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‖n. pl. [ L., geese. ] (Zool.) A Linnæan order of aquatic birds swimming by means of webbed feet, as the duck, or of lobed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. (Zool.) A division of birds including the geese, ducks, and closely allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family name used in some classifications for the swans.
Syn. -- subfamily Anserinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose. ] 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anseres. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anser a goose. ] Resembling a goose; silly; simple. Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cleansed p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing. ] [ AS. cl&aemacr_;nsian, fr. cl&aemacr_;ne clean. See Clean. ] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean. [ 1913 Webster ]

If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased,
And with some sweet oblivious antidote
Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff
Which weighs upon the heart? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having been made clean. Opposite of dirty. clean
Syn. -- cleaned, scrubbed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. cl&aemacr_;nsere. ] One who, or that which, cleanses; especially, a detergent or other preparation used for cleaning. Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- cleansing agent, cleaner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. contredanse (fr. E. Country-dance). ] 1. (a) A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. (b) The quadrille. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Music) A piece of music in the rhythm of such a dance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. danser to dance. ] A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. expansus, p. p. of expandere. See Expand. ] That which is expanded or spread out; a wide extent of space or body; especially, the arch of the sky. “The green expanse.” Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lights . . . high in the expanse of heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The smooth expanse of crystal lakes. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To expand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That lies expansed unto the eyes of all. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anse handle, anse de panier surbased arch, flat arch, vault, and E. haunch hip. ] (Arch.) That part of an elliptical or many-centered arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. hanse, or F. hanse (from German), OHG. & Goth. hansa; akin to AS. hōs band, troop. ] An association; a league or confederacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanse towns (Hist.), certain commercial cities in Germany which associated themselves for the protection and enlarging of their commerce. The confederacy, called also Hansa and Hanseatic league, held its first diet in 1260, and was maintained for nearly four hundred years. At one time the league comprised eighty-five cities. Its remnants, Lübeck, Hamburg, and Bremen, are free cities, and are still frequently called Hanse towns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the Hanse towns, or to their confederacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hanseatic league. See under 2d Hanse. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. A sort of breeches. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

n. [ F. Jansénisme. ] (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Jansen regarding free will and divine grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Janséniste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Cornelius Jansen, a Roman Catholic bishop of Ypres, in Flanders, in the 17th century, who taught certain doctrines denying free will and the possibility of resisting divine grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also kusimansel, and mangue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. The small, yellow to whitish brown berrylike fruit of an East Indian tree (Lansium domesticum). It has a fleshy pulp, with an agreeable tart subacid taste. Balfour.
Syn. -- lansah, lansa, lansat, lanset. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. mansa, mansus, mansum, a farm, fr. L. manere, mansum, to stay, dwell. See Mansion, Manor. ] 1. A dwelling house, generally with land attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The parsonage; a clergyman's house. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Capital manse, the manor house, or lord's court. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A male servant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. mergánsar, fr. mergo a diver (L. mergus, fr. mergere to dip, dive) + ánsar goose, L. anser. ] (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Mergus (Merganser), and allied genera of the subfamily Merginae. They are allied to the ducks, but have a sharply serrated bill, eat fish, and dive for food. Also called fish duck. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The red-breasted merganser (Merganser serrator) inhabits both hemispheres. It is called also sawbill, harle, and sheldrake. The American merganser (Merganser Americanus.) and the hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) are well-known species. --
White merganser, the smew or white nun. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Narragansett /sing>. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians who formerly inhabited the shores of Narragansett Bay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) The half of a transept; as, the north semitransept of a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ } v. t. [ Pref. trans- element. ] To change or transpose the elements of; to transubstantiate. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. transélémentation. ] (Eccl.) Transubstantiation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A transom. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. trans- + L. septum an inclosure. See Septum. ] (Arch.) The transversal part of a church, which crosses at right angles to the greatest length, and between the nave and choir. In the basilicas, this had often no projection at its two ends. In Gothic churches these project greatly, and should be called the arms of the transept. It is common, however, to speak of the arms themselves as the transepts. [ 1913 Webster ]