The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

2. Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying. [ 1913 Webster ]

They only amaranthine flower on earth
Is virtue. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of a purplish color. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did you ever know of anything so unlucky? A. Trollope. [ 1913 Webster ]

They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressing an indefinite comparison; -- with as or like. [ Colloq. or Lowx ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I fear your girl will grow as proud as anything. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Any thing, written as two words, is now commonly used in contradistinction to any person or anybody. Formerly it was also separated when used in the wider sense. “Necessity drove them to undertake any thing and venture any thing.” De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anything but, not at all or in any respect. “The battle was a rare one, and the victory anything but secure.” Hawthorne. --
Anything like, in any respect; at all; as, I can not give anything like a fair sketch of his trials. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mine old good will and hearty affection towards you is not . . . anything at all quailed. Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Hogging; -- opposed to sagging. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Amazing; surprising; wonderful; marvelous. [ 1913 Webster ]

As*ton"ish*ing*ly, adv. -- As*ton"ish*ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein. [ 1913 Webster ]

A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Left after the departure of, whether this be by removing to a distance or by death. [ 1913 Webster ]

A small part of what he left behind him. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Left a distance by, in progress of improvement Hence: Inferior to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 2 Cor. xi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toward the back part or rear; backward; as, to look behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not yet brought forward, produced, or exhibited to view; out of sight; remaining. [ 1913 Webster ]

We can not be sure that there is no evidence behind. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Backward in time or order of succession; past. [ 1913 Webster ]

Forgetting those things which are behind. Phil. ii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. After the departure of another; as, to stay behind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leave not a rack behind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In arrears financially; in a state where expenditures have exceeded the receipt of funds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a state of backwardness, in respect to what is seasonable or appropriate, or as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. [ 1913 Webster ]

In this also [ dress ] the country are very much behindhand. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

We bethink a means to break it off. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To recollect; remember; reflect. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the act or process of giving birth. [ PJC ]

Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shaded with branching palm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Air in gentle motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any gentle influence or operation; inspiration; as, the breathings of the Spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Aspiration; secret prayer. “Earnest desires and breathings after that blessed state.” Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Exercising; promotion of respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here is a lady that wants breathing too;
And I have heard, you knights of Tyre
Are excellent in making ladies trip. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Utterance; communication or publicity by words. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am sorry to give breathing to my purpose. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Breathing place; vent. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Stop; pause; delay. [ 1913 Webster ]

You shake the head at so long a breathing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Also, in a wider sense, the sound caused by the friction of the outgoing breath in the throat, mouth, etc., when the glottis is wide open; aspiration; the sound expressed by the letter h. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. (Gr. Gram.) A mark to indicate aspiration or its absence. See Rough breathing, Smooth breathing, below. [ 1913 Webster ]

Breathing place. (a) A pause. “That cæsura, or breathing place, in the midst of the verse.” Sir P. Sidney. (b) A vent. --
Breathing time, pause; relaxation. Bp. Hall. --
Breathing while, time sufficient for drawing breath; a short time. Shak. --
Rough breathing (spiritus asper) (&asper_;). See 2d Asper, n. --
Smooth breathing (spiritus lenis), a mark (') indicating the absence of the sound of h, as in 'ie`nai (ienai). [ 1913 Webster ]

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