a. Relating to the abdomen and the thorax, or chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; to set. appoint. ] [ Antiq. ] An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to the office of an agonothete. [ 1913 Webster ]
pron. & a. [ An a, one + other. ]
Another yet! -- a seventh! I 'll see no more. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Would serve to scale another Hero's tower. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
He winks, and turns his lips another way. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ As a pronoun another may have a possessive another's, pl. others, poss. pl. other'. It is much used in opposition to one; as, one went one way, another another. It is also used with one, in a reciprocal sense; as, “love one another, ” that is, let each love the other or others. “These two imparadised in one another's arms.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another kind. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Another + gate, or gait, way. Cf. Algates. ] Of another sort. [ Obs. ] “Another-gates adventure.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another sort. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
It used to go in another-guess manner. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] (Paleon.) See Dinotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Doing nothing; disinclined to work or exertion; inactive; idle; lazy; -- of people;
n. person who does no work.
‖n.;
n. [ Gr.
n. A member of a secret political organization in the United States, the chief objects of which were the proscription of foreigners by the repeal of the naturalization laws, and the exclusive choice of native Americans for office. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The party originated in 1853, and existed for about three years. The members of it were called Know-nothings, because they replied “I don't know, ” to any questions asked them in reference to the party. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The doctrines, principles, or practices, of the Know-nothings. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr.
n. [ See Monothalamous. ] (Zool.) A foraminifer having but one chamber. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mono- + Gr.
a. [ See Monothalamous. ] (Bot.) Formed from one pistil; -- said of fruits. R. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mono- + Br. &unr_; box. ] (Bot.) Having a single loculament. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Mono- + Gr. &unr_; god: cf. F. monothéisme. ] The doctrine or belief that there is but one God. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. monothéiste. ] One who believes that there is but one God. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to monotheism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;;
prop. a. Of or pertaining to the
‖n. pl. [ Heb. n&ebreve_;gīnōth. ] (Script.) Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading). [ 1913 Webster ]
conj. Neither; nor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Other; -- variant spelling used mostly in the phrase
n. [ From no, a. + thing. ]
Yet had his aspect nothing of severe. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold, ye are of nothing, and your work of nought. Is. xli. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]
'T is nothing, says the fool; but, says the friend,
This nothing, sir, will bring you to your end. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nothing but,
To make nothing of.
adv. In no degree; not at all; in no wise. [ 1913 Webster ]
Adam, with such counsel nothing swayed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The influence of reason in producing our passions is nothing near so extensive as is commonly believed. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nothing off (Naut.),
n. One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Nihility; nothingness. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
prop. n. A genus of beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa; the southern beech.
n. An extinct marine reptile with longer more slender limbs than plesiosaurs and less completely modified for swimming. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a pinna + &unr_; an animal. ] (Zool.) A crab of the genus
‖n.;
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a Titan + &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; a beast. ] (Paleon.) A large American Miocene mammal, allied to the rhinoceros, and more nearly to the extinct Brontotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]