a. Of or pertaining to a shield. [ 1913 Webster ]
A good example of these scutal monstrosities. Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act. ]
Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Actual cautery.
Actual sin (Theol.),
n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, “actuals, ” but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; a realist; -- opposed to
n.;
v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. changed from potential to actual;
adv.
n. Quality of being actual; actuality. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. actuel, F. actuel, L. actualis, fr. agere to do, act. ]
Her walking and other actual performances. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Let your holy and pious intention be actual; that is . . . by a special prayer or action, . . . given to God. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
Actual cautery.
Actual sin (Theol.),
n. (Finance) Something actually received; real, as distinct from estimated, receipts. [ Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The accounts of revenues supplied . . . were not real receipts: not, in financial language, “actuals, ” but only Egyptian budget estimates. Fortnightly Review. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; a realist; -- opposed to
n.;
v. t. To make actual; to realize in action. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. changed from potential to actual;
adv.
n. Quality of being actual; actuality. [ 1913 Webster ]