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n. The quality of being angular. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Turk. Arnaut, fr. NGr. &unr_;, for &unr_;. ] An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖ n. (Zool.) The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. a corruption of ptarmica. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The tincture of arnica is applied externally as a remedy for bruises, sprains, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Arnica. ] (Chem.) An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n. [ Perh. the native name. ] A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc. [ Written also Anatto, Anatta, Annatto, Annotta, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Annotto. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. D. aardnoot, E. earthut. ] The earthnut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. a- + warn, AS. gewarnian. See Warn, v. t. ] To warn. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bern, AS. berern, bern; bere barley + ern, ærn, a close place. √92. See Barley. ] A covered building used chiefly for storing grain, hay, and other productions of a farm. In the United States a part of the barn is often used for stables. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barn owl (Zool.), an owl of Europe and America (Aluco flammeus, or Strix flammea), which frequents barns and other buildings. --
Barn swallow (Zool.), the common American swallow (Hirundo horreorum), which attaches its nest of mud to the beams and rafters of barns. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lay up in a barn. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men . . . often barn up the chaff, and burn up the grain. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A child. See Bairn. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of a religious order, named from St. Barnabas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet. ] (Zool.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish. --
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bernicle. ] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles. ] 1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. [ Formerly used in the sing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. [ Cant, Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered with barnacles. the barnacled hull of a wrecked ship [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ So called in allusion to the fable of the man who burned his barn in order to rid it of rats. ] 1. A member of the radical section of the Democratic party in New York, about the middle of the 19th century, which was hostile to extension of slavery, public debts, corporate privileges, etc., and supported Van Buren against Cass for president in 1848; -- opposed to Hunker. [ Political Cant, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. an impressively successful or unusually good event. [ informal ] ”The rock concert was a real barnburner.” [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An opaque adjustable flap on a lamp fixture; used in photography to cut off light from particular areas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The quantity that a barn will hold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. & t. [ Barn + storm, v. ] 1. To travel from place to place, making brief stops. [ PJC ]

2. To fly an airplane from place to place, usually at small airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money. [ PJC ]

3. to tour the country to solicit votes.
Syn. -- whistlestop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Barn + storm, v. ] 1. An itinerant theatrical player who plays in barns when a theatre is lacking; hence, an inferior actor, or one who plays in the country away from the larger cities. -- Barn"storm`ing, n. [Theatrical Cant] [1913 Webster]

2. an aviator who flies an airplane from place to place, usually at small airports, doing flying stunts or flying passengers for sightseeing, for the purpose of earning money. It was a practise common in the early days of aviation, but by late 20th century was seldom encountered. [PJC]

n. A yard belonging to a barn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woolen yarn. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blarneyed p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying. ] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. “Blarneyed the landlord.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. S. G. Goodrich. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in Ireland. ] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the castle, one must be held upside-down by the feet and lowered into the proper position from an opening in an overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed by some tourists. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [ Often in a disparaging sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say,
Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having glittering armor. [ Poetic ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] 1. Flesh of slain animals or men. [ 1913 Webster ]

A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. Charnel. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the body or its appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual. [ 1913 Webster ]

For ye are yet carnal. 1 Cor. iii. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not sunk in carnal pleasure. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal desires after miracles. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This carnal cur
Preys on the issue of his mother's body. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sensualist. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carnalitas. ] The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carnalized p. pr. & vb. n. Carnalizing. ] To make carnal; to debase to carnality. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. carnallit, fr. Von Carnall, a Prussian. ] (Min.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually. [ 1913 Webster ]

For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom. viii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Worldly-minded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Grossness of mind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. ] A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh. ] (Anat.) Adapted to eating flesh. -- n. A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. carnatus fleshy. ] Invested with, or embodied in, flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal. ] 1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (Dianthus Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a flesh color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants consisting of one species, the saguaro.
Syn. -- genus Carnegiea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]