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{ } adv. [ AS. æfteweard, a., behind. See Aft, and -ward (suffix). The final s in afterwards is adverbial, orig. a genitive ending. ] At a later or succeeding time. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Naut.) Toward the stern. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Back again. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Toward the air; upward. [ R. ] Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A soft ornamental terra-cotta pottery, sold in the biscuit state for decorating. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. 1. Across, especially in an oblique direction; sidewise; obliquely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes athwart, sometimes he strook him straight. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Across the course; so as to thwart; perversely. [ 1913 Webster ]

All athwart there came
A post from Wales loaden with heavy news. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ Pref. a- + thwart. ] 1. Across; from side to side of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athwart the thicket lone. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Across the direction or course of; as, a fleet standing athwart our course. [ 1913 Webster ]

Athwart hawse, across the stem of another vessel, whether in contact or at a small distance. --
Athwart ships, across the ship from side to side, or in that direction; -- opposed to fore and aft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Awkward. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awarded; p. pr. & vb. n. Awarding. ] [ OF. eswarder to look at, consider, decide, judge; es (L. ex) + warder, garder, to observe, take heed, keep, fr. OHG. wartēn to watch, guard. See Ward. ] To give by sentence or judicial determination; to assign or apportion, after careful regard to the nature of the case; to adjudge; as, the arbitrators awarded damages to the complainant. [ 1913 Webster ]

To review
The wrongful sentence, and award a new. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To determine; to make an award. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. award, awart, esgart. See Award, v. t. ] 1. A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.“Impatient for the award.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

An award had been given against. Gilpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The paper containing the decision of arbitrators; that which is warded. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who awards, or assigns by sentence or judicial determination; a judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. iwar, AS. gewær, fr. wær wary. The pref. ge- orig. meant together, completely. &unr_;. See Wary. ] 1. Watchful; vigilant or on one's guard against danger or difficulty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Apprised; informed; cognizant; conscious; as, he was aware of the enemy's designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aware of nothing arduous in a task
They never undertook. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. conscious knowledge; as, he had no awareness of his mistakes.
Syn. -- cognizance, knowingness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a state of elementary or undifferentiated consciousness; as, the crash intruded on his awareness.
Syn. -- sentience. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + warn, AS. gewarnian. See Warn, v. t. ] To warn. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Turned away; away. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Awk + -ward. ] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

And dropped an awkward courtesy. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A long and awkward process. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Perverse; adverse; untoward. [ Obs. ] “Awkward casualties.” “Awkward wind.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ungainly; unhandy; clownish; lubberly; gawky; maladroit; bungling; inelegant; ungraceful; unbecoming. -- Awkward, Clumsy, Uncouth. Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment. A man is clumsy in his whole person, he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs. Clumsiness is seen at the first view. Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move. Hence the expressions, a clumsy appearance, and an awkward manner. When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse, we think of a lack of ease and grace in making it; when we speak of a clumsy excuse, we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid. We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the lack of instruction or training; as, uncouth manners; uncouth language. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Awk"ward*ly adv. -- Awk"ward*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

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

a. 1. Directed to the back or rear; as, backward glances. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unwilling; averse; reluctant; hesitating; loath. [ 1913 Webster ]

For wiser brutes were backward to be slaves. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not well advanced in learning; not quick of apprehension; dull; inapt; as, a backward child. “The backward learner.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Late or behindhand; as, a backward season. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Already past or gone; bygone. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And flies unconscious o'er each backward year. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state behind or past. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In the dark backward and abysm of time. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To keep back; to hinder. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Backward, v. t. + -ation. ] (Stock Exchange) The seller's postponement of delivery of stock or shares, with the consent of the buyer, upon payment of a premium to the latter; -- also, the premium so paid. See Contango. Biddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Reluctantly; slowly; aversely. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perversely; ill. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And does he think so backwardly of me? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ } adv. [ Back, adv. + -ward. ] 1. With the back in advance or foremost; as, to ride backward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toward the back; toward the rear; as, to throw the arms backward. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. On the back, or with the back downward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou wilt fall backward. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Toward, or in, past time or events; ago. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some reigns backward. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. By way of reflection; reflexively. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. From a better to a worse state, as from honor to shame, from religion to sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The work went backward. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. In a contrary or reverse manner, way, or direction; contrarily; as, to read backwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

We might have . . . beat them backward home. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bear + ward a keeper. ] A keeper of bears. See Bearherd. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Towards bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bedwarfed ] To make a dwarf of; to stunt or hinder the growth of; to dwarf. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Law) A process issued by a presiding judge or by a court against a person guilty of some contempt, or indicted for some crime; -- so called in distinction from a justice's warrant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Be, imperative of verb to be + ware. See Ware, Wary. ] 1. To be on one's guard; to be cautious; to take care; -- commonly followed by of or lest before the thing that is to be avoided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware of all, but most beware of man ! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beware the awful avalanche. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To have a special regard; to heed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold, I send an Angel before thee. . . . Beware of him, and obey his voice. Ex. xxiii. 20, 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is a compound from be and the Old English ware, now wary, which is an adjective. “Be ye war of false prophetis.” Wyclif, Matt. vii. 15. It is used commonly in the imperative and infinitive modes, and with such auxiliaries (shall, should, must, etc.) as go with the infinitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To avoid; to take care of; to have a care for. [ Obs. ] “Priest, beware your beard.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To wish them beware the son. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Beder or Bidar a town in India. ] A kind of metallic ware made in India. The material is a composition of zinc, tin, and lead, in which ornaments of gold and silver are inlaid or damascened. [ Spelt also bidry, bidree, bedery, beder. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Named from Mrs. Blackburn, an English lady. ] (Zool.) A beautiful warbler of the United States (Dendroica Blackburniæ). The male is strongly marked with orange, yellow, and black on the head and neck, and has an orange-yellow breast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A bridge keeper; a warden or a guard for a bridge. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The principal ward of a key. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to D. bolwerk, G. bollwerk, Sw. bolwerk, Dan. bolvärk, bulvärk, rampart; akin to G. bohle plank, and werk work, defense. See Bole stem, and Work, n., and cf. Boulevard. ] 1. (Fort.) A rampart; a fortification; a bastion or outwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which secures against an enemy, or defends from attack; any means of defense or protection. [ 1913 Webster ]

The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense, . . . the floating bulwark of our island. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Naut.) The sides of a ship above the upper deck, usually a fencelike structure around the deck. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Rampart. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bulwarked p. pr. & vb. n. Bulwarking. ] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed
With rising towers. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cassowaries [ Malay kasuāri. ] (Zool.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Castleguard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. dishes made of china; porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europe at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [ Slang, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a churchwarden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Objects made from clay and baked in a kiln.
Syn. -- pottery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. cooking utensils, such as pots, pans, or baking dishes made of heat-resistant material.
Syn. -- cooking utensil. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal. ] 1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

He raised the house with loud and coward cries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Invading fears repel my coward joy. Proir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. Dryden.

Syn. -- Craven; poltroon; dastard. [ 1913 Webster ]