n.
n. One who bothers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to bring down or raze; &unr_; down + &unr_; to take. ] (Med.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, now Cerigo, an island in the Ægean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus. ] Pertaining to the goddess Venus. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ethereal oil. (Chem.)
Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.),
Ethereal salt (Chem.),
n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness. [ 1913 Webster ]
Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an ethereal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L.aethereus, Gr. &unr_; See Ether. ]
This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Ethereous oil.
a.
Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; summer, &unr_; to heat. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Thick, like mother; viscid. [ 1913 Webster ]
They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A murderer. [ Obs. or Prov. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. paléothère. ] (Paleon.) Any species of
n. (Zool.) A female panther. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; a pinna + &unr_; an animal. ] (Zool.) A crab of the genus
n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [ Colloq. ] W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]
. (Chess) Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men. This can only occur when an opponent moves a knight into a position to give a check to the king. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]
n. One who collects taxes or revenues. --
adv. [ OE. ther, AS. ð&aemacr_;r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dār, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. √184. See That, pron. ]
The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ge. ii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. “Darkness there might well seem twilight here.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The rarest that e'er came there. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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A knight there was, and that a worthy man. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
There is a path which no fowl knoweth. Job xxviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]
There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ There was formerly used in the sense of where. [ 1913 Webster ]
Spend their good there it is reasonable. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Here and there,
Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Some three months since, or thereabout. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]
What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. ð&aemacr_;ræfter after that. See There, and After. ]
I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In opposition; against one's course. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Concerning that. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matt. vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Job xxii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ There + for. Cf. Therefore. ] For that, or this; for it. [ 1913 Webster ]
With certain officers ordained therefore. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
conj. & adv. [ OE. therfore. See There, and Fore, adv., For, and cf. Therefor. ]
I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. Luke xiv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]
Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? Matt. xix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. From this or that. [ 1913 Webster ]
Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. John. xxiii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]
He pricketh through a fair forest,
Therein is many a wild beast. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Gen. ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]
Therein our letters do not well agree. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Into that or this, or into that place. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let not them . . . enter thereinto. Luke xxi. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Of that or this. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Therapeutios. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. [ AS. &unr_;&unr_;ron. See There, and On. ] On that or this. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Then the king said, Hang him thereon. Esther vii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. Lev. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Under that or this. [ 1913 Webster ]