comes.
quote :::In the Vedanta the soul is called by three names which denote its three aspects, Atma, Mahatma, Paramatma. Atma is the soul conscious of the life on the surface, Mahatma is the soul conscious as well of the life within, Paramatma is the consciousness that is the soul of souls, conscious of the Absolute within and without, the God of the knower, the Lord of the seer.
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quote :::I will say that there is one principle mission of Sufism, that is, to dig the ground under which the light of the soul becomes buried. The same is the teaching of Christ, who has said, that no one shall cover his light under a bushel, also. 'Raise your light on high.'...
quote :::Maulana Hashimi was his great friend and ustad, who taught him the Persian and Arabic literature of the ancient Sufis and being a great mystic, recognized in Inayat what other friends of his (Ramyar and Hafiz Khan) though his great friends and admirers, were at a loss to understand. But Hashimi knew that something was being prepared in Inayat for the years that were in store for him, which was beyond words or imagination.
quote :::Music is called Ghiza-i-ruh, the food of the soul, by Sufis. Music being the most divine art elevates the soul to the higher spirit; music itself being unseen soon reaches the unseen; just as only the diamond can break the diamond, so musical vibrations are used to make the physical and mental vibrations inactive, in order that the Sufi may be elevated to the spiritual spheres.
quote :::Oh, Allah, how long will this 'you'
quote :::Oh Lord, dweller within;
quote :::Out of Himself, God produced His manifestation, His means of becoming conscious; and now each manifestation of Himself calls out, "I," not knowing its True Self. But when the individual intelligence frees itself from this delusion, and recognizes its immortal existence, then it becomes master of all states of being; it becomes that ideal being whose bliss cannot be equaled on earth nor surpassed in Heaven. This state in the experience of Intelligence, when the knower becomes known to Himself is called Shuhud; and in this the aim of life is accomplished.
quote :::Puja is the name of the Hindu form of worship, which is from the beginning to the end a symbolical expression of what the seeker has to perform in the path of spiritual attainment.
quote :::Rama, the great prophet and ideal of the Hindus, was at the same time an example of the incarnation of a godhead. The character and history of Rama is described by Valmiki in the great epic Ramayana. The training, which was given to Rama by a great Rishi named Vashishta, was in order to bring forth that kingdom of God which is hidden in the heart of man. In this respect Rama was not only an ideal for the Hindus of that particular age, but a model to mold the character of those who tread the spiritual path in any age.
quoter ::: n. --> One who quotes the words of another.
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quote :::Sufism has as its object the uniting of life and religion, which so far seem to have been kept apart... Therefore the teaching of Sufis is to make everyday life into a religion, that every action in life may have some spiritual fruit.
quote :::Sufism, therefore, is the process of making life natural... By this process of Sufism one realizes one's own nature, one's true nature... Sufism means to know one's true being, to know the purpose of one's life and to know how to accomplish that purpose.
quote :::The aim of all religions and philosophies is the understanding and the realization of unity. The Vedanta philosophy teaches advaita: there is no such thing as 'two'; the whole is one and the same being. In the Bible it is said, 'I
quote :::The divine life has a certain capability to give life, and it gives this life as teaching to the children of earth, and this teaching is called Dharma, religion. Religions are many and different from one another, but only in form, for water is one and the same element, and formless, only it takes the shape of the channel which holds it and which it uses for its accommodation; and so the name water is changed into river, lake, sea, stream, pond, etc. So it is with religion; the essential truth is one.
quote :::... the essence of morals and of religion and of education is one, and that one essence is the manner of friendship. Sufis of all ages have named it Suluk, which means divine manner, beneficence.
quote: The exact words of the person being referred too.
quote :::The history of Khusru, the old king of Persia, who was both Prophet and king shows this. His feeling was, 'My subjects are my children; more than my children, nearer and closer than my children; their interest is my interest, for them I live, for them I was born. My whole life is for them.'
quote :::The ideal perfection, called Baqa by Sufis, is termed 'Najat'in Islam, 'Nirvana'
quote :::The life of Krishna is an ideal. It gives the picture of the life of a perfect man. The real meaning of the word Krishna is God. The man who was identified with that name was the God-conscious one who fulfilled his message in the period in which he was destined to give it.
quote :::The method of attainment is to endeavor always to make others happy and by experiencing happiness in the happiness of others. In the terms of the Sufi it is "Suluk".
quote :::There are also words, which no language can claim for its own. This is true of the word Ism-i Azam, which means the word of power. No one can claim this word as belonging to his language; it is a word, which belongs to no language... All other words have been derived from it, for Ism-i Azam is the spirit of all words; it is the root of all other words.
quote :::There are two forces in the universe, Qazā, the divine force that is working through all things and beings, and Qadr, the free will of the individual.
quote :::There is a phrase in the Sanskrit language which says 'Nada Brahma,'which means, 'the mystery of creation was in Nada,'which means, 'in the word.'
quote :::There is a still greater and deeper experience: when a person is in a wilderness, near rocks in the desert, where there is no sound even of birds or beasts, when there is absolute silence. In the East, did not all the prophets from the time of Abraham, Moses, David, and in the time of Christ and Muhammad, all the prophets of the Old Testament and the New, and of the Qur'an, receive their inspiration from the same source?
quote :::There is a tank in Mecca called 'Zamzam,'
quote :::The religious activity of the Sufi Movement is called the Universal Worship, or the Church of All. Why is it so named? Because it contains all different ways of worship and all Churches...
quote :::The Salik is a person who believes that he can be a sage and at the same time follow his worldly occupation. His work is making his life amidst the responsibilities of everyday affairs, and at the same time he does this for higher purpose; his mind is fixed on higher aspirations even while in the world. Every act in all the affairs of life is directed towards higher purpose; His mind is fixed on higher aspirations even while in the world.
quote :::The Sufi in the East says to himself, 'Ishq Allah, Ma'bud Allah, which means 'God is Love, God is the Beloved', in other words it is God who is Love, Lover, and Beloved.
quote :::The Sufi's base the whole of their teaching on the crushing of the ego which they term Nafs-kushi, for therein lies all magnetism and power.
quote :::... the Sufis have learned the lesson of love, of devotion, of sympathy, and have called it the cultivation of the heart. It is known by the word suluk, which means the loving manner.
quote :::The Supreme Being has been called by various names in different languages, but the mystics have known him as Hu, the natural name, not man-made, the only name of the Nameless, which all nature constantly proclaims.
quote :::The Universal Worship is not another Church to be included among the variety of existing Churches.
quote :::The word capacity refers to the unconfined basis for experience, as in the moment just before something takes place. ... The analogy for this is a bright mirror, a readiness for experience to unfold without any preconception whatsoever.
quote :::The work of a cherag is to help a person to live...
quote :::This sound Hu is the beginning and the end of all sounds, be they from man, bird, beast, or thing...
quote :::This Universal Worship which has been organized in the Sufi Movement was the hope of all prophets.
quote :::Those who are called fakirs all belong to the Rind. Their life consists in learning to disregard all worldly things. A person fears most being without such things..
quote :::Tisra, the rhythm of three beats
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quote :::To make a place is to make an Akasha ... When you make yourself an Akasha for God to be enshrined in, that is the only purpose for which this body was made. It was made that God might take charge of it, might be awakened in this body. By doing this one fulfills that purpose, one opens this place for God, one makes it the places for God, and says, 'Now You be enshrined in this place; it belongs to You, You made it.'
quote ::: v. t. --> To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare. html{color:
To name the current price of.
To notice; to observe; to examine.
To set down, as in writing.
quote :::When man has risen to the stage of development where he can be the perfect instrument of God, when nothing of his own being stands in the way of the direct impulse that comes from within -- that spirit may be called perfect. That which is most precious, that which is the purpose of man's life is to arrive at that state of perfection when he can be the perfect instrument of God.
quote :::You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!
You alone exist, I do not! Like the shadow of a house in ruins,
I revolve in my own mind.
If I speak, you speak with me:
If I am silent, you are in my mind.
If I sleep, you sleep with me:
If I walk, you are along my path.
Oh Bulleh, the spouse has come to my house:
My life is a sacrifice unto Him.
You alone exist; I do not, O Beloved!
quotha ::: interj. --> Indeed; forsooth.
quoth ::: v. t. --> Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he.
quotidian ::: a. --> Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever. ::: n. --> Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.
quotient ::: n. --> The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three.
The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
quotient rule A rule for differentiation of a quotient of functions that is derived from applying chain rule and product rule to the general expression uv-1.
quotient ::: The number obtained by dividing one number (the numerator) by another (the denominator). If both numbers are rational then the result will also be rational.
quotient The number obtained by dividing one number (the "numerator") by another (the "denominator"). If both numbers are {rational} then the result will also be rational.
quotient The result of a division, much as a product is the result of a multiplication.
quotiety ::: n. --> The relation of an object to number.
quoting from an old mishna, Massecheth Derech
quoting from the Prayer of Joseph, a Jewish
quoting from various Talmudic sources, reports
quoting Malachi 3:1: “and the angel of the testa¬
quoting ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Quote
quotum ::: n. --> Part or proportion; quota.
quo warranto ::: --> A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers.
