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n. [ L. abalienatio: cf. F. abaliénation. ] The act of abalienating; alienation; estrangement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. arbaleste, LL. arbalista, for L. arcuballista; arcus bow + ballista a military engine. See Ballista. ] (Antiq.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc. [ Written also arbalet and arblast. ] Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OF. arblastere, OF. arbalestier. See Arbalest. ] A crossbowman. [ Obs. ] Speed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Arbalist. ] A crossbow. Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister. ] A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. ] (Zool.) A badgerlike animal of India (Arctonyx collaris). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. balestre. See Ballista. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a natural family comprising the triggerfishes.
Syn. -- family Balistidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Like a fish of the genus Balistes; of the family Balistidæ. See Filefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. ] (Anc. Fort.) A narrow opening, often cruciform, through which arrows might be discharged. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. balise; cf. Sp. balisa. ] A pole or a frame raised as a sea beacon or a landmark. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Resembling a buffalo. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bubaline antelope (Zool.), the bubale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cabalisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The secret science of the cabalists. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [ R ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cabaliste. ] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. “Studious cabalists.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Heptarchus is a cabalistic exposition of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a cabalistic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. F. cabaliser. ] To use cabalistic language. [ R ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility.
Syn. -- beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. cannibalisme. ] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to eat human flesh.
Syn. -- practice cannibalism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to use parts of (something, such as a machine), to repair something else.
Syn. -- use parts of. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. & t. same as cannibalise. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A performer upon cymbals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as detribalization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act of causing tribal people to abandon their customs and adopt urban ways of living.
Syn. -- detribalisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to cause (members of a tribe) to lose their cultural identity and adopt other customs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The knowledge of herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., of uncertain origin. ] (Zool.) A genus of small marine Crustacea, considered the type of a distinct order (Nebaloidea, or Phyllocarida.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Probability. [ Obs. ] “With as great probality.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. róbalo. ] Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae, esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn. Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also snook, the smaller species being called [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The state of existing in tribes; also, tribal feeling; tribal prejudice or exclusiveness; tribal peculiarities or characteristics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something expressed verbally; a verbal remark or expression. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A literal adherent to, or a minute critic of, words; a literalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being verbal; mere words; bare literal expression. [ R. ] “More verbality than matter.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of verbalizing, or the state of being verbalized. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Verbalized p. pr. & vb. n. Verbalizing ] [ Cf. F. verbaliser. ] 1. To convert into a verb; to verbify. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To express in words. [ PJC ]