a. [ L. Alpinus, fr. Alpes the Alps: cf. F. Alpin. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Alps, or to any lofty mountain; as, Alpine snows; Alpine plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like the Alps; lofty. “Gazing up an Alpine height.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) The resiniferous tree Agathis Dammara, of the Moluccas. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or relating to the antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An arpent. [ Obs. ] Webster (1623). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; inflexible; hence &unr_; &unr_;, one of the three Parcæ; 'a priv. + &unr_; to turn. ] (Chem.) A poisonous, white, crystallizable alkaloid, extracted from the Atropa belladonna, or deadly nightshade, and the Datura Stramonium, or thorn apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) Same as Monkey-puzzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Chopine, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim. ] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [ Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine. ] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium. ] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several evergreen trees or shrubs of Australia and N Caledonia.
Syn. -- cypress pine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

a. [ See Elaps. ] (Zoöl.) Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. epi- + neural. ] (Anat.) Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; a nerve. ] (Anat.) The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of ruby. See Spinel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [ Archaic ] “Pale as a forpined ghost.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gignw`skein to know + E. opium? ] (Chem.) An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Happy. ] 1. Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. [ 1913 Webster ]

All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An agreeable feeling or condition of the soul arising from good fortune or propitious happening of any kind; the possession of those circumstances or that state of being which is attended with enjoyment; the state of being happy; contentment; joyful satisfaction; felicity; blessedness. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fortuitous elegance; unstudied grace; -- used especially of language. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some beauties yet no precepts can declare,
For there's a happiness, as well as care. Pope.

Syn. -- Happiness, Felicity, Blessedness, Bliss. Happiness is generic, and is applied to almost every kind of enjoyment except that of the animal appetites; felicity is a more formal word, and is used more sparingly in the same general sense, but with elevated associations; blessedness is applied to the most refined enjoyment arising from the purest social, benevolent, and religious affections; bliss denotes still more exalted delight, and is applied more appropriately to the joy anticipated in heaven. [ 1913 Webster ]

O happiness! our being's end and aim! Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others in virtue place felicity,
But virtue joined with riches and long life;
In corporal pleasures he, and careless ease. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + atropine. ] (Med.) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ So called from Lambert, an English botanist. ] (Bot.) The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lanqa`nein to lie hid + E. opium. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tall, narrow 2-needled pine (Pinus contorta) of the coastal Northwestern U. S., having a red to yellow-brown bark fissured into small squares and bearing egg-shaped cones.
Syn. -- shore pine, lodgepole pine, spruce pine, Pinus contorta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Lupine, n. ] Wolfish; ravenous. Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lupinus, lupinum, apparently fr. lupinus belonging to a wolf, fr. lupus a wolf; perh. so called because it was supposed to exhaust the soil: cf. F. lupin. Cf. Wolf. ] (Bot.) A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially Lupinus albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is Lupinus perennis. There are many species in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. musca a fly + capere to catch. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidae, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From 2d Nappy. ] The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hormone (C8H11NO3) secreted by the adrenal medulla; it also serves as a neurotransmitter, released at synapses; called also noradrenaline. Chemically it is 2-amino-1-(3, 4-dihydroxyphenyl)ethanol. It is a precursor of epinephrine in the body.
Syn. -- noradrenaline. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Opined p. pr. & vb. n. Opining. ] [ L. opinari, p. p. opinatus; akin to opinus (in comp.) thinking, and perh. to E. apt: cf. F. opiner. ] To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who opines. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. orpin the genus of plants which includes orpine; -- so called from the yellow blossoms of a common species (Sedum acre). See Orpiment. ] (Bot.) A low plant with fleshy leaves (Sedum telephium), having clusters of purple flowers. It is found on dry, sandy places, and on old walls, in England, and has become naturalized in America. Called also stonecrop, and live-forever. [ Written also orpin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog; it draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages.
Syn. -- Filipino. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An East Asian country occupying the Phillipine Islands.
Syn. -- Republic of the Philippines. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An archipelago off the eastern coast of Asia.
Syn. -- Philippine Islands. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From NL. Pilocarpus pennatifolius jaborandi; L. pilus hair + Gr. karpo`s fruit: cf. F. pilocarpine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from jaborandi (Pilocarpus pennatifolius) as a white amorphous or crystalline substance which has a peculiar effect on the vasomotor system. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pimpernel. ] (Bot.) The burnet saxifrage. See under Saxifrage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. pīn, L. poena penalty. See Pain. ] Woe; torment; pain. [ Obs. ] “Pyne of hell.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pined p. pr. & vb. n. Pining. ] [ AS. pīnan to torment, fr. pīn torment. See 1st Pine, Pain, n. & v. ] 1. To inflict pain upon; to torment; to torture; to afflict. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

