n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. “The feast of betrothal.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ Boot, for booty + hale. ] To forage for booty; to plunder. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of low branching shrubs of West North America.
n. [ NL. colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo&tsdot_;ar. ] (Chem.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also
n.A striped satin made in India. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. of or relating to the cortex and the hypothalamus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. A disease affecting the feet of sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A wiseacre; a person deficient in wisdom; -- so called from Gotham, in Nottinghamshire, England, noted for some pleasant blunders. Bp. Morton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Name of a character in Rowe's drama, “The Fair Penitent.” ] A gay seducer of women; a libertine. [ 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 ]
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interj. [ For quoth 'a, said he, 'a being corrupted from he. ] Indeed; forsooth. [ 1913 Webster ]
To affront the blessed hillside drabs and thieves
With mended morals, quotha, -- fine new lives ! Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) Pain in a tooth or in the teeth; odontalgia. [ 1913 Webster ]
Toothache grass (Bot.),
Toothache tree. (Bot.)