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‖ [ L., without this. ] (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pimp; a kept gallant. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab. ] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Arabian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. & a. Squatting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Cf. Askant, Squint. ] With the eye directed to one side; not in the straight line of vision; obliquely; awry, so as to see distortedly; as, to look asquint. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to W. H. Auden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Mil.) A squad of inapt recruits assembled for special drill. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. ] Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language spoken by the Basque people. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Basque Biscayan: cf. G. Baskisch. ] Pertaining to the country, people, or language of Biscay; Basque [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ A corruption of biscuit. ] Unglazed white porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A point taken by the receiver of odds in the game of tennis; also, an extra innings allowed to a weaker player in croquet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] A white soup made of crayfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Painting) Characterized by blots or heavy touches; coarsely depicted; wanting in delineation. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bosquet a little wood, dim. fr. LL. boscus. See Boscage, and cf. Bouquet. ] (Gardening) A grove; a thicket; shrubbery; an inclosure formed by branches of trees, regularly or irregularly disposed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bosket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Metal.) A paste made by mixing powdered charcoal, coal, or coke with clay, molasses, tar, or other suitable substance. It is used for lining hearths, crucibles, etc. Called also steep. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ F. brusque, from It. brusco brusque, tart, sour, perh. fr. L. (vitis) labrusca wild (vine); or cf. OHG. bruttisc grim, fr. brutti terror. ] Rough and prompt in manner; blunt; abrupt; bluff; as, a brusque man; a brusque style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being brusque; roughness joined with promptness; bluntness. Brit. Quar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. See Bur. ] Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dull burlesque appeared with impudence,
And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute? Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Burlesqued p. pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing ] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language. [ 1913 Webster ]

They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To employ burlesque. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who burlesques. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gun.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask. ] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet. [ 1913 Webster ]

His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Chipmunk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. Dantesco. ] Dantelike; Dantean. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale. ] (Med.) To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. desquamation. ] (Med.) The separation or shedding of the cuticle or epidermis in the form of flakes or scales; exfoliation, as of bones.

{ } a. Of, pertaining to, or attended with, desquamation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) An instrument formerly used in removing the laminæ of exfoliated bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of disqualifying, or state of being disqualified; want of qualification; incompetency; disability; as, the disqualification of men for holding certain offices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which disqualifies; that which incapacitates or makes unfit; as, conviction of crime is a disqualification of a person for office; sickness is a disqualification for labor. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must still retain the consciousness of those disqualifications which you have been pleased to overlook. Sir J. Shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. rendered ineligible by law or rule or provision; as, disqualified from voting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Sports) barred from competition for violation of rules; as, a disqualified player. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disqualified p. pr. & vb. n. Disqualifying. ] 1. To deprive of the qualities or properties necessary for any purpose; to render unfit; to incapacitate; -- with for or from before the purpose, state, or act. [ 1913 Webster ]

My common illness disqualifies me for all conversation; I mean my deafness. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

Me are not disqualified by their engagements in trade from being received in high society. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deprive of some power, right, or privilege, by positive restriction; to disable; to debar legally; as, a conviction of perjury disqualifies a man to be a witness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To diminish the quantity of; to lessen. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Deprived of quiet; impatient; restless; uneasy. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Want of quiet; want of tranquility in body or mind; uneasiness; restlessness; disturbance; anxiety. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disquieted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disquieting. ] To render unquiet; to deprive of peace, rest, or tranquility; to make uneasy or restless; to disturb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why art thou cast down, O my soul, and why art thou disquieted within me? Ps. xlii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

As quiet as these disquieted times will permit. Sir W. Scott.

Syn. -- To harass; disturb; vex; fret; excite; agitate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disquieting; a state of disquiet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ It ] roars and strives 'gainst its disquietal. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, disquiets, or makes uneasy; a disturber. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing inquietude or uneasiness. [ R. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to disquiet. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]