Quoriel—an “inferior spirit” serving Vachmiel,
Quota - A restriction on the quantity of a good a firm is permitted to sell or that a country is allowed to import.
Quota sample - People selected on the basis of certain characteristics (e.g. age, gender, income) as a source of information for market research.
Quota (set by a cartel) - The output that a given member of a cartel is allowed, to produce (production quota) or sell (sales quota).
Quotation - 1. a statement of the market price (current) of a security or specified commodity. Or 2. an offer to sell items at a specified price and under specific set of conditions.
Quotation marks, syntactical use of: See Notations, logical.
Quotation marks, usually single quotes, are employed as a means of distinguishing the name of a symbol or formula from the symbol or formula itself (see syntax, logical). A symbol or formula between quotation marks is employed as a name of that particular symbol or formula. E.g., 'p' is a name of the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet in small italic type.
Quotations from Laurency are surrounded by quotation marks.
Quoted price – Is the price of the last transaction of a listed security or an estimate of how much a particular job or item will cost.
Quote - To state the specific price of a service or asset, e.g. a specific stock price or fee for a specific service.
TERMS ANYWHERE
aard-wolf ::: n. --> A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles. html{color:
aquose ::: a. --> Watery; aqueous.
aquosity ::: n. --> The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.
abroach ::: v. t. --> To set abroach; to let out, as liquor; to broach; to tap. ::: adv. --> Broached; in a condition for letting out or yielding liquor, as a cask which is tapped.
Hence: In a state to be diffused or propagated; afoot;
abstainer ::: n. --> One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors.
achillean ::: a. --> Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible. html{color:
acid ::: a. --> Sour, sharp, or biting to the taste; tart; having the taste of vinegar: as, acid fruits or liquors. Also fig.: Sour-tempered.
Of or pertaining to an acid; as, acid reaction. ::: n. --> A sour substance.
One of a class of compounds, generally but not always
adagio ::: a. & adv. --> Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow. ::: n. --> A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn. html{color:
addendum ::: n. --> A thing to be added; an appendix or addition. html{color:
adder ::: n. --> One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.
A serpent.
A small venomous serpent of the genus Vipera. The common European adder is the Vipera (/ Pelias) berus. The puff adders of Africa are species of Clotho.
In America, the term is commonly applied to several harmless snakes, as the milk adder, puffing adder, etc. html{color:
adding ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Add html{color:
aforecited ::: a. --> Named or quoted before.
aiblins ::: adv. --> Alt. of Ablins html{color:
aimless ::: a. --> Without aim or purpose; as, an aimless life. html{color:
alcoholic ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to alcohol, or partaking of its qualities; derived from, or caused by, alcohol; containing alcohol; as, alcoholic mixtures; alcoholic gastritis; alcoholic odor. ::: n. --> A person given to the use of alcoholic liquors.
Alcoholic liquors.
alcoholism ::: n. --> A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.
alcoholization ::: n. --> The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder.
The act rectifying spirit.
Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.
alcohol ::: n. --> An impalpable powder.
The fluid essence or pure spirit obtained by distillation.
Pure spirit of wine; pure or highly rectified spirit (called also ethyl alcohol); the spirituous or intoxicating element of fermented or distilled liquors, or more loosely a liquid containing it in considerable quantity. It is extracted by simple distillation from various vegetable juices and infusions of a saccharine nature, which have undergone vinous fermentation.
alcoholometry ::: n. --> The process or method of ascertaining the proportion of pure alcohol which spirituous liquors contain.
alectoromancy ::: n. --> See Alectryomancy. html{color:
ale ::: n. --> An intoxicating liquor made from an infusion of malt by fermentation and the addition of a bitter, usually hops.
A festival in English country places, so called from the liquor drunk.
alength ::: adv. --> At full length; lengthwise. html{color:
aliquot ::: a. --> An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant.
aliquant ::: a. --> An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot.
allege ::: v. t. --> To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.
To cite or quote; as, to allege the authority of a judge.
To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.
To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble.
alleyway ::: n. --> An alley. html{color:
all-possessed ::: a. --> Controlled by an evil spirit or by evil passions; wild. html{color:
all saints ::: --> Alt. of All Saints&
amzel ::: n. --> The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). html{color:
ancone ::: n. --> The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter.
A bracket supporting a cornice; a console.
anthomania ::: n. --> A extravagant fondness for flowers. html{color:
aplysia ::: n. --> A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
ardent ::: a. --> Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.
aristotelic ::: a. --> Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. html{color:
asquint ::: adv. --> With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. html{color:
bacharach ::: n. --> Alt. of Backarack html{color:
balderdash ::: n. --> A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash. ::: v. t. --> To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
ballista ::: n. --> An ancient military engine, in the form of a crossbow, used for hurling large missiles. html{color:
barkeeper ::: n. --> One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
barkentine ::: n. --> A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged. [Spelled also barquentine, barkantine, etc.] See Illust. in Append. html{color:
barley-bree ::: n. --> Liquor made from barley; strong ale.
barm ::: n. --> Foam rising upon beer, or other malt liquors, when fermenting, and used as leaven in making bread and in brewing; yeast.
The lap or bosom.
barroom ::: n. --> A room containing a bar or counter at which liquors are sold.
based ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Base ::: a. --> Having a base, or having as a base; supported; as, broad-based. ::: n.
basylous ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or having the nature of, a basyle; electro-positive; basic; -- opposed to chlorous. html{color:
beading ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Bead ::: n. --> Molding in imitation of beads.
The beads or bead-forming quality of certain liquors; as, the beading of a brand of whisky.
bead proof ::: --> Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.
A degree of strength in alcoholic liquor as shown by beads or small bubbles remaining on its surface, or at the side of the glass, when shaken.
beady ::: a. --> Resembling beads; small, round, and glistening.
Covered or ornamented with, or as with, beads.
Characterized by beads; as, beady liquor.
bean trefoil ::: --> A leguminous shrub of southern Europe, with trifoliate leaves (Anagyris foetida). html{color:
bequote ::: v. t. --> To quote constantly or with great frequency.
beerhouse ::: n. --> A house where malt liquors are sold; an alehouse.
beer ::: n. --> A fermented liquor made from any malted grain, but commonly from barley malt, with hops or some other substance to impart a bitter flavor.
A fermented extract of the roots and other parts of various plants, as spruce, ginger, sassafras, etc.
befuddle ::: v. t. --> To becloud and confuse, as with liquor.
beggable ::: a. --> Capable of being begged. html{color:
bemuse ::: v. t. --> To muddle, daze, or partially stupefy, as with liquor.
berserker ::: n. --> One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
birching ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Birch html{color:
bish ::: n. --> Same as Bikh. html{color:
bitters ::: n. pl. --> A liquor, generally spirituous in which a bitter herb, leaf, or root is steeped.
blackstrap ::: n. --> A mixture of spirituous liquor (usually rum) and molasses.
Bad port wine; any common wine of the Mediterranean; -- so called by sailors.
blandiloquous ::: a. --> Alt. of Blandiloquious
blindly ::: adv. --> Without sight, discernment, or understanding; without thought, investigation, knowledge, or purpose of one&
bogus ::: a. --> Spurious; fictitious; sham; -- a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin, and hence denoting anything counterfeit. ::: n. --> A liquor made of rum and molasses.
boilingly ::: adv. --> With boiling or ebullition. html{color:
bombardman ::: n. --> One who carried liquor or beer in a can or bombard.
bombard ::: n. --> A piece of heavy ordnance formerly used for throwing stones and other ponderous missiles. It was the earliest kind of cannon.
A bombardment.
A large drinking vessel or can, or a leather bottle, for carrying liquor or beer.
Padded breeches.
See Bombardo.
boozer ::: n. --> One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser.
booze ::: v. i. --> To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. ::: n. --> A carouse; a drinking.
boozy ::: a. --> A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy.
borachte ::: n. --> A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard.
bottle ::: n. --> A hollow vessel, usually of glass or earthenware (but formerly of leather), with a narrow neck or mouth, for holding liquids.
The contents of a bottle; as much as a bottle contains; as, to drink a bottle of wine.
Fig.: Intoxicating liquor; as, to drown one&
bowl ::: n. --> A concave vessel of various forms (often approximately hemispherical), to hold liquids, etc.
Specifically, a drinking vessel for wine or other spirituous liquors; hence, convivial drinking.
The contents of a full bowl; what a bowl will hold.
