‖ [ F., lit., on horseback. ] Astride; with a part on each side; -- used specif. in designating the position of an army with the wings separated by some line of demarcation, as a river or road. [ 1913 Webster ]

A position à cheval on a river is not one which a general willingly assumes. Swinton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Chevaux [ F. See Cavalcade. ] A horse; hence, a support or frame. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large enough to reflect the full length figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; commonly used in the pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [ F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland, where it was first used. ] (Mil.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller. ] 1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. “Mount, chevaliers; to arms.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖Chevalier d'industrie ety>[ F. ], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. --
The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called “The Pretender.” --
The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age. See Age, n. ] Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silence! coeval with eternity! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the same age; a contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Prob. of same origin as cavally. See Cavally. ] (Zool.) (a) The cavally or jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel. (b) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aevum lifetime, age, eternity. ] Relating to time or duration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Evaluation. ] To fix the value of; to rate; to appraise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. évaluation, LL. evaluatio. ] Valuation; appraisement. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations.
Syn. -- analytical, appraising(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality; an appraiser.
Syn. -- judge; appraiser. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. Lack of prevalence. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Long-loved; longevous. [ R. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. medius middle + aevum age. See Middle, and Age. ] Of or relating to the Middle Ages; as, mediaeval architecture. [ Written also medieval. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The method or spirit of the Middle Ages; devotion to the institutions and practices of the Middle Ages; a survival from the Middle Ages. [ Written also medievalism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has a taste for, or is versed in, the history of the Middle Ages; one in sympathy with the spirit or forms of the Middle Ages. [ Written also medievalist. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of the Middle Ages; in accordance with mediaevalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. The people who lived in the Middle Ages. Ruskin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }. Same as Mediaeval, Mediaevalism, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Omni- + prevalent. ] Prevalent everywhere or in all things. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praevalentia: cf. F. prévalence. See Prevail. ] The quality or condition of being prevalent; superior strength, force, or influence; general existence, reception, or practice; wide extension; as, the prevalence of virtue, of a fashion, or of a disease; the prevalence of a rumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

The duke better knew what kind of argument were of prevalence with him. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Prevalence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praevalens, -entis, p. pr. of praevalere. See Prevail. ] 1. Gaining advantage or superiority; having superior force, influence, or efficacy; prevailing; predominant; successful; victorious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brennus told the Roman embassadors, that prevalent arms were as good as any title. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Most generally received or current; most widely adopted or practiced; also, generally or extensively existing; widespread; prevailing; as, a prevalent observance; prevalent disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

This was the most received and prevalent opinion. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Prevailing; predominant; successful; efficacious; powerful. -- Prevalent, Prevailing. What customarily prevails is prevalent; as, a prevalent fashion. What actually prevails is prevailing; as, the prevailing winds are west. Hence, prevailing is the livelier and more pointed word, since it represents a thing in action. It is sometimes the stronger word, since a thing may prevail sufficiently to be called prevalent, and yet require greater strength to make it actually prevailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a prevalent manner. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. primaevus; primus first + aevum age. See Prime, a., and Age. ] Belonging to the first ages; pristine; original; primitive; primary; as, the primeval innocence of man. “This is the forest primeval.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

From chaos, and primeval darkness, came Light. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a primeval manner; in or from the earliest times; originally. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Quinque- + valve, valvular: cf. F. quinquévalve. ] (Bot.) Having five valves, as a pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To revise or renew one's assessment; to evaluate again.
Syn. -- re-assess, reassess. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Reprieve. Overbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act retrieving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of growing well; the state of being revalescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Would this prove that the patient's revalescence had been independent of the medicines given him? Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. revalescens, -entis, p. pr. of revalescere; pref. re- re- + valescere, v. incho. fr. valere to be well. ] Growing well; recovering strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second or new valuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Ronceval, Roncevaux, a town at the foot of the foot of the Pyrenees, Sp. Roncesvalles. ] Large; strong; -- from the gigantic bones shown at Roncesvalles, and alleged to be those of old heroes. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A giant; anything large; a kind of pea called also marrowfat. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a sheriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Contr. from sheriffalty. See Shrieve, n. Sheriff. ] The office, or sphere of jurisdiction, of a sheriff; sheriffalty. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was ordained by 28 Edward I that the people shall have election of sheriff in every shire where the shrievalty is not of inheritance. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of an undersheriff. [ 1913 Webster ]

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