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prep. & adv. Beyond. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bayonnette, baïonnette; -- so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bayonet clutch. See Clutch. --
Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight. --
bayonet mount, (photography) a coupling mechanism for attaching removable lenses to the body of a camera, using a bayonet socket. --
bayonet socket, a coupling mechanism for attaching matching cylindrical parts to each other, where each of which has an arced L-shaped slot with the longer side perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder, such that the slots slide inside each other. There is also usually a knoblike projection on the mount so that when the two parts to be connected are fully inserted in proper alignment, they are locked in place. It is designed for rapid coupling and decoupling, requiring the turning of one part through only a small arc, in place of a screw-type arrangement, which requires several full turns. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bayoneted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bayoneting. ] 1. To stab with a bayonet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To compel or drive by the bayonet. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bayonet us into submission. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bayous [ North Am. Indian bayuk, in F. spelling bayouc, bayouque. ] An inlet from the Gulf of Mexico, from a lake, or from a large river, sometimes sluggish, sometimes without perceptible movement except from tide and wind. [ Southern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dark slender thread of a bayou moves loiteringly northeastward into a swamp of huge cypresses. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mississippi; -- a nickname, from its numerous bayous. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. -yos /plu>. [ Sp. ] A small island or ledge of rock in the water; a key. [ Sp. Am. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

1. a tropical West Indian vine (Sechium edule) of the gourd family, which bears small white flowers and produces an edible fruit. [ PJC ]

2. the edible fruit of the chayote{ 1 } vine, having a pear shape with a furrowed skin, and usually green or white. It is also called choyote, christophene, mirliton, and vegetable pear [ PJC ]

n. [ F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Conté Conté's pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Conté), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. Cretaceous. ] 1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See Chalk, and Sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A crayon drawing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crayon board, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing. --
Crayon drawing, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crayoned p. pr. & vb. n. Crayoning. ] [ Cf. F. crayonner. ] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a former mayor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to Malayo-Polynesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. maire, F. maire, fr. L. major greater, higher, nobler, compar. of magnus great; cf. Sp. mayor. See Major, and cf. Merino. ] The chief magistrate of a city or borough; the chief administrative officer of a municipal corporation. In some American cities there is a city court of which the major is chief judge. The post is usually elective, its holder chosen by the electorate of the entire city. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. mayor greater, L. major. ] The conductor of a mule team; also, a head shepherd. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a mayor; as, the mayoral limousine. [ PJC ]

n. The office, or the term of office, of a mayor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The wife of a mayor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A woman who is mayor. [ PJC ]

n. The office of a mayor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. profit or gain from an action; -- used broadly; as, lots of effort with little payoff. [ PJC ]

2. retribution, payback. [ PJC ]

3. The act of giving or receiving money or other valuable consideration as a bribe.
Syn. -- bribe. [ PJC ]

4. The money or item given as a bribe. [ PJC ]

5. same as compensation 2.
Syn. -- compensation, remuneration, recompense. [ PJC ]

6. The climax or final result of an event or endeavor; the denoument of a narrative. [ PJC ]

n. (Law) See Payer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. porte-crayon; porter to carry + crayon a crayon. ] A metallic handle with a clasp for holding a crayon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Ray; beam. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A synthetic fiber, made of thin filaments of regenerated cellulose, extruded from a solution of viscose. Called also viscose fiber and viscose rayon fiber. [ PJC ]

2. a textile fabric made from rayon{ 1 }. [ PJC ]