The hollow part of a thing; as, the bowl of a spoon.
A ball of wood or other material used for rolling on a level surface in play; a ball of hard wood having one side heavier than the
boyism ::: n. --> Boyhood.
The nature of a boy; childishness. html{color:
quob ::: v. i. --> To throb; to quiver.
quoddies ::: n. pl. --> Herring taken and cured or smoked near Quoddy Head, Maine, or near the entrance of Passamaquoddy Ray.
quodlibetarian ::: n. --> One who discusses any subject at pleasure.
quodlibetical ::: a. --> Not restricted to a particular subject; discussed for curiosity or entertainment.
quodlibet ::: n. --> A nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point.
A medley improvised by several performers.
quod ::: n. --> A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; hence, a prison. ::: v. --> Quoth; said. See Quoth.
quoifffure ::: n. --> See Coiffure.
quoif ::: n. & v. t. --> See Coif.
quoil ::: n. --> See Coil.
quoin ::: n. --> Originally, a solid exterior angle, as of a building; now, commonly, one of the selected pieces of material by which the corner is marked.
A wedgelike piece of stone, wood metal, or other material, used for various purposes
to support and steady a stone.
To support the breech of a cannon.
To wedge or lock up a form within a chase.
quoit ::: n. --> A flattened ring-shaped piece of iron, to be pitched at a fixed object in play; hence, any heavy flat missile used for the same purpose, as a stone, piece of iron, etc.
A game played with quoits.
The discus of the ancients. See Discus.
A cromlech. ::: v. i.
quoke ::: --> imp. of Quake.
quoll ::: n. --> A marsupial of Australia (Dasyurus macrurus), about the size of a cat.
quondam ::: a. --> Having been formerly; former; sometime. ::: n. --> A person dismissed or ejected from a position.
quook ::: --> imp. of Quake.
quop ::: v. i. --> See Quob.
quorum ::: n. --> Such a number of the officers or members of any body as is competent by law or constitution to transact business; as, a quorum of the House of Representatives; a constitutional quorum was not present.
quotable ::: a. --> Capable or worthy of being quoted; as, a quotable writer; a quotable sentence.
quota ::: n. --> A proportional part or share; the share or proportion assigned to each in a division.
quotationist ::: n. --> One who makes, or is given to making, quotations.
quotation ::: n. --> The act of quoting or citing.
That which is quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration.
The naming or publishing of the current price of stocks, bonds, or any commodity; also the price named.
Quota; share.
A piece of hollow type metal, lower than type, and measuring two or more pica ems in length and breadth, used in the blank
quoted ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Quote
quoter ::: n. --> One who quotes the words of another.
quote ::: v. t. --> To cite, as a passage from some author; to name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.
To cite a passage from; to name as the authority for a statement or an opinion; as, to quote Shakespeare.
To name the current price of.
To notice; to observe; to examine.
To set down, as in writing.
quotha ::: interj. --> Indeed; forsooth.
quoth ::: v. t. --> Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he.
quotidian ::: a. --> Occurring or returning daily; as, a quotidian fever. ::: n. --> Anything returning daily; especially (Med.), an intermittent fever or ague which returns every day.
quotient ::: n. --> The number resulting from the division of one number by another, and showing how often a less number is contained in a greater; thus, the quotient of twelve divided by four is three.
The result of any process inverse to multiplication. See the Note under Multiplication.
quotiety ::: n. --> The relation of an object to number.
quoting ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Quote
quotum ::: n. --> Part or proportion; quota.
quo warranto ::: --> A writ brought before a proper tribunal, to inquire by what warrant a person or a corporation acts, or exercises certain powers.
bragget ::: n. --> A liquor made of ale and honey fermented, with spices, etc.
brandy ::: n. --> A strong alcoholic liquor distilled from wine. The name is also given to spirit distilled from other liquors, and in the United States to that distilled from cider and peaches. In northern Europe, it is also applied to a spirit obtained from grain.
brewage ::: n. --> Malt liquor; drink brewed.
brewer ::: n. --> One who brews; one whose occupation is to prepare malt liquors.
brewing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Brew ::: n. --> The act or process of preparing liquors which are brewed, as beer and ale.
The quantity brewed at once.
A mixing together.
brew ::: v. t. --> To boil or seethe; to cook.
To prepare, as beer or other liquor, from malt and hops, or from other materials, by steeping, boiling, and fermentation.
To prepare by steeping and mingling; to concoct.
To foment or prepare, as by brewing; to contrive; to plot; to concoct; to hatch; as, to brew mischief. ::: v. i.
brigge ::: n. --> A bridge. html{color:
brine ::: n. --> Water saturated or strongly impregnated with salt; pickle; hence, any strong saline solution; also, the saline residue or strong mother liquor resulting from the evaporation of natural or artificial waters.
The ocean; the water of an ocean, sea, or salt lake.
Tears; -- so called from their saltness. ::: v. t.
brisk ::: a. --> Full of liveliness and activity; characterized by quickness of motion or action; lively; spirited; quick.
Full of spirit of life; effervesc/ng, as liquors; sparkling; as, brick cider. ::: v. t. & i. --> To make or become lively; to enliven; to animate; to
bub ::: n. --> Strong malt liquor.
A young brother; a little boy; -- a familiar term of address of a small boy. ::: v. t. --> To throw out in bubbles; to bubble.
buchu ::: n. --> A South African shrub (Barosma) with small leaves that are dotted with oil glands; also, the leaves themselves, which are used in medicine for diseases of the urinary organs, etc. Several species furnish the leaves. html{color:
bulky ::: a. --> Of great bulk or dimensions; of great size; large; thick; massive; as, bulky volumes. html{color:
bull-necked ::: a. --> Having a short and thick neck like that of a bull. html{color:
bumper ::: n. --> A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.
A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer.
That which bumps or causes a bump.
Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.
bunodonts ::: n. pl. --> A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated. html{color:
but ::: adv. & conj. --> Except with; unless with; without.
Except; besides; save.
Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.
Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.
Only; solely; merely.
On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; html{color:
butler ::: n. --> An officer in a king&
buttery ::: a. --> Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter. ::: n. --> An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.
A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and
cabaret ::: n. --> A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed.
a type of restaurant where liquor and dinner is served, and entertainment is provided, as by musicians, dancers, or comedians, and providing space for dancing by the patrons; -- similar to a nightclub. The term cabaret is often used in the names of such an establishment.
the type of entertainment provided in a cabaret{2}.
cachiri ::: n. --> A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry.
cafe ::: n. --> A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.
calaite ::: n. --> A mineral. See Turquoise.
camwood ::: n. --> See Barwood. html{color:
canteen ::: n. --> A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink.
The sutler&
carouse ::: n. --> A large draught of liquor.
A drinking match; a carousal. ::: v. i. --> To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take part in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
casus ::: n. --> An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident. html{color:
catnip ::: n. --> Alt. of Catmint html{color:
cellaret ::: n. --> A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.
chalchihuitl ::: n. --> The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.
charger ::: n. --> One who, or that which charges.
An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.
A large dish.
A horse for battle or parade. html{color:
charge ::: v. t. --> To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.
To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.
To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.
To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars html{color:
charlatanry ::: n. --> Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. html{color:
chef ::: n. --> A chief of head person.
The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.
Same as Chief. html{color:
chica ::: n. --> A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.
A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.
A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.
chrisom ::: n. --> A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened.
A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. html{color:
chuckling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Chuckle html{color:
cital ::: n. --> Summons to appear, as before a judge.
Citation; quotation
citation ::: n. --> An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.
The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.
Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.
A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.
cite ::: v. t. --> To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.
To urge; to enjoin.
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.
To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.
To bespeak; to indicate.
cohobate ::: v. t. --> To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel.
coigne ::: n. --> A quoin.
Alt. of Coigny
coin ::: n. --> A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wedge. See Coigne, and Quoin.
A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.
That which serves for payment or recompense. ::: v. t.
coit ::: n. --> A quoit. ::: v. t. --> To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.
colstaff ::: n. --> A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders. html{color:
context ::: a. --> Knit or woven together; close; firm. ::: n. --> The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.
contour ::: n. --> The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.
The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. html{color:
coop ::: n. --> A barrel or cask for liquor.
An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.
A cart made close with boards; a tumbrel. ::: v. t. --> To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a
cornicular ::: n. --> A secretary or clerk. html{color:
covinous ::: a. --> Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest. html{color:
cowpea ::: n. --> The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States. html{color:
cran ::: n. --> Alt. of Crane html{color:
crapulous ::: a. --> Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses.
crazy ::: a. --> Characterized by weakness or feebleness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.
Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.
Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. html{color:
cream ::: n. --> The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.
The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface.
A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.
A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.
crouton ::: n. --> Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc. html{color:
cucking stool ::: --> A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. html{color:
deas ::: n. --> See Dais. html{color:
decantation ::: n. --> The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.
decanter ::: n. --> A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.
