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n. [ AS. arcebisceop, arcebiscop, L. archiepiscopus, fr. Gr. 'archiepi`skopos. See Bishop. ] A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class (often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal authority in his own diocese. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. arcebiscoprīce. See -ric. ] The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + butler. ] A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.
Syn. -- birchbark canoe. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ D. bosch wood + bok buck. ] (Zool.) A kind of antelope. See Bush buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The movable piece which closes the breech of a breech-loading firearm, and resists the backward force of the discharge. It is withdrawn for the insertion of a cartridge, and closed again before the gun is fired. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Burgh + bote. ] (Old Law) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Burgh + F. brèche, equiv. to E. breach. ] (AS. Law) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of several agile long-tailed nocturnal African lemurlike primates of the genus Galago with dense woolly fur and large eyes and ears; -- called also galago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Bushman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. antelope with white harnesslike markings and twisted horns.
Syn. -- guib, Tragelaphus scriptus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bookkeeping) A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a box for holding cash.
Syn. -- money box, till. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

The seat of a coachman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a craftsman who makes the bodies of motor vehicles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. an instrument panel beneath the front window of a motor vehicle (such as an automobile or truck), containing indicating gauges and dials, such as the speedometer and fuel gauges, and sometimes certain control knobs or other devices. [ PJC ]

n. The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness. [ 1913 Webster ]

That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys. [ 1913 Webster ]

The deathblow of my hope. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The Eskimo curlew (Numenius borealis). See Curlew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) A bag filled with earth, used commonly to raise or repair a parapet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various fungi of the genus Scleroderma having hard-skinned subterranean trufflelike fruiting bodies.
Syn. -- earth-ball, false truffle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A bank or mound of earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Agric.) The part of a plow, or other implement, that turns over the earth; the moldboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Born of the earth; terrigenous; springing originally from the earth; human; having the characteristics of earthly life; as, earth-born beings. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

Some earthborn giant. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or occasioned by, earthly objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

All earthborn cares are wrong. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Low; grovelling; vulgar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Streaked or spotted on the back; -- said of cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a bone of a fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene; also, the scene thus introduced. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An unusually vivid recollection of a prior experience, often one that is traumatic, such as scenes from combat or a criminal assault, or induced by hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD; when accompanied by hallucinations it is called flashback hallucinosis. [ PJC ]

n. A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a lamp for providing intense momentary light to take a photograph.
Syn. -- flash, photoflash, flash lamp, flashgun. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Flashboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Obs. ] See Forby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A page; a servant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An alcoholic beverage having a liquor such as whiskey mixed with water or a carbonated beverage, and usually served with ice in a tall glass. [ wns=1 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Railroads) A railroad track signal permitting the engineer to proceed at full speed. [ PJC ]

n. A ruffian; one who hounds, or spies upon, another; app. esp. to the members of certain alleged societies among the Chinese. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a high diving board. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of noble or aristocratic birth. Contrasted with lowborn and common. Shak.
Syn. -- aristocratic, blue-blooded, coroneted, gentle, patrician, titled, wellborn, upper-class. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who lives high; also, in politics, a highflyer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A kind of tall chest of drawers, with drawers up to near or above eye level and fouyr legs at the base; it is often divided into lower and upper sections, with the lower section somewhat wider than the upper; also called a tallboy. Compare lowboy. [ U. S. ] “Mahogany highboys glittering with brass handles.” K. L. Bates. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. a person of intellectual or erudite tastes; an intellectual. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. highly cultured or educated; pertaining to highly educated people; as, highbrow events such as the ballet or opera. [ informal ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Humpback. ] A back with a hunch or hump; also, a hunchbacked person. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a humped back. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Lussheburgh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The menhaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A board that has a groove cut into one edge and a tongue cut into the other so they fit tightly together (as in a floor); see match boarding. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A small folder of paper safety matches.
Syn. -- match book. [ WordNet 1.5 ]