n. [ L. anapaestus, Gr. &unr_; an anapest,
a. [ L. anapaesticus, Gr.
a. Anapestic. [ 1913 Webster ]
A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
n. See as
n.
To buy gapeseed,
To sow gapeseed
n. Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A seed of the grape. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes. ]
A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to
a. [ From Pap soft food. ] Containing or producing pap; like pap. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. papesse. ] A female pope;
n. A female satrap. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ LL., a stirrup. ] (Anat.) The innermost of the ossicles of the ear; the stirrup, or stirrup bone; -- so called from its form. See Illust. of Ear. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Tapestry carpet,
Tapestry moth. (Zool.)
v. t.
The Trosachs wound, as now, between gigantic walls of rock tapestried with broom and wild roses. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A small black dermestoid beetle (Attagenus piceus) whose larva feeds on tapestry, carpets, silk, fur, flour, and various other goods. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ See Trape. ] A slattern; an idle, sluttish, or untidy woman. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To go about in an idle or slatternly fashion; to trape; to traipse. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]