One who decants liquors.
decant ::: v. t. --> To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.
decillionth ::: a. --> Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion. ::: n. --> The quotient of unity divided by a decillion.
One of a decillion equal parts.
deep-waisted ::: a. --> Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck. html{color:
dendritic ::: a. --> Alt. of Dendritical html{color:
devi ::: n. --> ; fem. of Deva. A goddess. html{color:
di- ::: --> A prefix, signifying twofold, double, twice
denoting two atoms, radicals, groups, or equivalents, as the case may be. See Bi-, 2.
A prefix denoting through; also, between, apart, asunder, across. Before a vowel dia-becomes di-; as, diactinic; dielectric, etc. html{color:
diplanar ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to two planes. html{color:
dipped ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Dip html{color:
dipsomania ::: n. --> A morbid an uncontrollable craving (often periodic) for drink, esp. for alcoholic liquors; also improperly used to denote acute and chronic alcoholism.
discus ::: n. --> A quoit; a circular plate of some heavy material intended to be pitched or hurled as a trial of strength and skill.
The exercise with the discus.
A disk. See Disk.
disguise ::: v. t. --> To change the guise or appearance of; especially, to conceal by an unusual dress, or one intended to mislead or deceive.
To hide by a counterfeit appearance; to cloak by a false show; to mask; as, to disguise anger; to disguise one&
disk ::: n. --> A discus; a quoit.
A flat, circular plate; as, a disk of metal or paper.
The circular figure of a celestial body, as seen projected of the heavens.
A circular structure either in plants or animals; as, a blood disk; germinal disk, etc.
The whole surface of a leaf.
The central part of a radiate compound flower, as in
dispersive ::: a. --> Tending to disperse. html{color:
distiller ::: n. --> One who distills; esp., one who extracts alcoholic liquors by distillation.
The condenser of a distilling apparatus.
distillery ::: n. --> The building and works where distilling, esp. of alcoholic liquors, is carried on.
The act of distilling spirits.
doffing ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Doff html{color:
douter ::: n. --> An extinguisher for candles. html{color:
dout ::: v. t. --> To put out. html{color:
dove plant ::: --> A Central American orchid (Peristeria elata), having a flower stem five or six feet high, with numerous globose white fragrant flowers. The column in the center of the flower resembles a dove; -- called also Holy Spirit plant. html{color:
dragomans ::: pl. --> of Dragoman html{color:
dram ::: n. --> A weight; in Apothecaries&
dramseller ::: n. --> One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass.
drank ::: imp. --> of Drink.
of Drink ::: n. --> Wild oats, or darnel grass. See Drake a plant. html{color:
draught ::: n. --> The act of drawing or pulling
The act of moving loads by drawing, as by beasts of burden, and the like.
The drawing of a bowstring.
Act of drawing a net; a sweeping the water for fish.
The act of drawing liquor into the mouth and throat; the act of drinking.
A sudden attack or drawing upon an enemy.
drawer ::: n. --> One who, or that which, draws
One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom.
One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer.
One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee.
That which is drawn
A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by
drinker ::: n. --> One who drinks; as, the effects of tea on the drinker; also, one who drinks spirituous liquors to excess; a drunkard.
drinking ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Drink ::: n. --> The act of one who drinks; the act of imbibing.
The practice of partaking to excess of intoxicating liquors.
An entertainment with liquors; a carousal.
drink ::: v. i. --> To swallow anything liquid, for quenching thirst or other purpose; to imbibe; to receive or partake of, as if in satisfaction of thirst; as, to drink from a spring.
To quaff exhilarating or intoxicating liquors, in merriment or feasting; to carouse; to revel; hence, to lake alcoholic liquors to excess; to be intemperate in the /se of intoxicating or spirituous liquors; to tipple.
drunkard ::: n. --> One who habitually drinks strong liquors immoderately; one whose habit it is to get drunk; a toper; a sot.
drunkenness ::: n. --> The state of being drunken with, or as with, alcoholic liquor; intoxication; inebriety; -- used of the casual state or the habit.
Disorder of the faculties, resembling intoxication by liquors; inflammation; frenzy; rage.
drunken ::: --> of Drink ::: v. i. --> Overcome by strong drink; intoxicated by, or as by, spirituous liquor; inebriated.
Saturated with liquid or moisture; drenched.
Pertaining to, or proceeding from, intoxication.
drunk ::: intoxicated as with an alcoholic liquor; overcome or dominated by a strong feeling or emotion. honey-drunk. (Also, pp. of drink.)
duchess ::: n. --> The wife or widow of a duke; also, a lady who has the sovereignty of a duchy in her own right. html{color:
duchy ::: n. --> The territory or dominions of a duke; a dukedom. html{color:
dziggetai ::: n. --> The kiang, a wild horse or wild ass of Thibet (Asinus hemionus). E () The fifth letter of the English alphabet. html{color:
ebriety ::: n. --> Drunkenness; intoxication by spirituous liquors; inebriety.
eddoes ::: n. pl. --> The tubers of Colocasia antiquorum. See Taro.
effervesce ::: v. i. --> To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form.
To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.
eighteenth ::: a. --> Next in order after the seventeenth.
Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions.
eighth ::: a. --> Next in order after the seventh.
Consisting of one of eight equal divisions of a thing. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by eight; one of eight equal parts; an eighth part.
The interval of an octave.
eightieth ::: a. --> The next in order after seventy-ninth.
Consisting of one of eighty equal parts or divisions. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by eighty; one of eighty equal parts.
elixir ::: n. --> A tincture with more than one base; a compound tincture or medicine, composed of various substances, held in solution by alcohol in some form.
An imaginary liquor capable of transmuting metals into gold; also, one for producing life indefinitely; as, elixir vitae, or the elixir of life.
The refined spirit; the quintessence.
Any cordial or substance which invigorates.
elmen ::: a. --> Belonging to elms. html{color:
emication ::: n. --> A flying off in small particles, as heated iron or fermenting liquors; a sparkling; scintillation.
entozoon ::: n. --> One of the Entozoa. html{color:
eucalyptus ::: n. --> A myrtaceous genus of trees, mostly Australian. Many of them grow to an immense height, one or two species exceeding the height even of the California Sequoia.
excerpt ::: v. t. --> To select; to extract; to cite; to quote. ::: n. --> An extract; a passage selected or copied from a book or record.
extract ::: v. t. --> To draw out or forth; to pull out; to remove forcibly from a fixed position, as by traction or suction, etc.; as, to extract a tooth from its socket, a stump from the earth, a splinter from the finger.
To withdraw by expression, distillation, or other mechanical or chemical process; as, to extract an essence. Cf. Abstract, v. t., 6.
To take by selection; to choose out; to cite or quote,
eyght ::: n. --> An island. See Eyot. html{color:
eyot ::: n. --> A little island in a river or lake. See Ait. html{color:
feathered ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Feather ::: a. --> Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow.
Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees. html{color:
feather ::: n. --> One of the peculiar dermal appendages, of several kinds, belonging to birds, as contour feathers, quills, and down.
Kind; nature; species; -- from the proverbial phrase, "Birds of a feather," that is, of the same species.
The fringe of long hair on the legs of the setter and some other dogs.
A tuft of peculiar, long, frizzly hair on a horse.
One of the fins or wings on the shaft of an arrow. html{color:
feat ::: n. --> An act; a deed; an exploit.
A striking act of strength, skill, or cunning; a trick; as, feats of horsemanship, or of dexterity.
Dexterous in movements or service; skillful; neat; nice; pretty. ::: v. t. html{color:
fecundity ::: n. --> The quality or power of producing fruit; fruitfulness; especially (Biol.), the quality in female organisms of reproducing rapidly and in great numbers.
The power of germinating; as in seeds.
The power of bringing forth in abundance; fertility; richness of invention; as, the fecundity of God&
fermentable ::: a. --> Capable of fermentation; as, cider and other vegetable liquors are fermentable.
fifteenth ::: a. --> Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen.
Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. ::: n. --> One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of
fifth ::: a. --> Next in order after the fourth; -- the ordinal of five.
Consisting of one of five equal divisions of a thing. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by five; one of five equal parts; a fifth part.
The interval of three tones and a semitone, embracing five
fiftieth ::: a. --> Next in order after the forty-ninth; -- the ordinal of fifty.
Consisting of one of fifty equal parts or divisions. ::: n. --> One of fifty equal parts; the quotient of a unit divided by fifty.
fineness ::: a. --> The quality or condition of being fine.
Freedom from foreign matter or alloy; clearness; purity; as, the fineness of liquor.
The proportion of pure silver or gold in jewelry, bullion, or coins.
