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n. A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ prop. n. [ L. ] 1. (Astron.) (a) The Ram; the first of the twelve signs in the zodiac, which the sun enters at the vernal equinox, about the 21st of March. (b) A constellation west of Taurus, drawn on the celestial globe in the figure of a ram. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A battering-ram. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. (Zool.) Feathers connecting the under surface of the wing and the body, and concealed by the closed wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., decay. ] (Med.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of St. Lucia. Population (2000) = 13, 600. [ PJC ]

n. sing. & pl. [ L., fr. congerere. See Congest. ] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. all the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
Syn. -- coevals, generation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ Pl. of Contrary, n. ] (Logic) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other. [ 1913 Webster ]

If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false. I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

compar., superl., of Dry, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Strips of potatoes, usually cut with a rectangular cross-section, cooked by immersing in hot fat or oil. [ PJC ]

n. Same as Friesic, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Friesland, a province in the northern part of the Netherlands. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The language of the Frisians, a Teutonic people formerly occupying a large part of the coast of Holland and Northwestern Germany. The modern dialects of Friesic are spoken chiefly in the province of Friesland, and on some of the islands near the coast of Germany and Denmark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Friesic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Fury, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Eccl.) A chief priest; esp., the head of the Jewish priesthood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office, dignity, or position of a high priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. High-priesthood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A breed of dairy cattle from North Holland and Friesland; they have a black and white color to their fur.
Syn. -- Friesian, Holstein. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Sweetmeats. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Parietes [ See Parietes. ] (Zool.) The triangular middle part of each segment of the shell of a barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ So called from L. pluries many times, often, which occurs in the first clause. ] (Law) A writ issued in the third place, after two former writs have been disregarded. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. prest, preost, AS. preóst, fr. L. presbyter, Gr. &unr_; elder, older, n., an elder, compar. of &unr_; an old man, the first syllable of which is probably akin to L. pristinus. Cf. Pristine, Presbyter. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Christian Church) A presbyter elder; a minister; specifically: (a) (R. C. Ch. & Gr. Ch.) One who is authorized to consecrate the host and to say Mass; but especially, one of the lowest order possessing this power. Murdock. (b) (Ch. of Eng. & Prot. Epis. Ch.) A presbyter; one who belongs to the intermediate order between bishop and deacon. He is authorized to perform all ministerial services except those of ordination and confirmation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who officiates at the altar, or performs the rites of sacrifice; one who acts as a mediator between men and the divinity or the gods in any form of religion; as, Buddhist priests. “The priests of Dagon.” 1 Sam. v. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then the priest of Jupiter . . . brought oxen and garlands . . . and would have done sacrifice with the people. Acts xiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every priest taken from among men is ordained for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins. Heb. v. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the New Testament presbyters are not called priests; but Christ is designated as a priest, and as a high priest, and all Christians are designated priests. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To ordain as priest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Fort.) A form of redan, so named from its shape; -- called also swallowtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Priestly policy; the policy of a priesthood; esp., in an ill sense, fraud or imposition in religious concerns; management by priests to gain wealth and power by working upon the religious motives or credulity of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is better that men should be governed by priestcraft than by violence. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Priests, collectively; the priesthood; -- so called in contempt. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who officiated in sacred rites among pagans. Abp. Potter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The office or character of a priest; the priestly function. Bk. of Com. Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Priests, taken collectively; the order of men set apart for sacred offices; the order of priests. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a priest. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The influence, doctrines, principles, etc., of priests or the priesthood. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a priest. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Priestly. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being priestly. R. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a priest or the priesthood; sacerdotal; befitting or becoming a priest; as, the priestly office; a priestly farewell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Controlled or oppressed by priests; as, a priest-ridden people. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. series, fr. serere, sertum, to join or bind together; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; to fasten, Skr. sarit thread. Cf. Assert, Desert a solitude, Exert, Insert, Seraglio. ] 1. A number of things or events standing or succeeding in order, and connected by a like relation; sequence; order; course; a succession of things; as, a continuous series of calamitous events. [ 1913 Webster ]

During some years his life a series of triumphs. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Any comprehensive group of animals or plants including several subordinate related groups. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sometimes a series includes several classes; sometimes only orders or families; in other cases only species. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) In Engler's system of plant classification, a group of families showing certain structural or morphological relationships. It corresponds to the cohort of some writers, and to the order of many modern systematists. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Math.) An indefinite number of terms succeeding one another, each of which is derived from one or more of the preceding by a fixed law, called the law of the series; as, an arithmetical series; a geometrical series. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Elec.) A mode of arranging the separate parts of a circuit by connecting them successively end to end to form a single path for the current; -- opposed to parallel. The parts so arranged are said to be
in series. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

6. (Com.) A parcel of rough diamonds of assorted qualities. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound dynamo. (b) A dynamo running in series with another or others. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) (a) A series-wound motor. (b) A motor capable of being used in a series circuit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) The turns in a series circuit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Elec.) A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding. -- Se"ries-wound`, a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. pl. Many different or small things; sundry things. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + priest. ] To deprive of priesthood; to unfrock. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]