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a. (Naut.) Nearest the stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. ealmæst, ælmæst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m&unr_;st most. ] Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almost never, hardly ever; scarcely ever. --
Almost nothing, scarcely anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Best. [ R. ] “The bettermost classes.” Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a famous Grecian orator, born circa 385 BC, died circa 322 BC. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. Demosthenicus: cf. F. Démosthénique. ] Pertaining to, or in the style of, Demosthenes, the Grecian orator. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; skin + &unr_; bone. ] (Physiol.) Ossification of the dermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most eastern. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Farthest; remotest; at the very end. Tylor.

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; cut in pieces + &unr_; burnt clay, the hard shell of Testacea. ] (Zoöl.) One of the subclasses of Crustacea, including a large number of species, many of them minute. The group embraces several orders; as the Phyllopoda, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Pectostraca. See Copepoda, Phyllopoda, and Cladocera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating to the Entomostraca. -- n. One of the Entomostraca. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Belonging to the Entomostracans. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most distant; farthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

A spacious cave within its farmost part. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most remote; farthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. formest first, AS. formest, fyrmest, superl. of forma first, which is a superl. fr. fore fore; cf. Goth. frumist, fruma, first. See Fore, adv., and cf. First, Former, Frame, v. t., Prime, a. ] First in time or place; most advanced; chief in rank or dignity; as, the foremost troops of an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

THat struck the foremost man of all this world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the foremost place or order; among the foremost. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most remote; furthest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Hemostatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. "armosth`s, fr. "armo`zein to join, arrange, command: cf. F. harmoste. See Harmony. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A city governor or prefect appointed by the Spartans in the cities subjugated by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. With the head foremost; -- of motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Most advanced; most forward; as, the headmost ship in a fleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a surgical instrument that stops bleeding by clamping the blood vessel.
Syn. -- haemostat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Hemo- + Gr. statiko`s causing to stand, fr. &unr_; to stand. ] 1. (Med.) Of or relating to stagnation of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Serving to arrest hemorrhage; styptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A medicine or application to arrest hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Highest. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ The superlative of hind. See Hind, a. ] [ Cf. AS. hindema (akin to Goth. hindumists), a superlative from the same source as the comparative hinder. See Hinder, a., and cf. Aftermost. ] Furthest in or toward the rear; last. “Rachel and Joseph hindermost.” Gen. xxxiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Nearest on this side. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + style. ] (Bot.) Having only one form of pistils; -- said of the flowers of some plants. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. innemest, AS. innemest, a double superlative form fr. inne within, fr. in in. The modern form is due to confusion with most. See In, and cf. Aftermost, Foremost, Innermost. ] Deepest within; farthest from the surface or external part; innermost. [ 1913 Webster ]

And pierce the inmost center of the earth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The silent, slow, consuming fires,
Which on my inmost vitals prey. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ A corruption of inmost due to influence of inner. See Inmost. ] Farthest inward; most remote from the outward part; inmost; deepest within. Prov. xviii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the innermost place. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His ebon cross worn innermostly. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Irreg. superl. of Low. Cf. Uppermost, Foremost, etc. ] Lowest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Midmost. ] Being in the middle, or nearest the middle; midmost. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. middemiste. Cf. Foremost. ] Middle; middlemost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ere night's midmost, stillest hour was past. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., superl. of More. [ OE. most, mast, mest, AS. m&aemacr_;st; akin to D. meest, OS. mēst, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. √103. See More, a. ] 1. Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness.” Prov. xx. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. Matt. xi. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. “In the moste pride.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Highest in rank; greatest. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Most is used as a noun, the words part, portion, quantity, etc., being omitted, and has the following meanings: 1. The greatest value, number, or part; preponderating portion; highest or chief part. 2. The utmost; greatest possible amount, degree, or result; especially in the phrases to make the most of, at the most, at most. [ 1913 Webster ]

A quarter of a year or some months at the most. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A covetous man makes the most of what he has. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the most part, in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing. --
Most an end, generally. See An end, under End, n. [ Obs. ] “She sleeps most an end.” Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. m&aemacr_;st. See Most, a. ] In the greatest or highest degree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those nearest to this king, and most his favorites, were courtiers and prelates. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Placed before an adjective or adverb, most is used to form the superlative degree, being equivalent to the termination -est; as, most vile, most wicked; most illustrious; most rapidly. Formerly, and until after the Elizabethan period of our literature, the use of the double superlative was common. See More, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most unkindest cut of all. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most straitest sect of our religion. Acts xxvi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mustaiba. [ 1913 Webster ]

obs. imp. of Mote. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Diplomacy), A clause, often inserted in treaties, by which each of the contracting nations binds itself to grant to the other in certain stipulated matters the same terms as are then, or may be thereafter, granted to the nation which receives from it the most favorable terms in respect of those matters. It is used most frequently in treaties regarding the terms of trade between countries, as regarding tariffs and non-tariff barriers to trade. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

There was a “most-favored-nation” clause with provisions for the good treatment of strangers entering the Republic. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Steam navigation was secured by the Japanese as far as Chungking, and under the most-favored-nation clause the right accrued to us. A. R. Colquhoun. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ See Maul-stick. ] A painter's maul-stick. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. For the greatest part; for the most part; chiefly; in the main. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) See Direct, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. For the most part. [ Obs. ] “All the rest do mostwhat far amiss.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. [ Cf. Northmost. ] Farthest north. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. norðmest. Cf. Aftermost. ] Lying farthest north; northernmost. [ 1913 Webster ]

Northmost part of the coast of Mozambique. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Omo- + Gr. &unr_; a roof. ] (Zool.) The part of the carapace of a crustacean situated behind the cervical groove. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the omosternum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Omo- + sternum. ] (Anat.) (a) The anterior element of the sternum which projects forward from between the clavicles in many batrachians and is usually tipped with cartilage. (b) In many mammals, an interarticular cartilage, or bone, between the sternum and the clavicle. [ 1913 Webster ]