n. An apparatus for hastening acetification. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who or that which amplifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) That which converts into a salifiable base. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, beautifies or makes beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who certifies or assures. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who classifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who codifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Defy. ] One who dares and defies; a contemner;
n. One who deifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, diversifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
v. t. [ Pref. ex- (intens.) + fierce. ] To make fierce. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. One who exemplifies by following a pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of small, slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
His fierce thunder drove us to the deep. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fierce foe hung upon our broken rear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou huntest me as a fierce lion. Job. x. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. the quality of being fierce; ferocity; fury; vehemence.
‖ [ L., cause it to be done. ] (Law) A judicial writ that lies for one who has recovered in debt or damages, commanding the sheriff that he cause to be made of the goods, chattels, or real estate of the defendant, the sum claimed. Blackstone. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being fiery; heat; acrimony; irritability;
a. [ Formerly written firy, fr. fire. ]
And fiery billows roll below. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Hath thy fiery heart so parched thine entrails? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The fiery spirit of his forefathers. W. Irwing. [ 1913 Webster ]
You know the fiery quality of the duke. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
One curbed the fiery steed. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sword which is made fiery. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fiery cross,
n. One who, or that which, fortifies, strengthens, supports, or upholds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who gratifies or pleases. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., from LL. grafarius, graphiarius, fr. L. graphium, a writing style; cf. F. greffe a record office. See Graft, and cf. Graffer. ] A registrar or recorder; a notary. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A device that increases the moisture content of the air; -- used to avoid excessive dryness in buildings, which can cause irritation to the throat. Compare
n. One who or that which intensifies or strengthens; in photography, an agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Electricity) A device which converts direct current to alternating current. [ PJC ]
n. One who justifies; one who vindicates, supports, defends, or absolves. [ 1913 Webster ]
Justifiers of themselves and hypocrites. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
That he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. Rom. iii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. That which liquefies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, magnifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who, or that which, mollifies. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ NL., fr. L. monile necklace + ferre to bear. ] (Paleon.) A fossil fish. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. A balloon which ascends by the buoyancy of air heated by a fire; a fire balloon; -- so called from two brothers, Stephen and
n. One who, or that which, mortifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) An agent employed in nitrification. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who nullifies or makes void; one who maintains the right to nullify a contract by one of the parties. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Excessively fierce. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who personifies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, purifies or cleanses; a cleanser; a refiner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, ratifies; a confirmer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. One who sanctifies, or makes holy; specifically, the Holy Spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A producer of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) That which saponifies; any reagent used to cause saponification. [ 1913 Webster ]