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adv. By adorning; decoratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aldehyde + the ending -ine. The -n- is a euphonic insertion. ] (Chem.) one of the natural amino acids found combined in the proteins of most living tissues. It can be isolated as a white crystalline base, C3H7NO2. The natural form is the L-configuration. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) The substance of the cells which inclose the white of birds' eggs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 bringing into alignment
Syn. -- positioning [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ See Amorwe. The -s is a genitival ending. See -wards. ] In the morning; every morning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And have such pleasant walks into the woods
A-mornings. J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Anthokyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also antivenen, antivenine. ] [ Pref. anti- + L. venenum poison. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The serum of blood rendered antitoxic to a venom by repeated injections of small doses of the venom; also, the component of such a serum which is antitoxic to the venom. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ L. Apenninus, fr. Celtic pen, or ben, peak, mountain. ] Of, pertaining to, or designating, the Apennines, a chain of mountains extending through Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Apocynum, the generic name of dogbane. ] (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. asininus, fr. asinus ass. See Ass. ] Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. “Asinine nature.” B. Jonson. “Asinine feast.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. āwan, āwang, anything suspended, or LG. havening a place sheltered from wind and weather, E. haven. ] 1. A rooflike cover, usually of canvas, extended over or before any place as a shelter from the sun, rain, or wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) That part of the poop deck which is continued forward beyond the bulkhead of the cabin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with an awning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art or practice of managing balloons or voyaging in them; the sport of riding in balloons.
balloonry (archaic) [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Stock Exchange) The process of temporarily raising the value of a stock, as by fictitious sales. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds (esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an order that bans something. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Arch.) Furring done with small pieces nailed directly upon the wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Enterprise. “To hinder our beginnings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Benin. Beninese bronzes
Syn. -- Benin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Benin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The condition or quality of being bony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Senses 1 and 2 fr. 1st Bone, sense 3 fr. 3d Bone. ] 1. The clearing of bones from fish or meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The manuring of land with bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A method of leveling a line or surface by sighting along the tops of two or more straight edges, or a range of properly spaced poles. See 3d Bone, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being bonny; gayety; handsomeness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a hypotensive tissue hormone (C50H73N15O11) which acts on smooth muscle, dilates peripheral vessels and increases capillary permeability. It is formed locally in injured tissue and is believed to play a role in the inflammatory process. It is a nonapeptide with the sequence: Arg-Pro-Pro-Gly-Phe-Ser-Pro-Phe-Arg. MI11
Syn. -- kallidin I; callidin I; kallidin-9. [ PJC ]

n. The quality or state of being brawny. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Burningly; ardently. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being briny; saltness; brinishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or operation of giving a brown color, as to gun barrels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and Bryonia dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. --
Burning glass, a convex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. --
Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale. --
Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. relating to or resembling a hawk of the genus Buteo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any hawk of the genus Buteo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The campaign of a candidate to be elected.
Syn. -- candidacy, candidature, electioneering, political campaign. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An amino acid found in the jack bean. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. See Canine, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the family Canidæ, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia. --
Canine letter, the letter r. See R. --
Canine madness, hydrophobia. --
Canine tooth, a tooth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developed in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) A canine tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. something made of interlaced slender branches of especially willow.
Syn. -- wicker, wickerwork. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Caution; crafty management. [ N. of Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the practice of taking holidays in a caravan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. caro, canis , flesh. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. [ PJC ]

n. The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat. See Cementation. [ 1913 Webster ]