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n. [ OE. a&yogh_;e, aghe, fr. Icel. agi; akin to AS. ege, ōga, Goth. agis, Dan. ave chastisement, fear, Gr. 'a`chos pain, distress, from the same root as E. ail. √3. Cf. Ugly. ] 1. Dread; great fear mingled with respect. [ Obs. or Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His frown was full of terror, and his voice
Shook the delinquent with such fits of awe. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The emotion inspired by something dreadful and sublime; an undefined sense of the dreadful and the sublime; reverential fear, or solemn wonder; profound reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is an awe in mortals' joy,
A deep mysterious fear. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

To tame the pride of that power which held the Continent in awe. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The solitude of the desert, or the loftiness of the mountain, may fill the mind with awe -- the sense of our own littleness in some greater presence or power. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To stand in awe of, to fear greatly; to reverence profoundly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Reverence. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Awed (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Awing. ] To strike with fear and reverence; to inspire with awe; to control by inspiring dread. [ 1913 Webster ]

That same eye whose bend doth awe the world. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

His solemn and pathetic exhortation awed and melted the bystanders. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. Wearied. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- + weary. ] Weary. [ Poetic ] “I begin to be aweary of thee.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + weather. ] (Naut.) On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather! Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + weigh. ] (Naut.) Just drawn out of the ground, and hanging perpendicularly; atrip; -- said of the anchor. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Awless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressive of awe or terror. [ 1913 Webster ]

An awesome glance up at the auld castle. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Awe-struck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Struck with awe. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with claws. N. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Day. ] Day. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, draws; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. Shak. (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer. (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is drawn; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chest of drawers. See under Chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fain. ] Fain; glad; delighted. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who finedraws. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. having flaws or imperfections; not perfect; -- applied broadly; as, a flawed vase; a flawed performance; a flawed character.
Syn. -- blemished. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, gnaws. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A rodent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Probably, the baked berry of the hawthorn tree, that is, coarse fare. See 1st Haw, 2. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition; as, lantern-jawed. “Jawed like a jetty.” Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Akin to G. knauelk, knäuel, prop., a ball of thread, coil. Cf. Clew. ] (Bot.) A low, spreading weed (Scleranthus annuus), common in sandy soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws; as, a lantern-jawed person. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See 2d Lawing. ] To cut off the claws and balls of, as of a dog's fore feet. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A lawyer. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Mecca, in Arabia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Mecca. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mega- + weber. ] (Elec.) A million webers. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. contrary to or forbidden by law; banned; illicit; as, a member of an outlawed political party.
Syn. -- illegitimate, illicit, outlaw(prenominal), unlawful. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overawed p. pr. & vb. n. Overawing. ] To awe exceedingly; to intimidate or subjugate or restrain by awe or great fear. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king was present in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who saws; a sawyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Popularly, any plant or plants growing in the sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Any marine plant of the class Algae, as kelp, dulse, Fucus, Ulva, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } obs. p. p. of Slee, to slay. [ 1913 Webster ]

With a sword drawn out he would have slaw himself. Wyclif (Acts xvi. 27.) [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Straw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who taws; a dresser of white leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A place where skins are tawed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One whose business it is to extract teeth with instruments; a dentist. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- + lawed, p. p. of lawe. ] Not having the claws and balls of the forefeet cut off; -- said of dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ OE. wawe, waghe; cf. Icel. vāgr; akin to E. wag; not the same word as wave. ] A wave. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who draws metal into wire. [ 1913 Webster ]