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{ , n. [ OF. beseel, F. bisaïeul, fr. L. bis twice + LL. avolus, dim. of L. avus grandfather. ] 1. A great-grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A kind of writ which formerly lay where a great-grandfather died seized of lands in fee simple, and on the day of his death a stranger abated or entered and kept the heir out. This is now abolished. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The eyes. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright.

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(Bot.) (a) any plant of a genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers, which often bloom for only one day. (b) A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil + yl. ] (Chem.) Olefiant gas or ethylene; -- so called by Berzelius from its forming an oil combining with chlorine. [ Written also elayle. ] See Ethylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) The process of removing moisture from the blast of an iron blast furnace by reducing its temperature so far that it will not remain suspended as vapor in the blast current, but will be deposited as snow in the cooling apparatus. The resultant uniformly dehydrated blast effects great economy in fuel consumption, and promotes regularity of furnace operation, and certainty of furnace control. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Named after Gay-Lussac, the French chemist. ] (Min.) A yellowish white, translucent mineral, consisting of the carbonates of lime and soda, with water. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Also spelled gaily. ] 1. With mirth and frolic; merrily; blithely; gleefully. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Finely; splendidly; showily; as, ladies gayly dressed; a flower gayly blooming. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The common wild gray goose (Anser anser) of Europe, believed to be the wild form of the domestic goose. See Illust. of Goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gray, a. ] 1. (Zool.) A European fish (Thymallus vulgaris), allied to the trout, but having a very broad dorsal fin; -- called also umber. It inhabits cold mountain streams, and is valued as a game fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

And here and there a lusty trout,
And here and there a grayling. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An American fish of the genus Thymallus, having similar habits to the above; one species (T. Ontariensis), inhabits several streams in Michigan; another (T. montanus), is found in the Yellowstone region. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A loft or scaffold for hay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Akin to Dan. kegle, Sw. kegla, D. & G. kegel, OHG. kegil, whence F. quille. ] A game; ninepins. [ Prov Eng. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lay a meadow + land. ] Land lying untilled; fallow ground. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The part of a missile or torpedo that carries the explosive charge.
Syn. -- warhead, load. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The goods carried by a large vehicle.
Syn. -- cargo, lading, freight, load, loading, shipment, consignment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ √159. ] Skittles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lace for fastening stays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without stop or delay. Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Metal.) A process (invented about 1899 by Frederick W. Taylor and Maunsel B. White) for giving toughness to self-hardening steels. The steel is heated almost to fusion, cooled to a temperature of from 700° to 850° C. in molten lead, further cooled in oil, reheated to between 370° and 670° C., and cooled in air. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. trisaïeul, from L. tris, tres, three + F. aïeul grandfather. Cf. Besaiel, and see Ayle. ] A grandfather's grandfather. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Writ of tresayle (O. Eng. Law), a writ which lay for a man claiming as heir to his grandfather's grandfather, to recover lands of which he had been deprived by an abatement happening on the ancestor's death. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Waylaid p. pr. & vb. n. Waylaying. ] [ Way + lay. ] To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush. [ 1913 Webster ]

Falstaff, Bardolph, Peto, and Gadshill shall rob those men that we have already waylaid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

She often contrived to waylay him in his walks. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who waylays another. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no road or path; pathless. [ 1913 Webster ]