*aire*

n. 1. 1 a breed of large wiry-coated terriers, bred in Yorkshire.
Syn. -- Airedale terrier [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who exposes to the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A frame on which clothes are aired or dried. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having black head hair; -- of people.
Syn. -- dark-haired, raven-haired. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. bruma winter. ] The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Argentina. Population (2000) = 3, 000, 000. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. capillaire maiden-hair; sirop de capillaire capillaire; fr. L. herba capillaris the maidenhair. ] 1. A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chargés d'affaires. [ F., “charged with affairs.” ] A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A small inclosed pond used for gathering and greening oysters. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. commissionnaire. Cf. Commissioner. ] 1. One intrusted with a commission, now only a small commission, as an errand; esp., an attendant or subordinate employee in a public office, hotel, or the like. The commissionaire familiar to European travelers performs miscellaneous services as a light porter, messenger, solicitor for hotels, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. One of a corps of pensioned soldiers, as in London, employed as doorkeepers, messengers, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a uniformed doorman. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. commissio. ] 1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. [ F. concessionnaire. ] The beneficiary of a concession or grant. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. same as brunet; as, a dark-haired beauty.
Syn. -- black-haired. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who despairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Doctrine. ] One who would apply to political or other practical concerns the abstract doctrines or the theories of his own philosophical system; a propounder of a new set of opinions; a dogmatic theorist. Used also adjectively; as, doctrinaire notions. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In french history, the Doctrinaires were a constitutionalist party which originated after the restoration of the Bourbons, and represented the interests of liberalism and progress. After the Revolution of July, 1830, when they came into power, they assumed a conservative position in antagonism with the republicans and radicals. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having fair or light-colored hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. favorite; considered especially talented or promising; as, the fair-haired boy of the literary set. [ prenominal ] [ informal ]
Syn. -- blue-eyed(prenominal), white-haired(prenominal), white-headed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Fire + Prov. E. flaire a ray. ] (Zool.) A European sting ray of the genus Trygon (T. pastinaca); -- called also fireflare and fiery flaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. frimas hoarfrost. ] The third month of the French republican calendar. It commenced November 21, and ended December 20., See Vendémiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Glair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Glairy; covered with glair. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
Syn. -- gray, grey, grey-haired, grey-headed, hoar, hoary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. showing characteristics of age, especially having gray or white hair.
Syn. -- gray, grey, gray-haired, gray-headed, grey-headed, hoar, hoary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. Having hair. “A beast haired like a bear.” Purchas. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In composition: Having (such) hair; as, red-haired. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. h&aemacr_;ren. ] Hairy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His hairen shirt and his ascetic diet. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a hearing impairment making hearing difficult; having a defective but functioning sense of hearing.
Syn. -- hard-of-hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, impairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ F., let alone. ] Noninterference; -- an axiom of some political economists, deprecating interference of government by attempts to foster or regulate commerce, manufactures, etc., by bounty or by restriction; as, the doctrine of laissez faire; the laissez faire system of government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of tropical American cacti, usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit.
Syn. -- genus Lemaireocereus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. being or having light colored skin and hair; as, a certain light-haired girl. Contrasted to brunet. [ Narrower terms: redheaded ]
Syn. -- blond, blonde. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having long hair; as, long-haired hippies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. millionnaire. ] One whose wealth is counted by millions of francs, dollars, or pounds; a very rich person; a person worth a million or more. [ Written also millionnaire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who is a millionaire, or the wife of a millionaire. [ Humorous ] Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Millionaire. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A musketeer, esp. one of the French royal musketeers of the 17th and 18th centuries, conspicuous both for their daring and their fine dress. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A mosquetaire cuff or glove, or other article of dress fancied to resemble those worn by the French mosquetaires. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A deep flaring cuff. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A woman's glove with a long, loosely fitting wrist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. 1. Organized into compatible pairs; -- used of gloves, socks, etc. See pair{ 1 }, v. t.
Syn. -- mated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Botany) Growing in pairs on either side of a stem; -- of leaves etc. alternate
Syn. -- opposite. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Mated sexually. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who impairs. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Proletary. ] One of the common people; a low person; also, the common people as a class or estate in a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -naires [ F. ] 1. same as Questionary. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A list of questions, usually on a printed form, to be answered by an individual. The forms often have blank spaces in which the answers can be written. Sets of such forms are distributed to groups and the answers used for various purposes, such as to obtain statistical information for social science, political, or marketing research, or to obtain information about a patient for the use of medical practitioners. [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, repairs, restores, or makes amends. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having shaggy hair. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Solitary. ] 1. A person who lives in solitude; a recluse; a hermit. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A single diamond in a setting; also, sometimes, a precious stone of any kind set alone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Diamond solitaires blazing on his breast and wrists. Mrs. R. H. Davis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A game which one person can play alone; -- applied to many games of cards, etc.; also, to a game played on a board with pegs or balls, in which the object is, beginning with all the places filled except one, to remove all but one of the pieces by “jumping, ” as in draughts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) (a) A large extinct bird (Pezophaps solitaria) which formerly inhabited the islands of Mauritius and Rodrigeuz. It was larger and taller than the wild turkey. Its wings were too small for flight. Called also solitary. (b) Any species of American thrushlike birds of the genus Myadestes. They are noted their sweet songs and retiring habits. Called also fly-catching thrush. A West Indian species (Myadestes sibilans) is called the invisible bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not paired; not suited or matched. [ 1913 Webster ]

And minds unpaired had better think alone. Crabbe. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. vindemia vintage. ] The first month of the French republican calendar, dating from September 22, 1792. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This calendar was substituted for the ordinary calendar, dating from the Christian era, by a decree of the National Convention in 1793. The 22d of September, 1792, which had been fixed upon as the day of the foundation of the republic, was also the date of the new calendar. In this calendar, the year, which began at midnight of the day of the autumnal equinox, was divided into twelve months of thirty days, with five additional days for festivals, and every fourth year six. Each month was divided into three decades of ten days each, the week being abolished. The names of the months in their order were, Vendémiaire, Brumaire, Frimaire Nivose, Pluviose, Ventose, Germinal, Floréal, Prairial, Messidor, Thermidor (sometimes called Fervidor), and Fructidor. This calendar was abolished December 31, 1805, and the ordinary one restored January 1, 1806. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., lit., common wine. ] A cheap claret, used as a table wine in France. [ 1913 Webster ]