a. That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. --
The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
n. (Hort.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. Entreating urgently; imploring;
a. Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. --
n. The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. an informal intensifier;
n. complaining; griping. [ slang ] [ PJC ]
n. The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bleaching powder,
a. Furnished with branches; shooting our branches; extending in a branch or branches. [ 1913 Webster ]
Shaded with branching palm. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or state of separation into branches; division into branches; a division or branch. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sciences, with their numerous branchings. L. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes,
Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
n. The act of seizing or taking hold of. [ 1913 Webster ]
Catching bargain (Law),
n. the job of a professional coach.
n.
n. Healing the distemper of cows. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mode of etching upon metals by electrolytic action. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By way of encroachment. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Etching figures (Min.),
Etching needle,
Etching stitch (Needlework),
adj. Seizing the attention;
adj. having a wide range or effect;
adj. drawing favorable attention;
adv. By pilfering or petty stealing. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a flinching manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Having the habit of catching insects on the wing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See 1st Hatch. ] A mode of execution in engraving, drawing, and miniature painting, in which shading is produced by lines crossing each other at angles more or less acute; -- called also
a. Reaching high or upward; hence, ambitious; aspiring. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. im- in + bench. ] A raised work like a bench. [ Obs. ] Parkhurst. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A method of ingrafting. See Inarch. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Knowledge. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut.) A loop or eye formed on the head rope of a bonnet, by which it is attached to the foot of a sail; -- called also
n.
n. the act of eating lunch. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
a. & n., fr. March, v. [ 1913 Webster ]
Marching money (Mil.),
In marching order (Mil.),
Marching regiment. (Mil.)
adj.
a. Hiding; skulking; cowardly. [ Colloq. ]
n.
a.
a. Scorching; burning; drying. “Summer's parching heat.” Shak. --
n. The act of mending a hole in a garment by sewing a patch over it. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adv. Knavishly; deceitfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See pattern. ] (Computers) A technique in automated data analysis, usually performed on a computer, by which a group of characteristic properties of an unknown object is compared with the comparable groups of characteristics of a set of known objects, to discover the idenity or proper classification of the unknown object. There are two major types of pattern matching,
n. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
adj. Scrimping; reluctant to spend money; stingy; miserly; same as cheesparing.
n. A photo-engraving produced by any process involving the etching of the plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. Compressing; nipping; griping; niggardly;
Pinching bar,
Pinching nut,
adv. In a pinching way. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Pitching piece (Carp.),