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See Angostura bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. -- n. A native of Asturias. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. compositura, -postura, a joining. ] Manure; compost. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To pasture; to feed; to graze; also, to use for pasture. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cattle, to graze and departure in his grounds. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

A right to cut wood upon or departure land. Washburn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Digestion. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something which excites distaste or disgust. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disturbed p. pr. & vb. n. Disturbing. ] [ OE. desturben, destourben, OF. destorber, desturber, destourber, fr. L. disturbare, disturbatum; dis- + turbare to disturb, trouble, turba disorder, tumult, crowd. See Turbid. ] 1. To throw into disorder or confusion; to derange; to interrupt the settled state of; to excite from a state of rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preparing to disturb
With all-cofounding war the realms above. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bellow's noise disturbed his quiet rest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

The utmost which the discontented colonies could do, was to disturb authority. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To turn from a regular or designed course. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And disturb
His inmost counsels from their destined aim. Milton.

Syn. -- To disorder; disquiet; agitate; discompose; molest; perplex; trouble; incommode; ruffle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disturbance. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. destorbance. ] 1. An interruption of a state of peace or quiet; derangement of the regular course of things; disquiet; disorder; as, a disturbance of religious exercises; a disturbance of the galvanic current. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Confusion of the mind; agitation of the feelings; perplexity; uneasiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Any man . . . in a state of disturbance and irritation. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Violent agitation in the body politic; public commotion; tumult. [ 1913 Webster ]

The disturbance was made to support a general accusation against the province. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) The hindering or disquieting of a person in the lawful and peaceable enjoyment of his right; the interruption of a right; as, the disturbance of a franchise, of common, of ways, and the like. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Tumult; brawl; commotion; turmoil; uproar; hubbub; disorder; derangement; confusion; agitation; perturbation; annoyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. disturbatio. ] Act of disturbing; disturbance. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. destorbeor. ] 1. One who, or that which, disturbs of disquiets; a violator of peace; a troubler. [ 1913 Webster ]

A needless disturber of the peace of God's church and an author of dissension. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who interrupts or incommodes another in the peaceable enjoyment of his right. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OF. destourner, F. détourner. See Detour. ] To turn aside. [ Obs. ] Daniel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Divestiture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Estuate. ] Commotion. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exhaustion. Wraxall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Imposture. ] Exposure. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to gesture. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make gestures; to gesticulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The players . . . gestured not undecently withal. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. gestura mode of action, fr. L. gerere, gestum, to bear, behave, perform, act. See Gest a deed. ] 1. Manner of carrying the body; position of the body or limbs; posture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Accubation, or lying down at meals, was a gesture used by many nations. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A motion of the body or limbs expressive of sentiment or passion; any action or posture intended to express an idea or a passion, or to enforce or emphasize an argument, assertion, or opinion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humble and reverent gestures. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grace was in all her steps, heaven in her eye,
In every gesture dignity and love. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gestured p. pr. & vb. n. Gesturing. ] To accompany or illustrate with gesture or action; to gesticulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is not orderly read, nor gestured as beseemeth. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from gestures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Act of making gestures; gesturing. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Emboss. ] Embossed or raised work. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To place in a pasture; to foster. [ R. ] T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Imposture; cheating. [ R. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. impostura: cf. F. imposture. See Impone. ] The act or conduct of an impostor; deception practiced under a false or assumed character; fraud or imposition; cheating. [ 1913 Webster ]

From new legends
And fill the world with follies and impostures. Johnson.

Syn. -- Cheat; fraud; trick; imposition; delusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Done by imposture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Impostrous; deceitful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strictness fales and impostrous. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Imposture. [ Obs. ] Fuller.

n. Freedom from disturbance; calmness; repose; apathy; indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dwelling or standing on something; fixedness; persistence. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Investiture; investment. [ Obs. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe; to invest; to install. [ Obs. ] “Monks . . . investured in their copes.” Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G. See Land; Storm. ] [ In Germany and other European nations, and Japan: ] (a) A general levy in time of war. (b) The forces called out on such levy, composed of all men liable to service who are not in the army, navy, or Landwehr; the last line of defense, supposed to be called out only in case of invasion or other grave emergency. See Army organization, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. masturbated p. pr. & vb. n. masturbating. ] To achieve sexual gratification by stimulating one's own sexual organs, without the aid of a partner; -- typically to the point of orgasm. -- masturbator, n.
Syn. -- wank, she-bop, jack off, jerk off, whack off, beat the meat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. masturbatus, p. p. of masturbari to practice onanism: cf. F. masturbation. ] The act of masturbating; sexual self-gratification; onanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Mixture. ] (Med.) (a) A mingled compound in which different ingredients are contained in a liquid state; a mixture. See Mixture, n., 4. (b) Sometimes, a liquid medicine containing very active substances, and which can only be administered by drops. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To turn amiss; to pervert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. moistour, F. moiteur. ] 1. A moderate degree of wetness. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which moistens or makes damp or wet; exuding fluid; liquid in small quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

All my body's moisture
Scarce serves to quench my furnace-burning heat. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Nasturtium. ] (Bot.) Same as Nasturtium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nasturtium, for nasitortium, fr. nasus nose + torquere, tortum, to twist, torture, in allusion to the causing one to make a wry face by its pungent taste. See Nose of the face, and Torture. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, having white or yellowish flowers, including several species of cress. They are found chiefly in wet or damp grounds, and have a pungent biting taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Tropaeolum, geraniaceous herbs, having mostly climbing stems, peltate leaves, and spurred flowers, and including the common Indian cress (Tropaeolum majus), the canary-bird flower (Tropaeolum peregrinum), and about thirty more species, all natives of South America. The whole plant has a warm pungent flavor, and the fleshy fruits are used as a substitute for capers, while the leaves and flowers are sometimes used in salads. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excess of moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit for pasture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pasturage, F. pâturage. See Pasture. ] 1. Grazing ground; grass land used for pasturing; pasture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Grass growing for feed; grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The business of feeding or grazing cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. pasture, F. pâture, L. pastura, fr. pascere, pastum, to pasture, to feed. See Pastor. ] 1. Food; nourishment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Toads and frogs his pasture poisonous. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: Grass growing for the food of cattle; the food of cattle taken by grazing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Grass land for cattle, horses, etc.; pasturage. [ 1913 Webster ]

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. Ps. xxiii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

So graze as you find pasture. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pastured p. pr. & vb. n. Pasturing. ] To feed, esp. to feed on growing grass; to supply grass as food for; as, the farmer pastures fifty oxen; the land will pasture forty cows. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To feed on growing grass; to graze. [ 1913 Webster ]