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Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by cañons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to attack a person from his blind side; metaphorically, to give a person an unpleasant suprise. He had completed his plan to develop a new office building, but was blindsided by the sudden drop in real estate values. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Arch.) The triforium as opposed to the clearstory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person in a state of slavery; one whose person and liberty are subjected to the authority of a master. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bondsmen. [ Bond, a. or n. + man. ] 1. A slave; a villain; a serf; a bondman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal, greedy people, without such a precept, would have no mercy upon their poor bondsmen. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A surety; one who is bound, or who gives security, for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bond, n.+ stone. ] (Masonry) A stone running through a wall from one face to another, to bind it together; a binding stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bondwoman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A factotum. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He is his master's both-hands, I assure you. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the line or plane indicating the limit or extent of something; as, the fotball was caught out of bounds.
Syn. -- boundary, bound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the greatest possible extent or degree of something.
Syn. -- limit, boundary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. CF. Claim. ] The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [ Written also kalends. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ After the discoverer, William Cowper, an English surgeon. ] (Anat.) Two small glands discharging into the male urethra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. same as fairground. [ PJC ]

n. [ AS. freóndscipe. See Friend, and -ship. ] 1. The state of being friends; friendly relation, or attachment, to a person, or between persons; affection arising from mutual esteem and good will; friendliness; amity; good will. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is little friendship in the world. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

There can be no friendship without confidence, and no confidence without integrity. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preferred by friendship, and not chosen by sufficiency. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Kindly aid; help; assistance, [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some friendship will it [ a hovel ] lend you gainst the tempest. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Aptness to unite; conformity; affinity; harmony; correspondence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those colors . . . have a friendship with each other. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. grantsire. See Grand, and Sire. ] Specifically, a grandfather; more generally, any ancestor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A son's or daughter's son. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Great, 10. ] A son of one's grandson or granddaughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

or . A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A flat, circular stone, revolving on an axle, for grinding or sharpening tools, or shaping or smoothing objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hold one's nose to the grindstone,
To bring one's nose to the grindstone, to oppress one; to keep one in a condition of servitude. --
To put one's nose to the grindstone (a) to oppress one; to cause one to work hard and steadily. (b) to set oneself to a long and arduous task. --
To keep one's nose to the grindstone to continue at a long and arduous task; to apply oneself steadily to one's duties. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

They might be ashamed, for lack of courage, to suffer the Lacedæmonians to hold their noses to the grindstone. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. grundswilie, AS. grundeswylige, grundeswelge, earlier gundiswilge; gund matter, pus + swelgan to swallow. So named as being good for a running from the eye. See Swallow, v. ] (Bot.) An annual composite plant (Senecio vulgaris), one of the most common and widely distributed weeds on the globe.

n. a piece of waterproofed cloth spread on the ground (as under a tent) to protect the occupants from moisture.
Syn. -- ground cloth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ Ground + sill. ] See Ground plate (a), under Ground [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant winds or storms. [ PJC ]

2. A rising sentiment of support or enthusiasm, especially among the general public; as, a groundswell of opinion favoring campaign finance reform. [ PJC ]

n. Groundsel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person's power or discretionary action; as, my fate is in your hands.
Syn. -- custody. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The force of workers available; as, all hands on deck.
Syn. -- work force, manpower, men. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many hands, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for. Locke.

pos>n. A saw used with one hand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any unit of length based on the breadth of the human hand.
Syn. -- handbreath. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Written also hansel. ] [ OE. handsal, hansal, hansel, AS. handselena giving into hands, or more prob. fr. Icel. handsal; hand hand + sal sale, bargain; akin to AS. sellan to give, deliver. See Sell, Sale. ] 1. A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and regarded as an omen for the rest; a first installment; an earnest; as the first money received for the sale of goods in the morning, the first money taken at a shop newly opened, the first present sent to a young woman on her wedding day, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their first good handsel of breath in this world. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our present tears here, not our present laughter,
Are but the handsels of our joys hereafter. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Price; payment. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Handsel Monday, the first Monday of the new year, when handsels or presents are given to servants, children, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Handseled or Handselled p. pr. & vb. n. Handseling or Handselling. ] [ Written also hansel. ] [ OE handsellen, hansellen; cf. Icel. hadsala, handselja. See Handsel, n. ] 1. To give a handsel to. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To use or do for the first time, esp. so as to make fortunate or unfortunate; to try experimentally. [ 1913 Webster ]

