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n. 1. a battle in which English longbowmen under Henry V decisively defeated a much larger French army in 1415. It was named for the site at which it occurred. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

See under Lace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. ancuman, oncuman, to come. ] A small ulcerous swelling, coming suddenly; also, a whitlow. [ Obs. ] Boucher. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. Ancones [ L., fr. Gr. 'agkw`n the bent arm, elbow; any hook or bend. ] (Anat.) The olecranon, or the elbow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ancon sheep (Zool.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Ancon, above. ] (Arch.) (a) The corner or quoin of a wall, cross-beam, or rafter. [ Obs. ] Gwilt. (b) A bracket supporting a cornice; a console. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the ancon or elbow. “The olecranon on anconeal process.” Flower. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. ancon elbow. ] (Anat.) A muscle of the elbow and forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Elbowlike; anconal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Origin unknown. ] (Iron Work) A piece of malleable iron, wrought into the shape of a bar in the middle, but unwrought at the ends. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Bank. ] A bank, especially that of Venice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term is used in some parts of Europe to indicate bank money, as distinguished from the current money, when this last has become depreciated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Broncho. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. see bunko. [ Written also bunko. ] [ PJC ]

{ } n. [ Buncombe a county of North Carolina. ] Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [ Cant or Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All that flourish about right of search was bunkum -- all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous ‘Missouri Question, ' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a naïve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent county of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the ‘Question, ' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He persevered, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to ‘make a speech for Buncombe.'” W. Darlington. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. calamancus, calamacus; cf. camelaucum; a head covering made of camel's hair, NGr. kamelay`kion, and F. calmande a woolen stuff. ] A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked. “A gay calamanco waistcoat.” Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } any of several trees of the genus Cinchona. Same as Cinchona. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting. ] [ L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook. ] 1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To purify or refine chemically. [ Obs. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who concocts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concoctio. ] 1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hence the concoctive powers, with various art,
Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. J. Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concolor; con- + color color. ] Of the same color; of uniform color. [ R. ] “Concolor animals.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of the same color throughout. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia. ] 1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (R.C.Ch.) The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by communicating in one kind only. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman. ] Accompanying; conjoined; attending. [ 1913 Webster ]

It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of the same mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf. Accord. ] 1. A state of agreement; harmony; union. [ 1913 Webster ]

Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The concord made between Henry and Roderick. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Old Law) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine. Burril. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. [ Prob. influenced by chord. ] (Mus.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. concorder, L. concordare. ] To agree; to act together. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concordabilis. ] Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. concordantia. ] 1. Agreement; accordance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. [ Obs. ] Aschlam. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place. [ 1913 Webster ]

His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agreement. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concordans, p. pr. of concordare: cf. F. concordant. See Concord. ] Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. Sir T. Browne [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a concordant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord. ] 1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VII and Bonaparte in 1801. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Concord, New Hampshire, where first made. ] A kind of buggy having a body with low sides, and side springs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The compiler of a concordance. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. concorporatus, p. p. of concorporare. ] To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [ Archaic. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. United in one body; incorporated. [ Archaic ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concorporatio. ] Union of things in one mass or body. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See Concur. ] 1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Concurrence; cooperation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a pipe{ 3 } for smoking tobacco with a bowl made from a corncob. [ PJC ]

n. a European annual (Agrostemma githago) having large trumpet-shaped reddish-purple flowers and poisonous seed; a common weed in grainfields and beside roadways; naturalized in America.
Syn. -- corn cockle, corn-cockle, corn campion, crown-of-the-field, Agrostemma githago. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To decompose. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Discouragement. [ Obs. ] Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disincorporated p. pr. & vb. n. Disincorporating ] 1. To deprive of corporate powers, rights, or privileges; to divest of the condition of a corporate body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To detach or separate from a corporation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Separated from, or not included in, a corporation; disincorporated. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Deprivation of the rights and privileges of a corporation. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]