*arlo*

n. [ From Carl. ] A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Carlovingen. ] Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. leác leek. Cf. Hemlock. ] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jointed charlock,
White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charlotte Russe or
‖Charlotte à la russe [ F., lit., Russian charlotte ] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. eár-locca. ] A lock or curl of hair near the ear; a lovelock. See Lovelock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as funeral home. [ PJC ]

n. Probably a corruption either of charlock or hardock. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. harlot, herlot, a vagabond, OF. harlot, herlot, arlot; cf. Pr. arlot, Sp. arlote, It. arlotto; of uncertain origin. ] 1. A churl; a common man; a person, male or female, of low birth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a gentle harlot and a kind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person given to low conduct; a rogue; a cheat; a rascal. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A woman who prostitutes her body for hire; a prostitute; a common woman; a strumpet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wanton; lewd; low; base. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play the harlot; to practice lewdness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To harlot. [ Obs. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Ribaldry; buffoonery; a ribald story. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The trade or practice of prostitution; habitual or customary lewdness. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything meretricious; as, harlotry in art. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A harlot; a strumpet; a baggage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He sups to-night with a harlotry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.), The notch, fork, or other device on the gunwale of a boat, in which the oar rests, and that holds the oar in place and acts as a fulcrum for rowing. Certain oarlocks are designed for use with oars having attached swivels, which insert into the oarlock and provide a firm pivot. Same as Rowlock{ 1 }.
Syn. -- peg, pin, thole, tholepin, rowlock. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ OE. parlour, parlur, F. parloir, LL. parlatorium. See Parley. ] [ Written also parlour. ] 1. A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc. Specifically: (a) The apartment in a monastery or nunnery where the inmates are permitted to meet and converse with each other, or with visitors and friends from without. Piers Plowman. (b) In large private houses, a sitting room for the family and for familiar guests, -- a room for less formal uses than the drawing-room. Esp., in modern times, the dining room of a house having few apartments, as a London house, where the dining parlor is usually on the ground floor. (c) Commonly, in the United States, a drawing-room, or the room where visitors are received and entertained; a room in a private house where people can sit and talk and relax, not usually the same as the dining room. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ “In England people who have a drawing-room no longer call it a parlor, as they called it of old and till recently.” Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Parlor car. See Palace car, under Car. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A friction match that contains little or no sulphur. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. Same as parlor.
Syn. -- living room, sitting room, front room, parlor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A room in an inn or club where visitors can be received.
Syn. -- parlor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ For perlous, a contr. fr. perilous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough. [ Archaic ] “A parlous snuffing.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Venturesome; bold; mischievous; keen. [ Obs. ] “A parlous boy.” Shak. “A parlous wit.” Dryden. -- Par"lous*ly, adv. [Obs.] -- Par"lous*ness, n. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. warloghe a deceiver, a name or the Devil, AS. w&unr_;rloga a belier or breaker of his agreement, word, or pledge; w&unr_;r covenant, troth (aki&unr_; to L. verus true; see Very) + loga a liar (in comp.), leógan to lie. See 3d Lie. ] A male witch; a wizard; a sprite; an imp. [ Written also warluck. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was Eyvind Kallda's crew
Of warlocks blue,
With their caps of darkness hooded! Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a warlock or warlock; impish. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt win the warlock fight. J. R. Drak&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Impishness; magic. [ 1913 Webster ]