Keenness or sharpness; as, the fineness of a needle&
flagon ::: n. --> A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass.
flamingo ::: n. --> Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.
flighter ::: n. --> A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor.
fnese ::: v. i. --> To breathe heavily; to snort. html{color:
foisty ::: a. --> Fusty; musty. html{color:
fo ::: n. --> The Chinese name of Buddha. html{color:
forequoted ::: a. --> Cited before; quoted in a foregoing part of the treatise or essay.
forecited ::: a. --> Cited or quoted before or above.
fourneau ::: n. --> The chamber of a mine in which the powder is placed. html{color:
fourth ::: a. --> Next in order after the third; the ordinal of four.
Forming one of four equal parts into which anything may be divided. ::: n. --> One of four equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by four; one coming next in
fowled ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Fowl html{color:
fraction ::: n. --> The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially by violence.
A portion; a fragment.
One or more aliquot parts of a unit or whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a unit or magnitude. ::: v. t.
frere ::: n. --> A friar. html{color:
frippery ::: n. --> Coast-off clothes.
Hence: Secondhand finery; cheap and tawdry decoration; affected elegance.
A place where old clothes are sold.
The trade or traffic in old clothes. ::: a. html{color:
friskful ::: a. --> Brisk; lively; frolicsome. html{color:
fromwards ::: prep. --> A way from; -- the contrary of toward. html{color:
froth ::: n. --> The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement.
Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought.
Light, unsubstantial matter. ::: v. t.
frugivorous ::: a. --> Feeding on fruit, as birds and other animals. html{color:
fusel oil ::: --> A hot, acrid, oily liquid, accompanying many alcoholic liquors (as potato whisky, corn whisky, etc.), as an undesirable ingredient, and consisting of several of the higher alcohols and compound ethers, but particularly of amyl alcohol; hence, specifically applied to amyl alcohol.
gairishly ::: n. --> Alt. of Gairish/ness html{color:
garble ::: v. t. --> To sift or bolt, to separate the fine or valuable parts of from the coarse and useless parts, or from dros or dirt; as, to garble spices.
To pick out such parts of as may serve a purpose; to mutilate; to pervert; as, to garble a quotation; to garble an account. ::: n.
gastriloquous ::: a. --> Ventriloquous.
geneva ::: n. --> The chief city of Switzerland.
A strongly alcoholic liquor, flavored with juniper berries; -- made in Holland; Holland gin; Hollands.
genre ::: n. --> A style of painting, sculpture, or other imitative art, which illustrates everyday life and manners. html{color:
gin ::: n. --> Against; near by; towards; as, gin night.
A strong alcoholic liquor, distilled from rye and barley, and flavored with juniper berries; -- also called Hollands and Holland gin, because originally, and still very extensively, manufactured in Holland. Common gin is usually flavored with turpentine.
Contrivance; artifice; a trap; a snare.
A machine for raising or moving heavy weights, consisting of a tripod formed of poles united at the top, with a windlass, pulleys,
glabella ::: n. --> The space between the eyebrows, also including the corresponding part of the frontal bone; the mesophryon. ::: pl. --> of Glabellum html{color:
glatified ::: a. --> Pleased; indulged according to desire. html{color:
globigerina ::: n. --> A genus of small Foraminifera, which live abundantly at or near the surface of the sea. Their dead shells, falling to the bottom, make up a large part of the soft mud, generally found in depths below 3,000 feet, and called globigerina ooze. See Illust. of Foraminifera. html{color:
glycyrrhiza ::: n. --> A genus of papilionaceous herbaceous plants, one species of which (G. glabra), is the licorice plant, the roots of which have a bittersweet mucilaginous taste.
The root of Glycyrrhiza glabra (liquorice root), used as a demulcent, etc.
gonotheca ::: n. --> A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. html{color:
grandiloquous ::: a. --> Grandiloquent.
gravery ::: n. --> The act, process, or art, of graving or carving; engraving. html{color:
grog ::: n. --> A mixture of spirit and water not sweetened; hence, any intoxicating liquor.
grogshop ::: n. --> A shop or room where strong liquors are sold and drunk; a dramshop.
gudgeon ::: n. --> A small European freshwater fish (Gobio fluviatilis), allied to the carp. It is easily caught and often used for food and for bait. In America the killifishes or minnows are often called gudgeons.
What may be got without skill or merit.
A person easily duped or cheated.
The pin of iron fastened in the end of a wooden shaft or axle, on which it turns; formerly, any journal, or pivot, or bearing, as the pintle and eye of a hinge, but esp. the end journal of a html{color:
gue ::: n. --> A sharper; a rogue. html{color:
guillemet ::: n. --> A quotation mark.
guillevat ::: n. --> A vat for fermenting liquors.
gunstome ::: n. --> A cannon ball; -- so called because originally made of stone. html{color:
guzzle ::: v. i. --> To swallow liquor greedily; to drink much or frequently. ::: v. t. --> To swallow much or often; to swallow with immoderate gust; to drink greedily or continually; as, one who guzzles beer. ::: n.
gynophore ::: n. --> The pedicel raising the pistil or ovary above the stamens, as in the passion flower.
One of the branches bearing the female gonophores, in certain Siphonophora. html{color:
haily ::: a. --> Of hail. html{color:
haitic ::: a. --> Pertaining to Ham or his descendants. html{color:
hakim ::: n. --> A wise man; a physician, esp. a Mohammedan.
A Mohammedan title for a ruler; a judge. html{color:
half-and-half ::: n. --> A mixture of two malt liquors, esp. porter and ale, in about equal parts.
hamulus ::: n. --> A hook, or hooklike process.
A hooked barbicel of a feather. html{color:
hanuman ::: n. --> See Hoonoomaun. html{color:
hardy ::: a. --> Bold; brave; stout; daring; resolu?e; intrepid.
Confident; full of assurance; in a bad sense, morally hardened; shameless.
Strong; firm; compact.
Inured to fatigue or hardships; strong; capable of endurance; as, a hardy veteran; a hardy mariner.
Able to withstand the cold of winter. html{color:
harslet ::: n. --> See Haslet. html{color:
hearselike ::: a. --> Suitable to a funeral. html{color:
heelpost ::: n. --> The post supporting the outer end of a propeller shaft.
The post to which a gate or door is hinged.
The quoin post of a lock gate.
heeltap ::: n. --> One of the segments of leather in the heel of a shoe.
A small portion of liquor left in a glass after drinking. ::: v. t. --> To add a piece of leather to the heel of (a shoe, boot, etc.)
hemuse ::: n. --> The roebuck in its third year. html{color:
hoboy ::: n. --> A hautboy or oboe. html{color:
hocus ::: v. t. --> To deceive or cheat.
To adulterate; to drug; as, liquor is said to be hocused for the purpose of stupefying the drinker.
To stupefy with drugged liquor. ::: n. --> One who cheats or deceives.
hodgepodge ::: n. --> A mixed mass; a medley. See Hotchpot. html{color:
hoful ::: a. --> Careful; wary. html{color:
hook-billed ::: a. --> Having a strongly curved bill. html{color:
hoplite ::: n. --> A heavy-armed infantry soldier. html{color:
hoult ::: n. --> A piece of woodland; a small wood. [Obs.] See Holt. html{color:
hub ::: n. --> The central part, usually cylindrical, of a wheel; the nave. See Illust. of Axle box.
The hilt of a weapon.
A rough protuberance or projecting obstruction; as, a hub in the road. [U.S.] See Hubby.
A goal or mark at which quoits, etc., are cast.
A hardened, engraved steel punch for impressing a device upon a die, used in coining, etc.
hunks ::: n. --> A covetous, sordid man; a miser; a niggard. html{color:
huron-iroquous ::: n. --> A linguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.
hydromel ::: n. --> A liquor consisting of honey diluted in water, and after fermentation called mead.
hydrometer ::: n. --> An instrument for determining the specific gravities of liquids, and thence the strength spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.
hydrometry ::: n. --> The art of determining the specific gravity of liquids, and thence the strength of spirituous liquors, saline solutions, etc.
The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.
hythe ::: n. --> A small haven. See Hithe. I () I, the ninth letter of the English alphabet, takes its form from the Phoenician, through the Latin and the Greek. The Phoenician letter was probably of Egyptian origin. Its original value was nearly the same as that of the Italian I, or long e as in mete. Etymologically I is most closely related to e, y, j, g; as in dint, dent, beverage, L. bibere; E. kin, AS. cynn; E. thin, AS. /ynne; E. dominion, donjon, dungeon. html{color:
inaniloquous ::: a. --> Given to talking inanely; loquacious; garrulous.
inaniloquent ::: a. --> Alt. of Inaniloquous
incommensurable ::: a. --> Not commensurable; having no common measure or standard of comparison; as, quantities are incommensurable when no third quantity can be found that is an aliquot part of both; the side and diagonal of a square are incommensurable with each other; the diameter and circumference of a circle are incommensurable. ::: n.
iniquous ::: a. --> Iniquitous.
innuendo ::: n. --> An oblique hint; a remote allusion or reference, usually derogatory to a person or thing not named; an insinuation.
