a. Full of abuse; abusive. [ R. ] “Abuseful names.” Bp. Barlow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Given to adventure. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Terrifying; frightful. --
Bugbears or affrightful apparitions. Cudworth. [1913 Webster]
v. t.
I first affused water upon the compressed beans. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. affusion. ] The act of pouring upon, or sprinkling with a liquid, as water upon a child in baptism.
a. Helpful. [ Archaic. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace,
a. Full of amazement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Much improving. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Annoying. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n.;
a. [ From Art. ]
He [ was ] too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
The artful revenge of various animals. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an artful manner; with art or cunning; skillfully; dexterously; craftily. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Helpful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Vengeful. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Watchful; circumspect. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
With sharp, aviseful eye. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Heaven's awful Monarch. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
A weak and awful reverence for antiquity. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
n.
The awfulness of grandeur. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
Producing in us reverence and awfulness. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quantity that a bag will hold;
a. [ AS. bealoful. See Bale misery. ]
Four infernal rivers that disgorge
Into the burning lake their baleful streams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a baleful manner; perniciously. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being baleful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having poisonous qualities; deadly; destructive; injurious; noxious; pernicious. “Baneful hemlock.” Garth. “Baneful wrath.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Full of obstructions. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold.
a. [ See Bash. ]
adv. In a bashful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being bashful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Base, n.+ L. fugere to flee. ] (Bot.) Tending or proceeding away from the base;
n.;
a. Exciting contention; contentious. [ Obs. ] “It did bateful question frame.” Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Icel. bati amelioration, batna to grow better; akin to AS. bet better. Goth. ga-batnan to profit. √255. Cf. Batten, v. i., Better. ] Rich; fertile. [ Obs. ] “Batful valleys.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Beamy; radiant. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having the qualities which constitute beauty; pleasing to the sight or the mind. [ 1913 Webster ]
A circle is more beautiful than a square; a square is more beautiful than a parallelogram. Lord Kames. [ 1913 Webster ]
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v. t.
adj.
a. Advantageous; useful; profitable. [ Archaic ] --
a. Having belief or faith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. As much as satisfies the appetite. Hence: A great abundance; more than enough. Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]
King James told his son that he would have his bellyful of parliamentary impeachments. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To divide into two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. bifurcation. ] A forking, or division into two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]