a. Premeditated; prepense; previously in mind; designed;
n. Premeditation. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
conj. [ All + though; OE. al thagh. ] Grant all this; be it that; supposing that; notwithstanding; though. [ 1913 Webster ]
Although all shall be offended, yet will not I. Mark xiv. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Spineless, as certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
a. Having a natural contrariety; adverse; antipathetic. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>a. [ Cf. F. aphtheux. ] Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthæ; characterized by aphtæ;
imp. & p. p. of Bethink. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of, or containing, bismuth, when this element has its lower valence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house for sheltering boats. [ 1913 Webster ]
Half the latticed boathouse hides. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House. Barlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. A house for the reception of waste matter; a privy. [ Obs. ] 2 Kings x. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ NL. dromaius emu + Gr.
a. [ Pref. ep- + Gr.
a. [ Epi- + Gr.
a. Thought of, or planned, beforehand; aforethought; prepense; hence, deliberate. “Forethought malice.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A thinking or planning beforehand; prescience; premeditation; forecast; provident care. [ 1913 Webster ]
A sphere that will demand from him forethought, courage, and wisdom. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having forethought. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
. See New thought, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adj. being excessively or hypocritically pious while condemning others as being less virtuous than oneself.
n.
a. [ Gr. &unr_; after + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having the leaves expand after the flowers have opened. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. Having one's thoughts directed toward mean or insignificant subjects. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A building in which vessels' masts are shaped, fitted, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The forked bone of a fowl's breast; -- called also
☞ It is a sportive custom for two persons to break this bone by pulling the ends apart to see who will get the longer piece, the securing of which is regarded as a lucky omen, signifying that the person holding it will obtain the gratification of some secret wish. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Meso- + Gr.
a. [ Pref. meta- + Gr.
imp. of Methinks. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Erroneous thought; mistaken opinion; error. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mon- + Gr.
n. An East Asiatic saxifrage (Saxifraga stolonifera) with racemes of small red-and-white flowers; spreads by numerous creeping stolons; called also
a. [ Gr. &unr_; numberless +
n. A building for the shelter of neat cattle. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]
. Any form of belief in mental healing, other than (1) Christian Science and (2) hypnotism or psychotherapy. It was practised in the 19th century, and its central principle was affirmative thought, or suggestion, employed with the conviction that man produces changes in his health, his finances, and his life by the adoption of a favorable mental attitude. As a therapeutic doctrine it stands for silent and absent mental treatment, and the theory that all diseases are mental in origin. As a cult it has its unifying idea the inculcation of workable optimism in contrast with the “old thought” of sin, evil, predestination, and pessimistic resignation. The term is essentially synonymous with the term
a. [ Oligo- + Gr.
a. [ Ortho- + Gr.
n.
a. (Zool.) Having both mandibles of equal length, the tips meeting, as in certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ A corruption of pentice. ] A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively. “The penthouse of his eyes.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Leaning; overhanging. “Penthouse lid.” Shak. “My penthouse eyebrows.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house or hospital for persons who are infected with any pestilential disease. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. An alehouse. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
Their countenances had the true prognathous character. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr. &unr_; earlier (fr. &unr_; before) + &unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Having flowers appearing before the leaves; -- said of certain plants. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]