No contrivance of our body, but some good man in Scripture hath handseled it with prayer. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Electronics) The mouthpiece and earpiece of a communications device mounted on a single handle; as, when the telephone rings, pick up the handset.
Syn. -- French telephone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. sewn by hand rather than machine.
Syn. -- handstitched. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Compar. Handsomer superl. Handsomest. ] [ Hand + -some. It at first meant, dexterous; cf. D. handzaam dexterous, ready, limber, manageable, and E. handy. ] 1. Dexterous; skillful; handy; ready; convenient; -- applied to things as persons. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That they [ engines of war ] be both easy to be carried and handsome to be moved and turned about. Robynson (Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

For a thief it is so handsome as it may seem it was first invented for him. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Agreeable to the eye or to correct taste; having a pleasing appearance or expression; attractive; having symmetry and dignity; comely; -- expressing more than pretty, and less than beautiful; as, a handsome man or woman; a handsome garment, house, tree, horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Suitable or fit in action; marked with propriety and ease; graceful; becoming; appropriate; as, a handsome style, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Easiness and handsome address in writing. Felton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Evincing a becoming generosity or nobleness of character; liberal; generous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Handsome is as handsome does. Old Proverb. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Ample; moderately large. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . accumulated a handsome sum of money. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

To do the handsome thing, to act liberally. [ Colloq. ]

Syn. -- Handsome, Pretty. Pretty applies to things comparatively small, which please by their delicacy and grace; as, a pretty girl, a pretty flower, a pretty cottage. Handsome rises higher, and is applied to objects on a larger scale. We admire what is handsome, we are pleased with what is pretty. The word is connected with hand, and has thus acquired the idea of training, cultivation, symmetry, and proportion, which enters so largely into our conception of handsome. Thus Drayton makes mention of handsome players, meaning those who are well trained; and hence we speak of a man's having a handsome address, which is the result of culture; of a handsome horse or dog, which implies well proportioned limbs; of a handsome face, to which, among other qualities, the idea of proportion and a graceful contour are essential; of a handsome tree, and a handsome house or villa. So, from this idea of proportion or suitableness, we have, with a different application, the expressions, a handsome fortune, a handsome offer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render handsome. [ Obs. ] Donne [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a handsome manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Carefully; in shipshape style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being handsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Handsomeness is the mere animal excellence, beauty the mere imaginative. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bar or lever, generally of wood, used in a windlass or capstan, for heaving anchor, and, in modified forms, for various purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A somersault made with the assistance of the hands placed upon the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The gymnastic act of supporting oneself by one's hands alone in an upside down position; as, to do handstands for exercise. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. same as handsewn.
Syn. -- handsewn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cut of meat from the upper part of a rear leg. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. understanding the nature of an event after it has happened; as, hindsight is always clearer than foresight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

20-20 hindsight,
twenty-twenty hindsight Perfect understanding of an event after it has happened; -- a term usually used with sarcasm in response to criticism of one's decision, implying that the critic is unfairly judging the wisdom of the decision in light of information that was not available when the decision was made. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Gin made in Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. See Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. (Sports) within the demarcated playing area. Opposite of out of bounds. [ Narrower terms: fair (vs. foul) ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Same as Calends. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly written also landskip. ] [ D. landschap; land land + -schap, equiv. to E. -schip; akin to G. landschaft, Sw. landskap, Dan. landskab. See Land, and -schip. ] 1. A portion of land or territory which the eye can comprehend in a single view, including all the objects it contains. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A picture representing a scene by land or sea, actual or fancied, the chief subject being the general aspect of nature, as fields, hills, forests, water. etc. Compare seascape. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The pictorial aspect of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

The landscape of his native country had taken hold on his heart. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Landscape gardening, The art of laying out grounds and arranging trees, shrubbery, etc., in such a manner as to produce a picturesque effect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Working as a landscape gardner.
Syn. -- landscape gardening. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A painter of landscapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Landscape. ] A landscape. [ Obs. except in poetry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Straight my eye hath caught new pleasures,
Whilst the landskip round it measures. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]