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adv. In an adverse manner; inimically; unfortunately; contrariwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a commerical antacid; -- the tablets dissolve in water to give an effervescent solution. [ trademark ] WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Ger. See Ousel. ] (Zool.) The European ring ousel (Turdus torquatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With repugnance or aversion; unwillingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Advisedly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. baselarde, LL. basillardus. ] A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [ Written also baslard. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a base; having no foundation or support. “The baseless fabric of this vision.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured or compared; as, they established a baseline for the budget. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the back line at each end of a tennis court. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field along which a baseball player must run while running the bases. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity) in the absence of effects from other variables in a measurement, test or experiment; a control value. [ PJC ]

5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a visual display in an electronic device, used as a reference point to which other values are referred. [ PJC ]

adv. 1. In a base manner; with despicable meanness; dishonorably; shamefully. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Illegitimately; in bastardy. [ Archaic ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bellicose manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

A truck for railroad rolling stock, consisting of two ordinary axle boxes sliding in guides attached to a triangular frame; -- called also pony truck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Anat.) Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sells books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The employment of selling books. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of Indian antelopes; the nilgais.
Syn. -- genus Boselaphus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Belgium. Population (2000) = 949, 070 (metro). It has given its name to a kind of carpet, a kind of lace, etc. [ PJC ]

Brussels carpet, a kind of carpet made of worsted yarn fixed in a foundation web of strong linen thread. The worsted, which alone shows on the upper surface in drawn up in loops to form the pattern. --
Brussels ground, a name given to the handmade ground of real Brussels lace. It is very costly because of the extreme fineness of the threads. --
Brussels lace, an expensive kind of lace of several varieties, originally made in Brussels; as, Brussels point, Brussels ground, Brussels wire ground. --
Brussels net, an imitation of Brussels ground, made by machinery. --
Brussels point. See Point lace. --
Brussels sprouts (Bot.), a plant of the Cabbage family, which produces, in the axils of the upright stem, numerous small green heads, or “sprouts, ” each a cabbage in miniature, of one or two inches in diameter; the thousand-headed cabbage. --
Brussels wire ground, a ground for lace, made of silk, with meshes partly straight and partly arched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a continuous belt oriented horizontally or near-horizontally around a central structure, driven in a circular motion by some mechanism, which carries luggage delivered from the luggage hold of an airplane to air travelers; -- used at airports.
Syn. -- luggage carousel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as merry-go-round.
Syn. -- merry-go-round, roundabout, whirligig. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } A brown pigment of varying permanence, consisting of impure lignite. It was found originally near Cassel (now Kassel), Germany. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. Self-originating; uncreated. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless. [ 1913 Webster ]

My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without cause or reason. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being causeless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without pause or end; incessant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Without intermission or end. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., from the village of Chasselas. ] A white grape, esteemed for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Keslop. ] A bag in which rennet is kept. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chisel, F. ciseau, fr. LL. cisellus, prob. for caesellus, fr. L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut. Cf. Scissors. ] A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cold chisel. See under Cold, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chiseled or Chiselled (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Chiseling, or Chiselling. ] [ Cf. F. ciseler. ] 1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Syn. -- swindler, chiseler, gouger, sharper, sharpie, sharpy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. chryso`s gold + &unr_; made of ivory, fr. &unr_; ivory, elephant. ] Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a close manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Secretly; privately. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe
Her dainty couch with tears which
closely she did weepe. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. owned by a relatively few shareholders; -- of business organizations; as, a closely-held corporation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. bound together by intimate ties, social, personal, cultural or political; as, closely-knit little villages; a close-knit family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a concise manner; briefly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Confusedly; obscurely. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. of OF. cors. F. corps, body. See Corse. ] 1. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The thorax of an insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In corymbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. conseil, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul. ] 1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence. [ 1913 Webster ]

They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management of the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See Attorney. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

In counsel, in secret. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. --
To keep counsel, or
To keep one's own counsel, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. Shak.

Syn. -- Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Counseled i>or Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. Counseling or Counselling. ] [ OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel. ] 1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you
To leave this place. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course. [ 1913 Webster ]

They who counsel war. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus Belial, with words clothed in reason's garb,
Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also counsellable. ] 1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. direction or advice as to a decision or course of action.
Syn. -- guidance, counsel, direction. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as counselor.
Syn. -- counselor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the position of counselor; same as counselorship.
Syn. -- counselorship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]