v. t. & i. [ AS. andrædan, ondræ; pref. a- (for and against) + dræden to dread. See Dread. ] To dread. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ All (OE. al) + ready. ] Prior to some specified time, either past, present, or future; by this time; previously. “Joseph was in Egypt already.” Exod. i. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

I say unto you, that Elias is come already. Matt. xvii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has reference to past time, but may be used for a future past; as, when you shall arrive, the business will be already completed, or will have been already completed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ OE. areden, AS. ār&aemacr_;dan to interpret. See Read. ] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore more plain aread this doubtful case. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To read. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. [ 1913 Webster ]

But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To decree; to adjudge. [ Archaic ] Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bedquilt; a counterpane; a coverlet. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brown, bitter substance found in some of the cells of honeycomb. It is made chiefly from the pollen of flowers, which is collected by bees as food for their young. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bespread; p. pr. & vb. n. Bespreading. ] To spread or cover over. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carpet which bespread
His rich pavilion's floor. Glover. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A post-office clerk whose duty is to decipher obscure addresses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ AS. brædan to make broad, to spread. See Broad, a. ] To spread. [ Obs. ] Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. breád; akin to OFries. brād, OS. brōd, D. brood, G. brod, brot, Icel. brauð, Sw. & Dan. bröd. The root is probably that of E. brew. √93. See Brew. ] 1. An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading, and baking. [ 1913 Webster ]

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Raised bread is made with yeast, salt, and sometimes a little butter or lard, and is mixed with warm milk or water to form the dough, which, after kneading, is given time to rise before baking. --
Cream of tartar bread is raised by the action of an alkaline carbonate or bicarbonate (as saleratus or ammonium bicarbonate) and cream of tartar (acid tartrate of potassium) or some acid. --
Unleavened bread is usually mixed with water and salt only. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aërated bread. See under Aërated.
Bread and butter (fig.), means of living. --
Brown bread,
Indian bread,
Graham bread,
Rye and Indian bread. See Brown bread, under Brown. --
Bread tree. See Breadfruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Food; sustenance; support of life, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11 [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Cookery) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking; as, breaded cutlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The stomach. [ Humorous ] S. Foote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a container used to store breads or cake, to keep them fresh.
Syn. -- breadbox. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a container used to store breads or cake, to keep them fresh.
Syn. -- bread-bin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Corn of grain of which bread is made, as wheat, rye, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Braided [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of bread. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) 1. The fruit of a tree (Artocarpus incisa) found in the islands of the Pacific, esp. the South Sea islands. It is of a roundish form, from four to six or seven inches in diameter, and, when baked, somewhat resembles bread, and is eaten as food, whence the name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) The tree itself, which is one of considerable size, with large, lobed leaves. Cloth is made from the bark, and the timber is used for many purposes. Called also breadfruit tree and bread tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without bread; destitute of food. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plump peers and breadless bards alike are dull. P. Whitehead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a queue of people waiting for free food.
Syn. -- bread line. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) The root of a leguminous plant (Psoralea esculenta), found near the Rocky Mountains. It is usually oval in form, and abounds in farinaceous matter, affording sweet and palatable food. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is the Pomme blanche of Canadian voyageurs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grain, flour, or meal of which bread is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brede, breede, whence later bredette, AS. br&aemacr_;du, fr. brād broad. See Broad, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Distance from side to side of any surface or thing; measure across, or at right angles to the length; width. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Fine Arts) The quality of having the colors and shadows broad and massive, and the arrangement of objects such as to avoid to great multiplicity of details, producing an impression of largeness and simple grandeur; -- called also breadth of effect.

Breadth of coloring is a prominent character in the painting of all great masters. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without breadth. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. Breadthwise. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

ads. In the direction of the breadth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Widespread. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Spreading widely. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an editor who prepares text for publication.
Syn. -- copy editor, text editor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a bread made from corn meal. [ PJC ]

2. in the northeastern U. S., a moist and heavy sourdough rye bread. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Profoundly book- learned. “Great writers and deep-read men.” L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. See Dispread. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + spread. ] To spread abroad, or different ways; to spread apart; to open; as, the sun dispreads his beams. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To extend or expand itself. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

While tyrant Heat, dispreading through the sky. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who spreads abroad. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dispreaders both of vice and error. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dreaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Dreading. ] [ AS. dr&aemacr_;dan, in comp.; akin to OS. drādan, OHG. trātan, both only in comp. ] To fear in a great degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be in dread, or great fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dread not, neither be afraid of them. Deut. i. 29. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

The secret dread of divine displeasure. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dread of something after death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Reverential or respectful fear; awe. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fear of you, and the dread of you, shall be upon every beast of the earth. Gen. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

His scepter shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object of terrified apprehension. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A person highly revered. [ Obs. ] “Una, his dear dread.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Fury; dreadfulness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Doubt; as, out of dread. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

Syn. -- Awe; fear; affright; terror; horror; dismay; apprehension. See Reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Exciting great fear or apprehension; causing terror; frightful; dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dread eternity! how surely mine. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring with reverential fear; awful' venerable; as, dread sovereign; dread majesty; dread tribunal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worthy of being dreaded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Armed with dreaded bolts. “Dread-bolted thunder.” [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who fears, or lives in fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of dread or terror; fearful. [ Obs. ] “With dreadful heart.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inspiring dread; impressing great fear; fearful; terrible; as, a dreadful storm. “ Dreadful gloom.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

For all things are less dreadful than they seem. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Inspiring awe or reverence; awful. [ Obs. ] “God's dreadful law.” Shak.

Syn. -- Fearful; frightful; terrific; terrible; horrible; horrid; formidable; tremendous; awful; venerable. See Frightful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dreadful manner; terribly. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being dreadful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With dread. Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Free from dread; fearless; intrepid; dauntless; as, dreadless heart. “The dreadless angel.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exempt from danger which causes dread; secure. “ safe in his dreadless den.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]