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n. The maximum rate of information transfer (measured in bits/second) that can be carried by a communication channel. “The bandwidth of an analog telephone line is less than 100 kilobits per second.” [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. (Her.) Diagonally. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ AS. blōwīte; blōd blood, + wīte wite, fine. ] (Anc. Law) A fine or amercement paid as part of a settlement for the shedding of blood; also, a riot wherein blood was spilled. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Breadthwise. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dwindled p. pr. & vb. n. Dwindling ] [ From OE. dwinen to languish, waste away, AS. dwīnan; akin to LG. dwinen, D. dwijnen to vanish, Icel. dvīna to cease, dwindle, Sw. tvina; of uncertain origin. The suffix -le, preceded by d excrescent after n, is added to the root with a diminutive force. ] To diminish; to become less; to shrink; to waste or consume away; to become degenerate; to fall away. [ 1913 Webster ]

Weary sennights nine times nine
Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions,
are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make less; to bring low. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our drooping days are dwindled down to naught. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break; to disperse. [ R. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of dwindling; dwindlement; decline; degeneracy. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of dwindling; a dwindling. [ R. ] Mrs. Oliphant. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. gradually decreasing until little remains.
Syn. -- tapering, tapering off. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act or process of becoming gradually less until little remains; as, there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family.
Syn. -- dwindling away. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ See Dwindle. ] To waste away; to pine; to languish. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. 1. On end; erectly; in an upright position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. With the end forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dwindle away; to disappear. [ Obs. ] Rom of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from AS. gōd good + wiht creature, wight. ] (Zool.) One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the genus Limosa, and family Tringidæ. The European black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa), the American marbled godwit (Limosa fedoa), the Hudsonian godwit (Limosa hæmastica), and others, are valued as game birds. Called also godwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mistress of a house. [ Archaic ] Robynson (More's Utopia). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Hood + wink. ] 1. To blind by covering the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

We will blind and hoodwink him. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cover; to hide. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deceive by false appearance; to impose upon. “Hoodwinked with kindness.” Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the chemist Ludwig. ] (Min.) A borate of iron and magnesia, occurring in fibrous masses of a blackish green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Midwives [ OE. midwif, fr. AS. mid with (akin to Gr. &unr_;) + &unr_; woman, wife. Properly, the woman or wife who is attendant upon a woman in childbirth. See Meta-, and Wife. ] A woman who assists other women in childbirth; a female practitioner of the obstetric art. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To assist in childbirth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform the office of midwife. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art or practice of assisting women in childbirth; obstetrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Assistance at childbirth; help or cooperation in production. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. midwinter. ] The middle of winter. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To midwife. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) The local name of various fishes, as the European black sea bream (Cantharus lineatus), the American alewife, etc. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Zool.) A tropical Atlantic fish (Bessy cerca). [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- queen triggerfish, Bessy cerca, oldwench, Balistes vetula. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A common long-tailed sea duck (Clangula hyemalis) of the northern parts of the US; also called old squaw. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- old squaw, Clangula hyemalis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A European thrush (Turdus iliacus). Its under wing coverts are orange red. Called also redwinged thrush. (b) A North American passerine bird (Agelarius phœniceus) of the family Icteridae. The male is black, with a conspicuous patch of bright red, bordered with orange, on each wing. Called also redwinged blackbird, red-winged troupial, marsh blackbird, and swamp blackbird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A west Indian climbing shrub (Combretum Jacquini) with slender reddish branchlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named from the Earl of Sandwich. ] Two pieces of bread and butter with a thin slice of meat, cheese, or the like, between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sandwiched p. pr. & vb. n. Sandwiching. ] To make into a sandwich; also, figuratively, to insert between portions of something dissimilar; to form of alternate parts or things, or alternating layers of a different nature; to interlard. [ 1913 Webster ]