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n. [ AS. ampre, ompre, a crooked swelling vein: cf. Prov. E. amper a tumor with inflammation. Cf. the first syllable in agnail, and berry a fruit. ] 1. (Far.) A soft tumor or bloody wart on horses or oxen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called in allusion to the fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of rats. ] 1. A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; -- opposed to Hunker. [ Political Cant, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. an impressively successful or unusually good event. [ informal ] ”The rock concert was a real barnburner.” [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a small cloth bag filled with dried beans; it is thrown from person to person in games. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.
Syn. -- beaner. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Turk., prop., chief of a thousand; bin thousand + bash head. ] (Mil.) A major in the Turkish army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. bonbon, fr. bon bon very good, a superlative by reduplication, fr. bon good. ] Sugar confectionery; a sugarplum; hence, any dainty. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -nières /plu>. [ F. ] A small fancy box or dish for bonbons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a cultivated hybrid bramble of California having large dark wine-red fruit with a raspberrylike flavor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a large raspberry-flavored bramble fruit; a cross between blackberries and raspberries. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ So named after Brandenburg, a province and a town of Prussia. ] A kind of decoration for the breast of a coat, sometimes only a frog with a loop, but in some military uniforms enlarged into a broad horizontal stripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wore a coat . . . trimmed with Brandenburgs. Smollett. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The dowitcher or red-breasted snipe. See Dowitcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Buttonwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Australia. Population (2000) = 307, 700. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a corn ball. [ PJC ]

2. a person who is corny; one who is overly sentimental. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

3. an unsophisticated person; a country bumpkin. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

a. same as corny{ 5 }. [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cranberries (-r&ibreve_;z). [ So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. Dr. Prior. ] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (Viburnum Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a deciduous thicket-forming Old World shrub (Viburnum opulus) with clusters of white flowers and small bright red berries. It is sometimes called high cranberry to distinguish it from the marsh cranberry or low cranberry.
Syn. -- guelder rose, European cranberrybush, European cranberry bush, crampbark, Viburnum opulus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any plant of the genus Verbesina having clustered white or yellow flower heads.
Syn. -- crown beard. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Min.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of evergreen perennial herbs of tropical America with lush foliage and poisonous sap; often cultivated as houseplants.
Syn. -- genus Dieffenbachia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To bear down; to depress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Music) the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. leading in a downward direction.
Syn. -- down(prenominal), downward(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a board beside a kitchen sink having a surface inclined so as to drain into the sink.
Syn. -- draining board. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named from its color. ] (Zool.) (a) The pochard; -- called also dunair, and dunker, or dun-curre. (b) An American duck; the ruddy duck. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Tajikistan. Population (2000) = 524, 000. [ PJC ]

a. Embattled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To imbibe. [ Obs. ] Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Embroude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any whale of the genera Sibbaldius, Balænoptera, and allied genera, of the family Balænopteridæ, characterized by a prominent fin on the back. The common finbacks of the New England coast are Sibbaldius tectirostris and S. tuberosus. [ 1913 Webster ]

same as Eddy kite. [ Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Bot.) A variety of the common hawthorn. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant of the genus Haplopappus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Any of various much-branched yellow-flowered shrubs of the genus Chrysothamnus, growing in Western North America. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One of the legal tender notes of the United States; a note of paper currency of the United States; -- first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of those who supported greenback or paper money, and opposed the resumption of specie payments. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named because the bones are green when boiled. ] (Zool.) (a) Any garfish (Belone or Tylosurus). (b) The European eelpout. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Nav.) A vessel of light draught, carrying one or more guns, used for operations in shallow waters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nav.) Any small naval vessel carrying mounted guns. [ PJC ]

prop. n. A small genus of Australian woody vines with small violet flowers; closely related to genus Kennedia.
Syn. -- genus Hardenbergia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hen + bane. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Hyoscyamus (Hyoscyamus niger). All parts of the plant are poisonous, and the leaves are used for the same purposes as belladonna. It is poisonous to domestic fowls; whence the name. Called also, stinking nightshade, from the fetid odor of the plant. See Hyoscyamus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus Lamium (Lamium amplexicaule) with deeply crenate leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the preceding part of this (writing, document, book, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fish. See Hornfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Beam. ] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any bird of the family Bucerotidæ, of which about sixty species are known, belonging to numerous genera. They inhabit the tropical parts of Asia, Africa, and the East Indies, and are remarkable for having a more or less horn-like protuberance, which is usually large and hollow and is situated on the upper side of the beak. The size of the hornbill varies from that of a pigeon to that of a raven, or even larger. They feed chiefly upon fruit, but some species eat dead animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., fr. horn horn + blende blende. ] (Min.) The common black, or dark green or brown, variety of amphibole. (See Amphibole.) It belongs to the aluminous division of the species, and is also characterized by its containing considerable iron. Also used as a general term to include the whole species. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hornblende schist (Geol.), a hornblende rock of schistose structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Composed largely of hornblende; resembling or relating to hornblende. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hornblāwere. ] One who, or that which, blows a horn. [ 1913 Webster ]