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n. 1. A game of ball, so called from the bases or bounds (four in number) which designate the circuit which each player must endeavor to make after striking the ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The ball used in this game. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A board, or other woodwork, carried round the walls of a room and touching the floor, to form a base and protect the plastering; -- also called washboard (in England), mopboard, and scrubboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Born out of wedlock. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Born of low parentage. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Vile; mean. “Thy baseborn heart.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a book in which detailed written records of cases are kept and which are a source of information for subsequent work. Such books are often used as supplements to texts in law schools. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a board on which cheeses are served.
Syn. -- cheese tray. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a hamburger with melted cheese on it. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Eusebius, bishop of Cæsarea, who was a friend and protector of Arius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gooseberries [ Corrupted for groseberry or groiseberry, fr. OF. groisele, F. groseille, -- of German origin; cf. G. krausbeere, kräuselbeere (fr. kraus crisp), D. kruisbes, kruisbezie (as if crossberry, fr. kruis cross; for kroesbes, kroesbezie, fr. kroes crisp), Sw. krusbär (fr. krus, krusing, crisp). The first part of the word is perh. akin to E. curl. Cf. Grossular, a. ] 1. (Bot.) Any thorny shrub of the genus Ribes; also, the edible berries of such shrub. There are several species, of which Ribes Grossularia is the one commonly cultivated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A silly person; a goose cap. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbadoes gooseberry, a climbing prickly shrub (Pereskia aculeata) of the West Indies, which bears edible berries resembling gooseberries. --
Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. --
Gooseberry fool. See 1st Fool. --
Gooseberry worm (Zool.), the larva of a small moth (Dakruma convolutella). It destroys the gooseberry by eating the interior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person of Italian descent; -- used as a derogatory ethnic slur, and considered offensive. [ offensive slang ]
Syn. -- wop, dago, Guinea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The back of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An extended ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders, in a half-stratified condition. Agassiz. [ 1913 Webster ]

On horseback, on the back of a horse; mounted or riding on a horse or horses; in the saddle. [ 1913 Webster ] The long journey was to be performed on horseback. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The seed of the broad-bean plant.
Syn. -- broad bean, fava bean. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A large shrub or shrubby tree (Parkinsonia aculeata) having sharp spines and pinnate leaves with small deciduous leaflets and sweet-scented racemose yellow-orange flowers; grown as ornamentals or hedging or emergency food for livestock; originating in tropical America but naturalized in the Southern U. S.
Syn. -- Jerusalem thorn, Parkinsonia aculeata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a conveyance (railroad car or trailer) for transporting racehorses. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a very prickly woody vine (Smilax rotundifolia) of eastern U. S. growing in tangled masses having tough round stems with shiny leathery leaves and small greenish flowers followed by clusters of inedible shiny black berries.
Syn. -- bullbrier, greenbrier, catbrier, brier, briar, Smilax rotundifolia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a barge that is designed and equipped for use as a dwelling. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ House + bote. ] (Law) Wood allowed to a tenant for repairing the house and for fuel. This latter is often called firebote. See Bote. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. confined to the home, usually due to illness.
Syn. -- homebound, shut-in. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to train a pet to live cleanly in a house, especially by training it to defecate and urinate in designated boxes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who is guilty of the crime of housebreaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of breaking open and entering, with a felonious purpose, the dwelling house of another, whether done by day or night. See Burglary, and To break a house, under Break. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. trained to urinate and defecate outside or in a special place, such as a litter box; as, housebroken pets; -- of pet animals.
Syn. -- house-trained, housetrained. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. One whose business is to build houses; a housewright. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The menhaden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. nispero medlar and naseberry tree, fr. L. mespilus. See Medlar. ] (Bot.) A tropical fruit. See Sapodilla. [ Written also nisberry. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bag in which feed for a horse, ox, or the like, may be fastened under the nose by a string passing over the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bleeding at the nose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The yarrow. See Yarrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) the oleander. [ Obs. ] (b) Any shrub of the genus Rhododendron. [ U.S. ] (c) An herb (Epilobium spicatum) with showy purple flowers, common in Europe and North America; -- called also great willow herb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The flower of a rose before it opens, or when but partially open. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The bush or shrub which bears roses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. sebaceus, from L. sebum tallow, grease. ] (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, fat; composed of fat; having the appearance of fat; as, the sebaceous secretions of some plants, or the sebaceous humor of animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sebaceous cyst (Med.), a cyst formed by distention of a sebaceous gland, due to obstruction of its excretory duct. --
Sebaceous glands (Anat.), small subcutaneous glands, usually connected with hair follicles. They secrete an oily semifluid matter, composed in great part of fat, which softens and lubricates the hair and skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sebum tallow: cf. F. sébacique. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to fat; derived from, or resembling, fat; specifically, designating an acid (formerly called also sebic, and pyroleic, acid), obtained by the distillation or saponification of certain oils (as castor oil) as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. sh&ebreve_;bāt. ] The eleventh month of the ancient Hebrew year, approximately corresponding with February. W. Smith (Bibl. Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of sebacic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. sebestān the tree: cf. Sp. sebesten. ] (Bot.) The mucilaginous drupaceous fruit of two East Indian trees (Cordia Myxa, and Cordia latifolia), sometimes used medicinally in pectoral diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the West Indies the name is given to the similar fruit of Cordia Sebestana. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Sebacic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sebum tallow + -ferous. ] 1. (Bot.) Producing vegetable tallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Producing fat; sebaceous; as, the sebiferous, or sebaceous, glands. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. sebum tallow + parere to bring forth. ] (Physiol.) Same as Sebiferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. sebum tallow + Gr. &unr_; to flow. ] (Med.) A morbidly increased discharge of sebaceous matter upon the skin; stearrhea. [ 1913 Webster ]