An averment employed in pleading, to point the application of matter otherwise unintelligible; an interpretative parenthesis thrown into quoted matter to explain an obscure word or words; -- as, the plaintiff avers that the defendant said that he (innuendo the plaintiff) was a thief.
intemperance ::: n. --> The act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate; excess in any kind of action or indulgence; any immoderate indulgence of the appetites or passions.
Specifically: Habitual or excessive indulgence in alcoholic liquors.
intemperate ::: a. --> Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion.
Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather. ::: v. t.
intoxicating ::: affecting temporarily with diminished physical and mental control by means of alcoholic liquor, a drug, or another substance.
intoxicating ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Intoxicate ::: a. --> Producing intoxication; fitted to intoxicate; as, intoxicating liquors.
iroquois ::: n. sing. & pl. --> A powerful and warlike confederacy of Indian tribes, formerly inhabiting Central New York and constituting most of the Five Nations. Also, any Indian of the Iroquois tribes.
irvingite ::: n. --> The common designation of one a sect founded by the Rev. Edward Irving (about 1830), who call themselves the Catholic Apostolic Church. They are highly ritualistic in worship, have an elaborate hierarchy of apostles, prophets, etc., and look for the speedy coming of Christ. html{color:
jackmen ::: pl. --> of Jackman html{color:
jamdani ::: n. --> A silk fabric, with a woven pattern of sprigs of flowers. html{color:
jet-black ::: a. --> Black as jet; deep black. html{color:
jetsam ::: n. --> Alt. of Jetson html{color:
jetty ::: a. --> Made of jet, or like jet in color. ::: n. --> A part of a building that jets or projects beyond the rest, and overhangs the wall below.
A wharf or pier extending from the shore.
A structure of wood or stone extended into the sea to html{color:
johannisberger ::: n. --> A fine white wine produced on the estate of Schloss (or Castle) Johannisberg, on the Rhine. html{color:
jorum ::: n. --> A large drinking vessel; also, its contents. html{color:
julep ::: n. --> A refreshing drink flavored with aromatic herbs
a sweet, demulcent, acidulous, or mucilaginous mixture, used as a vehicle.
A beverage composed of brandy, whisky, or some other spirituous liquor, with sugar, pounded ice, and sprigs of mint; -- called also mint julep.
kier ::: n. --> A large tub or vat in which goods are subjected to the action of hot lye or bleaching liquor; -- also called keeve.
kinetogenesis ::: n. --> An instrument for producing curves by the combination of circular movements; -- called also kinescope. html{color:
kirschwasser ::: n. --> An alcoholic liquor, obtained by distilling the fermented juice of the small black cherry.
koumiss ::: n. --> An intoxicating fermented or distilled liquor originally made by the Tartars from mare&
kytoplasma ::: n. --> See Karyoplasma. L () L is the twelfth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonant. It is usually called a semivowel or liquid. Its form and value are from the Greek, through the Latin, the form of the Greek letter being from the Phoenician, and the ultimate origin prob. Egyptian. Etymologically, it is most closely related to r and u; as in pilgrim, peregrine, couch (fr. collocare), aubura (fr. LL. alburnus). html{color:
labara ::: pl. --> of Labarum html{color:
ladied ::: a. --> Ladylike; not rough; gentle. html{color:
ladrone ::: n. --> A robber; a pirate; hence, loosely, a rogue or rascal. html{color:
lamasery ::: n. --> A monastery or convent of lamas, in Thibet, Mongolia, etc. html{color:
languaging ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Language html{color:
larixinic ::: a. --> Of, or derived from, the larch (Larix); as, larixinic acid. html{color:
lavrock ::: n. --> Same as Laverock. html{color:
leakage ::: n. --> A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.
lebban ::: n. --> Coagulated sour milk diluted with water; -- a common beverage among the Arabs. Also, a fermented liquor made of the same.
lee ::: v. i. --> To lie; to speak falsely. ::: n. --> That which settles at the bottom, as of a cask of liquor (esp. wine); sediment; dregs; -- used now only in the plural.
A sheltered place; esp., a place protected from the wind by some object; the side sheltered from the wind; shelter; protection; as,
leontodon ::: n. --> A genus of liguliflorous composite plants, including the fall dandelion (L. autumnale), and formerly the true dandelion; -- called also lion&
libation ::: n. --> The act of pouring a liquid or liquor, usually wine, either on the ground or on a victim in sacrifice, in honor of some deity; also, the wine or liquid thus poured out.
libatory ::: a. --> Pertaining to libation. html{color:
liquored ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Liquor
liquorice ::: n. --> See Licorice.
liquoring ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Liquor
liquorish ::: a. --> See Lickerish.
liquor ::: n. --> Any liquid substance, as water, milk, blood, sap, juice, or the like.
Specifically, alcoholic or spirituous fluid, either distilled or fermented, as brandy, wine, whisky, beer, etc.
A solution of a medicinal substance in water; -- distinguished from tincture and aqua. ::: v. t.
liquorous ::: a. --> Eagerly desirous. See Lickerish.
license ::: n. --> Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors.
The document granting such permission.
Excess of liberty; freedom abused, or used in contempt of
licour ::: n. --> Liquor.
lid ::: n. --> That which covers the opening of a vessel or box, etc.; a movable cover; as, the lid of a chest or trunk.
The cover of the eye; an eyelid.
The cover of the spore cases of mosses.
A calyx which separates from the flower, and falls off in a single piece, as in the Australian Eucalypti.
The top of an ovary which opens transversely, as in the fruit of the purslane and the tree which yields Brazil nuts. html{color:
lightning ::: n. --> A discharge of atmospheric electricity, accompanied by a vivid flash of light, commonly from one cloud to another, sometimes from a cloud to the earth. The sound produced by the electricity in passing rapidly through the atmosphere constitutes thunder.
The act of making bright, or the state of being made bright; enlightenment; brightening, as of the mental powers. ::: vb. n. html{color:
liman ::: n. --> The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime. html{color:
linum ::: n. --> A genus of herbaceous plants including the flax (Linum usitatissimum). html{color:
lionly ::: a. --> Like a lion; fierce. html{color:
liveliness ::: n. --> The quality or state of being lively or animated; sprightliness; vivacity; animation; spirit; as, the liveliness of youth, contrasted with the gravity of age.
An appearance of life, animation, or spirit; as, the liveliness of the eye or the countenance in a portrait.
Briskness; activity; effervescence, as of liquors.
liza ::: n. --> The American white mullet (Mugil curema). html{color:
llanos ::: pl. --> of Llano html{color:
loess ::: n. --> A quaternary deposit, usually consisting of a fine yellowish earth, on the banks of the Rhine and other large rivers. html{color:
lokorys ::: n. --> Liquorice.
loss ::: v. t. --> The act of losing; failure; destruction; privation; as, the loss of property; loss of money by gaming; loss of health or reputation.
The state of losing or having lost; the privation, defect, misfortune, harm, etc., which ensues from losing.
That which is lost or from which one has parted; waste; -- opposed to gain or increase; as, the loss of liquor by leakage was considerable.
lough ::: n. --> A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland. ::: obs. strong imp. --> of Laugh. html{color:
lytta ::: n. --> A fibrous and muscular band lying within the longitudinal axis of the tongue in many mammals, as the dog. M () M, the thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant, and from the manner of its formation, is called the labio-nasal consonant. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 178-180, 242. html{color:
mabby ::: n. --> A spirituous liquor or drink distilled from potatoes; -- used in the Barbadoes.
magniloquous ::: a. --> Magniloquent.
mahaled ::: n. --> A cherry tree (Prunus Mahaleb) of Southern Europe. The wood is prized by cabinetmakers, the twigs are used for pipe stems, the flowers and leaves yield a perfume, and from the fruit a violet dye and a fermented liquor (like kirschwasser) are prepared.
maian ::: n. --> Any spider crab of the genus Maia, or family Maiadae. html{color:
mardi gras ::: n. --> The last day of Carnival; Shrove Tuesday; -- in some cities a great day of carnival and merrymaking. html{color:
marionette ::: n. --> A puppet moved by strings, as in a puppet show.
The buffel duck. html{color:
meathe ::: n. --> A sweet liquor; mead.
meliaceous ::: a. --> Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar. html{color:
mellow ::: superl. --> Soft or tender by reason of ripeness; having a tender pulp; as, a mellow apple.
Easily worked or penetrated; not hard or rigid; as, a mellow soil.
Not coarse, rough, or harsh; subdued; soft; rich; delicate; -- said of sound, color, flavor, style, etc.
Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.
