n.
a. Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [ R. ] “Yellow, chapless skulls.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cobblestone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female disciple. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Exampleless. [ Wrongly formed. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as gooseflesh. [ PJC ]
a. Without a grasp; relaxed. [ 1913 Webster ]
From my graspless hand Drop friendship's precious pearls. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy;
adv. In a hapless, unlucky manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of mind or body. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Yet since the gods have been
Helpless foreseers of my plagues. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Helpless of all that human wants require. Dryden.
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adj. having hips which are not prominent; seeming to have no hips;
a. Without a hump. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being without a lamp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull. [ 1913 Webster ]
Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no lips. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without nap; threadbare. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
See under Yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Without a palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Pleasance. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A pool; a plash. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; near +
a. Nearly alike in form. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Paleon.) One of the Plesiosauria. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Plesiosaurus. ] (Paleon.) An extinct order of Mesozoic marine reptiles including the genera Plesiosaurus, and allied forms; -- called also
n. (Paleon.) A plesiosaur. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. See Pleximeter. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of a rump. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Now sapless on the verge of death he stands. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of ships. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Metal.) Samples taken for assay from a molten metallic mass pouring a portion into water, to granulate it. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. simplesse. ] Simplicity; silliness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a trade name for a fat substitute prepared as microparticles of protein from whey. It has little fat, but has a consistency and taste resembling fat, and is thus used to prepare foods low in fat for dietetic purposes. [ Trade name ] [ PJC ]
a.
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a. Not to be stopped. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.