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n. (Chem.) a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.
Syn. -- methane series, alkane series, paraffin [ WordNet 1.5 PC ]

a. [ L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover, Overt. ] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The presence of bacteria in the blood; same as bacteremia. [ PJC ]

n. a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. See Comrade. ] Comradeship and loyalty.

The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains. W. A. Fraser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. causer to chat. ] Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a delicatessen that specializes in dressed meats and meat dishes, particularly pork products. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the items typically sold in a charcuterie{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. See Chantry. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Penuriousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. Caucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. sing. & pl. [ L., fr. congerere. See Congest. ] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot. ] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. “The queen of your coterie.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus. See Devil. ] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid. ] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [ 1913 Webster ]

She whose elfin prancer springs
By night to eery warblings. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. expérience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, experientis, p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of peritus experienced. See Peril, and cf. Expert. ] 1. Trial, as a test or experiment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She caused him to make experience
Upon wild beasts. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. “Guided by other's experiences.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. P. Henry [ 1913 Webster ]

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Experienced p. pr. & vb. n. Experiencing ] 1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views. [ 1913 Webster ]

The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. Thirwall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exercise; to train by practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The youthful sailors thus with early care
Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

To experience religion (Theol.), to become a convert to the doctrines of Christianity; to yield to the power of religious truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who experiences. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An experimenter. [ Obs. ] Sir. K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Life Insurance) A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Experienced. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince now ripe and full experient. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is given to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamilton.

-- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

n. (Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that of ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a psychological one. G. C. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fairy. [ Archaic ] [ PJC ]

2. The land of the fairies, in fables; fairyland. [ PJC ]

n. [ OF. ferie, fr. L. ferie holidays. See 5th Fair. ] A holiday. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., compar. of Fere, fierce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhenus ferier than the cataract. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. flânerie. See Flaneur. ] Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimlessness; idleness; as, intellectual flânerie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gendarmerie. ] The French police force; the body of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively. [ Also spelled gendarmery. ]
Syn. -- gendarmery. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ OE. See Gentry. ] Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Hery. ] To praise; to worship. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See In- not, and Experience. ] Absence or lack of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having experience; unskilled; naive. “Inexperienced youth.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The liveried servants wait. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Flattery; deceit; trickery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign. ] Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Material. ] Those objects in a complex system which constitute the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; for example, the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers; -- used in a collective sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: (Military) The arms, munitions, baggage, equipment, provisions, etc., of an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ménagerie, fr. ménager to keep house, ménage household. See Menial, Mansion. ] 1. A place where animals are kept and trained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Niger.
Syn. -- Nigerian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Niger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., paper manufacture, fr. papier paper. ] A case or box containing paper and materials for writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Trimmings, esp. of braids, cords, gimps, beads, or tinsel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ n. [ F. pâtisserie. See Pate. ] 1. Pastry. Sterne. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a shop selling mostly pastries; a pastry shop. [ PJC ]