That people that pyned him to death. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

One is pined in prison, another tortured on the rack. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To grieve or mourn for. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To suffer; to be afflicted. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To languish; to lose flesh or wear away, under any distress or anexiety of mind; to droop; -- often used with away. “The roses wither and the lilies pine.” Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To languish with desire; to waste away with longing for something; -- usually followed by for. [ 1913 Webster ]

For whom, and not for Tybalt, Juliet pined. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To languish; droop; flag; wither; decay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. pīn, L. pinus. ] 1. (Bot.) Any tree of the coniferous genus Pinus. See Pinus. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are about twenty-eight species in the United States, of which the white pine (Pinus Strobus), the Georgia pine (Pinus australis), the red pine (Pinus resinosa), and the great West Coast sugar pine (Pinus Lambertiana) are among the most valuable. The Scotch pine or fir, also called Norway or Riga pine (Pinus sylvestris), is the only British species. The nut pine is any pine tree, or species of pine, which bears large edible seeds. See Pinon. [ 1913 Webster ] The spruces, firs, larches, and true cedars, though formerly considered pines, are now commonly assigned to other genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The wood of the pine tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pineapple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ground pine. (Bot.) See under Ground. --
Norfolk Island pine (Bot.), a beautiful coniferous tree, the Araucaria excelsa. --
Pine barren, a tract of infertile land which is covered with pines. [ Southern U.S. ] --
Pine borer (Zool.), any beetle whose larvæ bore into pine trees. --
Pine finch. (Zool.) See Pinefinch, in the Vocabulary. --
Pine grosbeak (Zool.), a large grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator), which inhabits the northern parts of both hemispheres. The adult male is more or less tinged with red. --
Pine lizard (Zool.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. --
Pine marten. (Zool.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. --
Pine moth (Zool.), any one of several species of small tortricid moths of the genus Retinia, whose larvæ burrow in the ends of the branchlets of pine trees, often doing great damage. --
Pine mouse (Zool.), an American wild mouse (Arvicola pinetorum), native of the Middle States. It lives in pine forests. --
Pine needle (Bot.), one of the slender needle-shaped leaves of a pine tree. See Pinus. --
Pine-needle wool. See Pine wool (below). --
Pine oil, an oil resembling turpentine, obtained from fir and pine trees, and used in making varnishes and colors. --
Pine snake (Zool.), a large harmless North American snake (Pituophis melanoleucus). It is whitish, covered with brown blotches having black margins. Called also bull snake. The Western pine snake (Pituophis Sayi) is chestnut-brown, mottled with black and orange. --
Pine tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Pinus; pine. --
Pine-tree money, money coined in Massachusetts in the seventeenth century, and so called from its bearing a figure of a pine tree. The most noted variety is the pine tree shilling. --
Pine weevil (Zool.), any one of numerous species of weevils whose larvæ bore in the wood of pine trees. Several species are known in both Europe and America, belonging to the genera Pissodes, Hylobius, etc. --
Pine wool, a fiber obtained from pine needles by steaming them. It is prepared on a large scale in some of the Southern United States, and has many uses in the economic arts; -- called also pine-needle wool, and pine-wood wool. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinéale. ] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A tropical plant (Ananassa sativa); also, its fruit; -- so called from the resemblance of the latter, in shape and external appearance, to the cone of the pine tree. Its origin is unknown, though conjectured to be American. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pinaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Clad or crowned with pine trees; as, pine-clad hills. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A reddish herb (Pterospora andromedea) of the United States, found parasitic on the roots of pine trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A small American bird (Spinus spinus syn. Chrysomitris spinus); -- called also pine siskin, and American siskin. (b) The pine grosbeak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pi`nax a tablet + -enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Tabular parenchyma, a form of cellular tissue in which the cells are broad and flat, as in some kinds of epidermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pineries 1. A pine forest; a grove of pines. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A hothouse in which pineapples are grown. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A reddish fleshy herb of the genus Monotropa (Monotropa hypopitys), formerly thought to be parasitic on the roots of pine trees, but more probably saprophytic. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Maine; -- a nickname alluding to the pine tree in its coat of arms. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]