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a. [ L. ansatus, fr. ansa a handle. ] Having a handle. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Arkansas.
Syn. -- Arkansawyer [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a resident of Arkansas.
Syn. -- Arkansan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Caravansaries [ F. caravansérai, fr. Per. karwānsarāï; karwān caravan + -sarāï palace, large house, inn. ] A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [ Written also caravanserai and caravansera. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., cross with a handle. ] A cross in the shape of the ankh. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Ganza. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 2d Hanse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An official report of proceedings in the British Parliament; -- so called from the name of the publishers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A merchant of one of the Hanse towns. See the Note under 2d Hanse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The camel's thorn. See under Camel. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. of or pertaining to Kansas. [ PJC ]

prop. n. a resident of Kansas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A state of the central United States, bordering the Mississippi River to the west. [ PJC ]

prop. n. pl. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians allied to the Winnebagoes and Osages. They formerly inhabited the region which is now the State of Kansas, but were removed to the Indian Territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as lanseh.
Syn. -- lanseh, lansat, lanset. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ So called from its inventor, François Mansard, or Mansart, a distinguished French architect, who died in 1666. ] (Arch.) A hipped curb roof; that is, a roof having on all sides two slopes, the lower one being steeper than the upper one. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Skr. Raguva&msdot_;ça. ] A celebrated Sanskrit poem having for its subject the Raghu dynasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a thorough search. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ransack in the tas [ heap ] of bodies dead. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of ransacking, or state of being ransacked; pillage. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Even your father's house
Shall not be free from ransack. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ransacked p. pr. & vb. n. Ransacking. ] [ OE. ransaken, Icel. rannsaka to explore, examine; rann a house (akin to Goth. razn house, AS. ræsn plank, beam) + the root of sækja to seek, akin to E. seek. See Seek, and cf. Rest repose. ] 1. To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

To ransack every corner of their . . . hearts. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To plunder; to pillage completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their vow is made
To ransack Troy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To violate; to ravish; to defiour. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rich spoil of ransacked chastity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Transacting. ] [ L. transactus, p. p. of transigere. See Transaction. ] To carry through; to do; perform; to manage; as, to transact commercial business; to transact business by an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To conduct matters; to manage affairs. [ R. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. transactio, fr. transigere, transactum, to drive through, carry through, accomplish, transact; trans across, over + agere to drive; cf. F. transaction. See Act, Agent. ] 1. The doing or performing of any business; management of any affair; performance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is done; an affair; as, the transactions on the exchange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Civil Law) An adjustment of a dispute between parties by mutual agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Transaction of a society, the published record of what it has done or accomplished. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Proceeding; action; process. -- Transaction, Proceeding. A transaction is something already done and completed; a proceeding is either something which is now going on, or, if ended, is still contemplated with reference to its progress or successive stages. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ “ We the word proceeding in application to an affray in the street, and the word transaction to some commercial negotiation that has been carried on between certain persons. The proceeding marks the manner of proceeding, as when we speak of the proceedings in a court of law. The transaction marks the business transacted; as, the transactions on the Exchange.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who transacts, performs, or conducts any business. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. transalpinus; trans across, beyond + Alpinus Alpine, from Alpes the Alps: cf. F. transalpin. ] Being on the farther side of the Alps in regard to Rome, that is, on the north or west side of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. “ Transalpine garbs.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of a country beyond the Alps, that is, out of Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Transanimated p. pr. & vb. n. Transanimating. ] [ Trans- + animate. ] To animate with a soul conveyed from another body. [ R. ] Bp. J. King (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. transanimation. ] The conveyance of a soul from one body to another. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. trans- + Atlantic: cf. F. transatlantique. ] 1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa, especially the former. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean; as, a transatlantic flight. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ See Trans-, and Audient. ] Permitting the passage of sound. [ R. ] Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]