a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. --
n.
Both slain at one time, as they attempted the boarding of a frigate. Sir F. Drake. [ 1913 Webster ]
Boarding house,
Boarding nettings (Naut.),
Boarding pike (Naut.),
Boarding school,
n. a private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests.
a. [ L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hinge of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal. ] Of fundamental importance; preëminent; superior; chief; principal. [ 1913 Webster ]
The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cardinal numbers,
Cardinal points
Cardinal signs (Astron.)
Cardinal teeth (Zool.),
Cardinal veins (Anat.),
Cardinal virtues,
Cardinal winds,
n. [ F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardinalis (ecclesiæ Romanæ). See Cardinal, a. ]
The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved. Pope Leo IX. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take precedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad brim, with cords and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it. [ 1913 Webster ]
Where's your cardinal! Make haste. Lloyd. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cardinal bird,
Cardinal grosbeak
Cardinal flower (Bot.),
Cardinal red,
n. [ Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus. ] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Carding engine,
Carding machine
v. t. To depose from the rank of cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. e out, without + cardo a hinge. ] (Zoöl.) An order of Brachiopoda; the Lyopomata. See Brachiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Of uncertain origin; cf. Fardel. ] The upper stomach of a cow, or other ruminant animal; the rumen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A farthingale. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Farthing, and Deal a part. ] The fourth part of an acre of land. [ Obs. ]
n. Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n.
Plenty and peace breeds cowards; Hardness ever
Of hardiness is mother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
They who were not yet grown to the hardiness of avowing the contempt of the king. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From OF. hourd, hourt, barrier, palisade, of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. horde hurdle, fence, G. horde, hürde; akin to E. hurdle. √16. See Hurdle. ]
Posted on every dead wall and hoarding. London Graphic. [ 1913 Webster ]
The whole arrangement was surrounded by a hoarding, the space within which was divided into compartments by sheets of tin. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F., fem. of jardinier gardener. See Garden. ]
n. [ F., fr. muscadin a musk-scented lozenge, fr. muscade nutmeg, fr. L. muscus musk. See Muscadel. ] (Zool.) The common European dormouse; -- so named from its odor.
n. [ F. ] A disease which is very destructive to silkworms, and which sometimes extends to other insects. It is attended by the development of a fungus (provisionally called Botrytis bassiana). Also, the fungus itself. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. nardinus, Gr.
n.
a. (Zool.) Spotted like a pard. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pardine lynx (Zool.),
prep. Concerning; respecting. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Renard, the fox, or the tales in which Renard is mentioned. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sardine (cf. Sp. sardina, sarda, It. sardina, sardella), L. sardina, sarda; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; so called from the island of
n. See Sardius. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. Sardinianus. ] Of or pertaining to the island, kingdom, or people of Sardinia. --
n. The quality or state of being tardy. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Test a shell, and Cardo. ] (Zool.) A division of brachiopods including those which have a calcareous shell furnished with a hinge and hinge teeth. Terebratula and Spirifer are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + cardinal. ] To degrade from the cardinalship. [ 1913 Webster ]
See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]
The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]
There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Arch.)