Warmed by liquor; slightly intoxicated.
melon ::: n. --> The juicy fruit of certain cucurbitaceous plants, as the muskmelon, watermelon, and citron melon; also, the plant that produces the fruit.
A large, ornamental, marine, univalve shell of the genus Melo. html{color:
menial ::: n. --> Belonging to a retinue or train of servants; performing servile office; serving.
Pertaining to servants, esp. domestic servants; servile; low; mean.
A domestic servant or retainer, esp. one of humble rank; one employed in low or servile offices.
A person of a servile character or disposition. html{color:
mercat ::: n. --> Market; trade. html{color:
mesal ::: a. --> Same as Mesial. html{color:
mescal ::: n. --> A distilled liquor prepared in Mexico from a species of agave. See Agave.
mesogastrium ::: n. --> The umbilical region.
The mesogaster. html{color:
mesonotum ::: n. --> The dorsal portion of the mesothorax of insects. html{color:
mida ::: n. --> The larva of the bean fly. html{color:
millionth ::: a. --> Being the last one of a million of units or objects counted in regular order from the first of a series or succession; being one of a million. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by one million; one of a million equal parts.
misquotation ::: n. --> Erroneous or inaccurate quotation.
misquote ::: v. t. & i. --> To quote erroneously or incorrectly.
misrehearse ::: v. t. --> To rehearse or quote incorrectly.
mittent ::: a. --> Sending forth; emitting. html{color:
monitrix ::: n. --> A female monitor. html{color:
monkery ::: n. --> The life of monks; monastic life; monastic usage or customs; -- now usually applied by way of reproach.
A collective body of monks. html{color:
monseigneur ::: n. --> My lord; -- a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.) html{color:
mrs. ::: --> The customary abbreviation of Mistress when used as a title of courtesy, in writing and printing. html{color:
muddle ::: v. t. --> To make turbid, or muddy, as water.
To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
To mix confusedly; to confuse; to make a mess of; as, to muddle matters; also, to perplex; to mystify.
multiloquous ::: a. --> Speaking much; very talkative; loquacious.
multiloquent ::: a. --> Alt. of Multiloquous
multisiliquous ::: a. --> Having many pods or seed vessels.
mummy ::: n. --> A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
Dried flesh of a mummy.
A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
naphthyl ::: n. --> A hydrocarbon radical regarded as the essential residue of naphthalene. html{color:
nazirite ::: n. --> A Nazarite. html{color:
nephalism ::: n. --> Total abstinence from spirituous liquor.
newtonian ::: a. --> Of or pertaining to Sir Isaac Newton, or his discoveries. ::: n. --> A follower of Newton. html{color:
nineteenth ::: a. --> Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.
Constituting or being one of nineteen equal parts into which anything is divided. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by nineteen; one of
ninetieth ::: a. --> Next in order after the eighty-ninth.
Constituting or being one of ninety equal parts. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by ninety; one of ninety equal parts of anything.
The next in order after the eighty-ninth.
ninth ::: a. --> Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.
Constituting or being one of nine equal parts into which anything is divided. ::: n. --> The quotient of one divided by nine; one of nine equal parts
nip ::: n. --> A sip or small draught; esp., a draught of intoxicating liquor; a dram.
A seizing or closing in upon; a pinching; as, in the northern seas, the nip of masses of ice.
A pinch with the nails or teeth.
A small cut, or a cutting off the end.
A blast; a killing of the ends of plants by frost.
A biting sarcasm; a taunt.
nippitate ::: a. --> Peculiary strong and good; -- said of ale or liquor.
nippitato ::: n. --> Strong liquor.
nomad ::: n. --> One of a race or tribe that has no fixed location, but wanders from place to place in search of pasture or game. ::: a. --> Roving; nomadic. html{color:
nucha ::: n. --> The back or upper part of the neck; the nape. html{color:
nyula ::: n. --> A species of ichneumon (Herpestes nyula). Its fur is beautifully variegated by closely set zigzag markings. O () O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Ph/nician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban; E. stone, AS. stan; E. broke, AS. brecan to break; E. bore, AS. beran to bear; E. dove, AS. d/fe; E. html{color:
odontolite ::: n. --> A fossil tooth colored a bright blue by phosphate of iron. It is used as an imitation of turquoise, and hence called bone turquoise.
ooze ::: n. --> Soft mud or slime; earth so wet as to flow gently, or easily yield to pressure.
Soft flow; spring.
The liquor of a tan vat.
To flow gently; to percolate, as a liquid through the pores of a substance or through small openings.
Fig.: To leak (out) or escape slowly; as, the secret oozed out; his courage oozed out.
orthopinacoid ::: n. --> A name given to the two planes in the monoclinic system which are parallel to the vertical and orthodiagonal axes. html{color:
ostic ::: a. --> Pertaining to, or applied to, the language of the Tuscaroras, Iroquois, Wyandots, Winnebagoes, and a part of the Sioux Indians.
otopathy ::: n. --> A diseased condition of the ear. html{color:
overtone ::: n. --> One of the harmonics faintly heard with and above a tone as it dies away, produced by some aliquot portion of the vibrating sting or column of air which yields the fundamental tone; one of the natural harmonic scale of tones, as the octave, twelfth, fifteenth, etc.; an aliquot or "partial" tone; a harmonic. See Harmonic, and Tone.
parrock ::: n. --> A croft, or small field; a paddock. html{color:
pequots ::: n. pl. --> A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited Eastern Connecticut.
pectoriloquous ::: a. --> Pectoriloquial.
percolate ::: v. t. --> To cause to pass through fine interstices, as a liquor; to filter; to strain. ::: v. i. --> To pass through fine interstices; to filter; as, water percolates through porous stone.
perry ::: n. --> A fermented liquor made from pears; pear cider.
A suddent squall. See Pirry.
pexity ::: n. --> Nap of cloth. html{color:
phlegm ::: a. --> One of the four humors of which the ancients supposed the blood to be composed. See Humor.
Viscid mucus secreted in abnormal quantity in the respiratory and digestive passages.
A watery distilled liquor, in distinction from a spirituous liquor.
Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
pitcher ::: n. --> One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
A sort of crowbar for digging.
A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves
pitch ::: n. --> A thick, black, lustrous, and sticky substance obtained by boiling down tar. It is used in calking the seams of ships; also in coating rope, canvas, wood, ironwork, etc., to preserve them.
See Pitchstone.
To cover over or smear with pitch.
Fig.: To darken; to blacken; to obscure.
A throw; a toss; a cast, as of something from the hand; as, a good pitch in quoits.
pitmen ::: pl. --> of Pitman html{color:
plim ::: v. i. --> To swell, as grain or wood with water. html{color:
point-blank ::: n. --> The white spot on a target, at which an arrow or other missile is aimed.
With all small arms, the second point in which the natural line of sight, when horizontal, cuts the trajectory.
With artillery, the point where the projectile first strikes the horizontal plane on which the gun stands, the axis of the piece being horizontal. html{color:
pot ::: n. --> A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc.; as, a quart pot; a flower pot; a bean pot.
An earthen or pewter cup for liquors; a mug.
The quantity contained in a pot; a potful; as, a pot of ale.
A metal or earthenware extension of a flue above the top of a chimney; a chimney pot.
A crucible; as, a graphite pot; a melting pot.
pot-sure ::: a. --> Made confident by drink. html{color:
pounding ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of Pound ::: n. --> The act of beating, bruising, or breaking up; a beating.
A pounded or pulverized substance. html{color:
pounds ::: pl. --> of Pound
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precogitate ::: v. t. --> To cogitate beforehand. html{color:
prohibitionist ::: n. --> One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist.
One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
prohibition ::: n. --> The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict.
Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages.
prosopolepsy ::: n. --> Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance. html{color:
proved ::: imp. & p. p. --> of Prove html{color:
pseudofilaria ::: n. --> One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinae. html{color:
punch ::: n. --> A beverage composed of wine or distilled liquor, water (or milk), sugar, and the juice of lemon, with spice or mint; -- specifically named from the kind of spirit used; as rum punch, claret punch, champagne punch, etc.
The buffoon or harlequin of a puppet show.
A short, fat fellow; anything short and thick.
One of a breed of large, heavy draught horses; as, the Suffolk punch.
purge ::: v. t. --> To cleanse, clear, or purify by separating and carrying off whatever is impure, heterogeneous, foreign, or superfluous.
To operate on as, or by means of, a cathartic medicine, or in a similar manner.
To clarify; to defecate, as liquors.
To clear of sediment, as a boiler, or of air, as a steam pipe, by driving off or permitting escape.
To clear from guilt, or from moral or ceremonial
purification ::: n. --> The act of purifying; the act or operation of separating and removing from anything that which is impure or noxious, or heterogeneous or foreign to it; as, the purification of liquors, or of metals.
