*ethe*

n. See Ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A leader. [ Contemptuous ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

old p. p. of Bequeath. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. bēth-el house of God. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A place of worship; a hallowed spot. S. F. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chapel for dissenters. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A house of worship for seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.), small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Syn. -- shovelhead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a head shaped like a bullet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; of ill habits, &unr_;&unr_; &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; an ill habit; kako`s bad + &unr_; habit ] 1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, cacoëthes scribendi, “The itch for writing”. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc. ] [ Dial. or Colloq., Brit. ] 1. Matter; affair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Friendly communication or association.

To put the comether on or
To put one's comether on, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle.

How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OE., fr. AS. eahtateóða; eahta eight + teóða tenth. Cf. Eighteenth, Tenth. ] Eighteenth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Eath. ] Easy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. eðele, æðele. See Atheling. ] Noble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Ethylene; olefiant gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from. or resembling, ethene or ethylene; as, ethenic ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ethene + -yl. ] (Chem.) (a) A trivalent hydrocarbon radical, CH3.C. (b) A univalent hydrocarbon radical of the ethylene series, CH2:CH; -- called also vinyl. See Vinyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. etheostoma name of a genus + -oid. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to, or like, the genus Etheostoma. -- n. Any fish of the genus Etheostoma and related genera, allied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known, including the rare snail darter (Percina tanasi), 3 inches long, found only in the Tennessee River and classified as a threatened species. See Darter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aether, Gr. a'iqh`r, fr. a'i`qein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. éther. ] [ Written also æther. ] 1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, once supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether. It is no longer believed that such a medium is required for the transmission of electromagnetic waves; the modern use of the term is mostly a figurative term for empty space, or for literary effect, and not intended to imply the actual existence of a physical medium. However. modern cosmological theories based on quantum field theory do not rule out the possibility that the inherent energy of the vacuum is greater than zero, in which case the concept of an ether pervading the vacuum may have more than metaphoric meaning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) (a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is a powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Commonly called ethyl ether to distinguish it from other ethers, and also ethyl oxide. (b) Any similar compound in which an oxygen atom is bound to two different carbon atoms, each of which is part of an organic radical; as, amyl ether; valeric ether; methyl ethyl ether. The general formular for an ether is ROR′, in which R and R′ are organic radicals which may be of similar or different structure. If R and R′ are different parts of the same organic radical, the structure forms a cyclic ether. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Complex ether,
Mixed ether (Chem.), an ether in which the ether oxygen is attached to two radicals having different structures; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. --
Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. --
Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethereal oil. (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential. --
Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or œnanthic ether). --
Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render ethereal or spiritlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ethereal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L.aethereus, Gr. &unr_; See Ether. ] 1. Formed of ether; ethereal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethereous oil. See Ethereal oil, under Ethereal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ether + form. ] Having the form of ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Med.) (a) The administration of ether to produce insensibility. (b) The state of the system under the influence of ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Etherized p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing ] [ Cf. F. éthériser. ] 1. To convert into ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ether + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Goethe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Lethal. ] Death. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. lh`qh, prop., forgetfulness; akin to lanqa`nesqai to forget, lanqa`nein to escape notice. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Lethaeus, Gr. lh`qaios or lhqai^os. ] Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. Milton. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Caused by Lethe. “ Letheed dullness.” [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lh`qh. ] (Med.) Sulphuric ether used as an anæsthetic agent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To subject to the influence of letheon. [ R. or Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Libethen, in Hungary, where it was first found. ] (Min.) A mineral of an olive-green color, commonly in orthorhombic crystals. It is a hydrous phosphate of copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. See lump, v. i. [ PJC ]

n. [ W. meddyglyn; medd mead + llyn liquor, juice. See Mead a drink. ] A fermented beverage made of honey and water; mead. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Methyl + ethylene. ] (Chem.) See Methylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Methene + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical hydrocarbon radical CH, regarded as an essential residue of certain organic compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √201. Cf. Beneath. ] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lower, nether. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost. ] Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]