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(Mach.) A railway brake powered by compressed air. Knight.
Syn. -- airbrake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. See Ache. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tree (Blighia sapida) widely cultivated in tropical and subtropical regions for its fragrant flowers and colorful fruits; introduced in Jamaica by Captain Bligh of the HMS Bounty.
Syn. -- akee tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. red pear-shaped tropical fruit with poisonous seeds; the flesh is poisonous when unripe or overripe.
Syn. -- ackee [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Achene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family comprising the bubble shells.
Syn. -- family Akeridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Obs. ] See Acton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Etymology unknown. Cf. Kimbo. ] With a crook or bend; with the hand on the hip and elbow turned outward. “With one arm akimbo.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- (for of) + kin. ] 1. Of the same kin; related by blood; -- used of persons; as, the two families are near akin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Allied by nature; partaking of the same properties; of the same kind. “A joy akin to rapture.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The literary character of the work is akin to its moral character. Jeffrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This adjective is used only after the noun. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'akinhsi`a quiescence; 'a priv. + ki`nhsis motion. ] (Med.) Loss of the ability for voluntary muscle movement. Foster. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

‖/mhw>, a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to akinesia. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

adv. On the knee. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Earlier form of Acknow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To be aknow, to acknowledge; to confess. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Scandinavian liquor usually flavored with caroway seeds.
Syn. -- aquavit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Ar. al-burāq, fr. baraqa to flash, shine. ] The imaginary milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + leak. ] In a leaking condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stake or pole projecting from, or set up before, an alehouse, as a sign; an alepole. At the end was commonly suspended a garland, a bunch of leaves, or a “bush.” [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. pl. [ Heb. ] (Bibl.) A race of giants living in Palestine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 any of a group of powerful earth spirits or genii; servitors of the gods. [ Babylonian ]
Syn. -- Enuki [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + peak. Cf. F. à pic vertically. ] (Naut.) In a vertical line. The anchor in apeak, when the cable has been sufficiently hove in to bring the ship over it, and the ship is them said to be hove apeak. [ Spelt also apeek. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; seed of a lentil. ] (Med.) An anomalous state of refraction caused by the absence of the crystalline lens, as after operations for cataract. The remedy is the use of powerful convex lenses. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to aphakia; as, aphakial eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Arrack. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ AS. āslacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake. ] To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + soak. ] Soaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. -- n. The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To overtake. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To cease to sleep; to come out of a state of natural sleep; and, figuratively, out of a state resembling sleep, as inaction or death. [ 1913 Webster ]

The national spirit again awoke. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

Awake to righteousness, and sin not. 1 Cor. xv. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Awoke Awaked p. p. Awaked; (Obs.) Awaken, Awoken; p. pr. & vb. n. Awaking. The form Awoke is sometimes used as a p. p. ] [ AS. āwæcnan, v. i. (imp. awōc), and āwacian, v. i. (imp. awacode). See Awaken, Wake. ] 1. To rouse from sleep; to wake; to awaken. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where morning's earliest ray . . . awake her. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. Matt. viii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rouse from a state resembling sleep, as from death, stupidity., or inaction; to put into action; to give new life to; to stir up; as, to awake the dead; to awake the dormant faculties. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was soon awaked from this disagreeable reverie. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

It way awake my bounty further. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sunny gleam awakes the trees. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From awaken, old p. p. of awake. ] Not sleeping or lethargic; roused from sleep; in a state of vigilance or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before whom awake I stood. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

She still beheld,
Now wide awake, the vision of her sleep. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was awake to the danger. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Awakened p. pr. & vb. n. Awakening. ] [ OE. awakenen, awaknen, AS. āwæcnan, āwæcnian, v. i.; pref. on- + wæcnan to wake. Cf. Awake, v. t. ] To rouse from sleep or torpor; to awake; to wake. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] is dispatched
Already to awaken whom thou nam'st. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their consciences are thoroughly awakened. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To arouse; excite; stir up; call forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Rousing from sleep, in a natural or a figurative sense; rousing into activity; exciting; as, the awakening city; an awakening discourse; the awakening dawn. -- A*wak"en*ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. The act of awaking, or ceasing to sleep. Specifically: A revival of religion, or more general attention to religious matters than usual. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An awakening. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. To avenge. [ Obs. ] See Wreak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Baked p. pr. & vb. n. Baking. ] [ AS. bacan; akin to D. bakken, OHG. bacchan, G. backen, Icel. & Sw. baka, Dan. bage, Gr. fw`gein to roast. ] 1. To prepare, as food, by cooking in a dry heat, either in an oven or under coals, or on heated stone or metal; as, to bake bread, meat, apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Baking is the term usually applied to that method of cooking which exhausts the moisture in food more than roasting or broiling; but the distinction of meaning between roasting and baking is not always observed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To dry or harden (anything) by subjecting to heat, as, to bake bricks; the sun bakes the ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To harden by cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

The earth . . . is baked with frost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

They bake their sides upon the cold, hard stone. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To do the work of baking something; as, she brews, washes, and bakes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be baked; to become dry and hard in heat; as, the bread bakes; the ground bakes in the hot sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process, or result, of baking. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 2. dried out by heat or excessive exposure to sunlight.
Syn. -- adust, parched, scorched, sunbaked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. cooked with dry heat in an oven; -- of bread and pastries. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A pie; baked food. [ Obs. ] Gen. xl. 17. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bæchūs. See Bake, v. t., and House. ] A house for baking; a bakery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a thermosetting plastic used in electric insulators and for making plastic ware and telephone receivers etc. [ trademark ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. p. of Bake. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. bæcere. See Bake, v. t. ] 1. One whose business it is to bake bread, biscuit, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portable oven in which baking is done. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A baker's dozen, thirteen. --
Baker foot, a distorted foot. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. --
Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. --
Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having legs that bend inward at the knees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The trade of a baker. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A place for baking bread; a bakehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of cooking in an oven, or of drying and hardening by heat or cold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quantity baked at once; a batch; as, a baking of bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

Baking powder, a substitute for yeast, usually consisting of an acid, a carbonate, and a little farinaceous matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hot or baking manner. [ 1913 Webster ]