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adj. [ p. pr. & vb. n. of billow, verb ] 1. rising in billows. billowing smoke [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. stormy; affected by storms; -- of weather, used prenominally. calm
Syn. -- billowy, surging. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. 1. windy.
Syn. -- blustering(prenominal), blusterous, blustery, gusty. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. processing that involves blowing a gas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Mus.) 1. The act or art of managing the bow in playing on stringed instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bowing constitutes a principal part of the art of the violinist, the violist, etc. J. W. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In hatmaking, the act or process of separating and distributing the fur or hair by means of a bow, to prepare it for felting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bending manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The time at which cocks first crow; the early morning; the first light of day.
Syn. -- dawn, dawning, morning, aurora, first light, daybreak, break of day, break of the day, dayspring, sunrise, sunup. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. same as bragging.
Syn. -- boastful, braggart(prenominal), bragging(prenominal), braggy, big, cock-a-hoop, self-aggrandizing, vainglorious. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. tending to spread quickly; -- used mostly of plants. [ prenominal ] [ Narrower terms: invasive (vs. noninvasive) ]
Syn. -- aggressive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight. --
Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. --
Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flowing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [ R. ] W. Nichols. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Vocation; business; profession. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Aëronautics) See Advancing-edge, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Aëronautics) See Advancing-surface, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. With foreknowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

He who . . . foreknowingly loses his life. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art and process of creating glass objects, by shaping glass when reduced by heat to a viscid state, using various manipulations with the hands, especially by inflating it by blowing through a tube. The process is used to manufacture a wide variety of useful and ornamental objects. The manufacture of simple glass objects has been automated, but complex glass objects are still made by the traditional hand processes. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. softly bright or radiant.
Syn. -- aglow(predicate), lambent, luminous, lucent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. highly enthusiastic; as, glowing praise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. brilliantly colored and apparently giving off light.
Syn. -- fluorescent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. afire; as, glowing embers. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- burning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a glowing manner; with ardent heat or passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the sequence of events involved in the development of an organism.
Syn. -- growth, maturation, development, ontogeny, ontogenesis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. increasing in intensity of some quality. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- increasing(prenominal), incremental. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. increasing in size or amount; as, her growing popularity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. increasing in size and maturity; -- of living things normally healthy and not fully matured.
Syn. -- flourishing, thriving. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. p. pr. of grow (definition 3); as, growing plants. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. flowing inward.
Syn. -- influent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Growing or appearing to grow into some other substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Skilful; well informed; intelligent; as, a knowing man; a knowing dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knowing and intelligent part of the world. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Artful; cunning; as, a knowing rascal. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Knowledge; hence, experience. “ In my knowing.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This sore night
Hath trifled former knowings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. With knowledge; in a knowing manner; intelligently; consciously; deliberately; as, he would not knowingly offend. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By experience. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being knowing or intelligent; shrewdness; skillfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. pr. p. of mellow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act or process of acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time.
Syn. -- ripening, aging, ageing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. mind-bending. [ informal ]
Syn. -- . [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intensely affecting the mind or emotions; astonishing; -- usually referring to extraordinary experiences; as, spending a week in the jungle was a mind-blowing experience; a mind-blowing horror story. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of one who, or the operation of that which, mows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Land from which grass is cut; meadow land. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mowing machine, an agricultural machine armed with knives or blades for cutting standing grass, etc. It may be drawn by a horse or horses, or propelled by a powered engine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of contracting, or of making or becoming less in breadth or extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The part of a stocking which is narrowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An overflow; that which overflows; exuberance; copiousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was ready to bestow the overflowings of his full mind on anybody who would start a subject. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In great abundance; exuberantly. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too knowing or too cunning. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. [ Used in a passive sense for owed (AS. āgen. See Own). ] 1. Had or held under obligation of paying; due. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is more owing her than is paid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Had or experienced as a consequence, result, issue, etc.; ascribable; -- with to; as, misfortunes are often owing to vices; his failure was owing to speculations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Knowing one's self, or one's own character, powers, and limitations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Knowing of itself, without help from another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Shade, or gradation of light and color; shading. Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A faint representation; an adumbration. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are . . . in savage theology shadowings, quaint or majestic, of the conception of a Supreme Deity. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Appearance; display; exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Presentation of facts; statement. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) A method of working in which the waste is packed into the space formed by excavating the vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act, or art, of causing animals to produce tallow; also, the property in animals of producing tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Throw, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Throwing engine,
Throwing mill,
Throwing table, or
Throwing wheel (Pottery), a machine on which earthenware is first rudely shaped by the hand of the potter from a mass of clay revolving rapidly on a disk or table carried by a vertical spindle; a potter's wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Anthropol.) An instrument used by various savage races for throwing a spear; -- called also throw stick and spear thrower. One end of the stick receives the butt of the spear, as upon a hook or thong, and the other end is grasped with the hand, which also holds the spear, toward the middle, above it with the finger and thumb, the effect being to bring the place of support nearer the center of the spear, and practically lengthen the arm in the act of throwing. In Mexico, one such device is called the atlatl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of one who, or that which, winnows. [ 1913 Webster ]