n. [ OF. baselarde, LL. basillardus. ] A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [ Written also baslard. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of Indian antelopes; the nilgais.
Syn. -- genus Boselaphus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., from the village of Chasselas. ] A white grape, esteemed for the table. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also counsellable. ] 1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kypse`lh any hollow vessel. ] (Bot.) A one-seeded, one-celled, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fusel spindle-shaped + -age; fr. L. fusus spindle. ] (Aëronautics) The central, approximately cylindrical portion of an airplane which carries the passengers, crew, and cargo. It usually forms the main structural portion of an airplane, and to it are typically attached the wings, tail, and sometimes the engines. In single-propeller airplanes, the propeller is typically fixed at the front of the fuselage, although variants have been produced with the propeller at the rear. Some airplanes have no fuselage, properly so called.
Syn. -- body. [ PJC ]

n. A loud, boisterous laugh; a guffaw. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A soft, compact variety of talc, being an altered pyroxene. It is often worked in a lathe into inkstands and other articles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Selachii. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a fish having cartilages instead of bones. ] (Zool.) An order of elasmobranchs including the sharks and rays; the Plagiostomi. Called also Selacha, Selache, and Selachoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Selachii, and -oid. ] (Zool.) Same as Selachii. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Selachii, and Stoma. ] (Zool.) A division of ganoid fishes which includes the paddlefish, in which the mouth is armed with small teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. selago, -inis, a kind of plant. ] (Bot.) A genus of cryptogamous plants resembling Lycopodia, but producing two kinds of spores; also, any plant of this genus. Many species are cultivated in conservatories. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. selāh. ] (Script.) A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond the fact that Selah is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.) [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tessella a small square piece, a little cube, dim. of tessera a square piece of stone, wood, etc., a die. ] Formed of tesserae, as a mosaic. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]