The act or operation of cleansing ceremonially, by removing any pollution or defilement.
A cleansing from guilt or the pollution of sin; the extinction of sinful desires, appetites, and inclinations.
purify ::: v. t. --> To make pure or clear from material defilement, admixture, or imperfection; to free from extraneous or noxious matter; as, to purify liquors or metals; to purify the blood; to purify the air.
Hence, in figurative uses: (a) To free from guilt or moral defilement; as, to purify the heart.
To free from ceremonial or legal defilement.
To free from improprieties or barbarisms; as, to purify
purity ::: n. --> The condition of being pure.
freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.
Cleanness; freedom from foulness or dirt.
Freedom from guilt or the defilement of sin; innocence; chastity; as, purity of heart or of life.
Freedom from any sinister or improper motives or views.
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quab ::: n. --> An unfledged bird; hence, something immature or unfinished. ::: v. i. --> See Quob, v. i.
quaternion ::: n. --> The number four.
A set of four parts, things, or person; four things taken collectively; a group of four words, phrases, circumstances, facts, or the like.
A word of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.
The quotient of two vectors, or of two directed right lines in space, considered as depending on four geometrical elements, and as expressible by an algebraic symbol of quadrinomial form.
raglan ::: n. --> A loose overcoat with large sleeves; -- named from Lord Raglan, an English general. html{color:
ratafia ::: n. --> A spirituous liquor flavored with the kernels of cherries, apricots, peaches, or other fruit, spiced, and sweetened with sugar; -- a term applied to the liqueurs called noyau, cura/ao, etc.
ratio ::: n. --> The relation which one quantity or magnitude has to another of the same kind. It is expressed by the quotient of the division of the first by the second; thus, the ratio of 3 to 6 is expressed by / or /; of a to b by a/b; or (less commonly) the second term is made the dividend; as, a:b = b/a.
Hence, fixed relation of number, quantity, or degree; rate; proportion; as, the ratio of representation in Congress.
ravel ::: v. t. --> To separate or undo the texture of; to take apart; to untwist; to unweave or unknit; -- often followed by out; as, to ravel a twist; to ravel out a stocking.
To undo the intricacies of; to disentangle.
To pull apart, as the threads of a texture, and let them fall into a tangled mass; hence, to entangle; to make intricate; to involve. html{color:
rechabite ::: n. --> One of the descendants of Jonadab, the son of Rechab, all of whom by his injunction abstained from the use of intoxicating drinks and even from planting the vine. Jer. xxxv. 2-19. Also, in modern times, a member of a certain society of abstainers from alcoholic liquors.
redemptorist ::: n. --> One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth.
redwood ::: n. --> A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.
An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.
reis ::: pl. --> of Rei ::: n. --> The word is used as a Portuguese designation of money of account, one hundred reis being about equal in value to eleven cents.
A common title in the East for a person in authority, especially the captain of a ship. html{color:
relator ::: n. --> One who relates; a relater.
A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.
reviewal ::: n. --> A review. html{color:
rhotacism ::: n. --> An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were. html{color:
ropalic ::: a. --> See Rhopalic. html{color:
rorqual ::: n. --> A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback.
rosemary ::: n. --> A labiate shrub (Rosmarinus officinalis) with narrow grayish leaves, growing native in the southern part of France, Spain, and Italy, also in Asia Minor and in China. It has a fragrant smell, and a warm, pungent, bitterish taste. It is used in cookery, perfumery, etc., and is an emblem of fidelity or constancy. html{color:
rotgut ::: n. --> Bad small beer.
Any bad spirituous liquor, especially when adulterated so as to be very deleterious.
rugulose ::: a. --> Somewhat rugose. html{color:
rum ::: n. --> A kind of intoxicating liquor distilled from cane juice, or from the scummings of the boiled juice, or from treacle or molasses, or from the lees of former distillations. Also, sometimes used colloquially as a generic or a collective name for intoxicating liquor.
A queer or odd person or thing; a country parson. ::: a.
rumseller ::: n. --> One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail.
rupellary ::: n. --> Rocky. html{color:
saffron ::: n. --> A bulbous iridaceous plant (Crocus sativus) having blue flowers with large yellow stigmas. See Crocus.
The aromatic, pungent, dried stigmas, usually with part of the stile, of the Crocus sativus. Saffron is used in cookery, and in coloring confectionery, liquors, varnishes, etc., and was formerly much used in medicine.
An orange or deep yellow color, like that of the stigmas of the Crocus sativus.
samshu ::: n. --> A spirituous liquor distilled by the Chinese from the yeasty liquor in which boiled rice has fermented under pressure.
scald ::: v. t. --> To burn with hot liquid or steam; to pain or injure by contact with, or immersion in, any hot fluid; as, to scald the hand.
To expose to a boiling or violent heat over a fire, or in hot water or other liquor; as, to scald milk or meat. ::: n. --> A burn, or injury to the skin or flesh, by some hot liquid,
schedule ::: n. --> A written or printed scroll or sheet of paper; a document; especially, a formal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc. ::: v. t. --> To form into, or place in, a schedule. html{color:
schooling ::: p. pr. & vb. n. --> of School ::: n. --> Instruction in school; tuition; education in an institution of learning; act of teaching.
Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling. html{color:
schrode ::: n. --> See Scrod. html{color:
scotale ::: n. --> The keeping of an alehouse by an officer of a forest, and drawing people to spend their money for liquor, for fear of his displeasure.
sequoia ::: n. --> A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
sequoiene ::: n. --> A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea).
semitertian ::: a. --> Having the characteristics of both a tertian and a quotidian intermittent. ::: n. --> An intermittent combining the characteristics of a tertian and a quotidian.
seventieth ::: a. --> Next in order after the sixty-ninth; as, a man in the seventieth year of his age.
Constituting or being one of seventy equal parts. ::: n. --> One next in order after the sixty-ninth.
The quotient of a unit divided by seventy; one of
sham ::: n. --> That which deceives expectation; any trick, fraud, or device that deludes and disappoint; a make-believe; delusion; imposture, humbug.
A false front, or removable ornamental covering. ::: a. --> False; counterfeit; pretended; feigned; unreal; as, a sham html{color:
shawnees ::: n. pl. --> A tribe of North American Indians who occupied Western New York and part of Ohio, but were driven away and widely dispersed by the Iroquois.
shebeen ::: n. --> A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold.
sheeny ::: a. --> Bright; shining; radiant; sheen. html{color:
short-dated ::: a. --> Having little time to run from the date. html{color:
shorten ::: a. --> To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity.
To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen; to abridge; to curtail; to contract; as, to shorten work, an allowance of food, etc.
To make deficient (as to); to deprive; -- with of.
To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, pot liquor, or the like.
shrub ::: n. --> A liquor composed of vegetable acid, especially lemon juice, and sugar, with spirit to preserve it.
A woody plant of less size than a tree, and usually with several stems from the same root. ::: v. t. --> To lop; to prune.
siliquosa ::: n. pl. --> A Linnaean order of plants including those which bear siliques.
siliquose ::: a. --> Alt. of Siliquous
siliquous ::: a. --> Bearing siliques; as, siliquose plants; pertaining to, or resembling, siliques; as, siliquose capsules.
sip ::: v. t. --> To drink or imbibe in small quantities; especially, to take in with the lips in small quantities, as a liquid; as, to sip tea.
To draw into the mouth; to suck up; as, a bee sips nectar from the flowers.
To taste the liquor of; to drink out of. ::: v. i.
sixteenth ::: a. --> Sixth after the tenth; next in order after the fifteenth.
Constituting or being one of sixteen equal parts into which anything is divided. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by sixteen; one of
sixth ::: a. --> First after the fifth; next in order after the fifth.
Constituting or being one of six equal parts into which anything is divided. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by six; one of six equal parts which form a whole.
sixtieth ::: a. --> Next in order after the fifty-ninth.
Constituting or being one one of sixty equal parts into which anything is divided. ::: n. --> The quotient of a unit divided by sixty; one of sixty equal parts forming a whole.
skinker ::: n. --> One who serves liquor; a tapster.
slipslop ::: n. --> Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
snail ::: n. --> Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air-breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidae. They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions, and feed almost entirely on vegetation; a land snail.
Any gastropod having a general resemblance to the true snails, including fresh-water and marine species. See Pond snail, under Pond, and Sea snail. html{color:
snow-broth ::: n. --> Snow and water mixed, or snow just melted; very cold liquor.
sober ::: superl. --> Temperate in the use of spirituous liquors; habitually temperate; as, a sober man.
Not intoxicated or excited by spirituous liquors; as, the sot may at times be sober.
Not mad or insane; not wild, visionary, or heated with passion; exercising cool, dispassionate reason; self-controlled; self-possessed.
Not proceeding from, or attended with, passion; calm;