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{ } n. [ armosin, armoisin. ] A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. or prep. [ See Atwain, and cf. Between. ] Between. [ Archaic ] Spenser. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aye ever + green. ] (Bot.) The houseleek (Sempervivum tectorum). Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. baleine whale and whalebone, L. balaena a whale; cf. Gr. fa`laina. ] (Zool. & Com.) Plates or blades of “whalebone, ” from two to twelve feet long, and sometimes a foot wide, which in certain whales (Balænoidea) are attached side by side along the upper jaw, and form a fringelike sieve by which the food is retained in the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of fustian made of coarse twilled cotton, shorn after dyeing. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ OE. beon, ben, bin, p. p. of been, beon, to be. See Be. ] The past participle of Be. In old authors it is also the pr. tense plural of Be. See 1st Bee. [ 1913 Webster ]

Assembled been a senate grave and stout. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cover with a screen, or as with a screen; to shelter; to conceal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Properly the p. p. of besee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Seen; appearing. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Decked or adorned; clad. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Accomplished; versed. [ Archaic ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betweónan, betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twā two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See Twain, and cf. Atween, Betwixt. ] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. [ 1913 Webster ]

If things should go so between them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. [ 1913 Webster ]

Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Between decks, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. --
Between ourselves,
Between you and me,
Between themselves, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Between, Among. Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation. I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intermediate time or space; interval. [ Poetic & R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

. pl. blue"-green al"gae [ from the color and resemblance to algae. ] any of a group of photosynthetic microorganisms possessing characteristics of both bacteria and plants. When classed as bacteria, they are assigned to the Cyanobacteria; when classed as plants, they are assigned to the Cyanophyta. They are now known to be prokaryotic, and are usually called cyanobacteria in technical contexts. See cyanobacterium. [ PJC ]

def>A dark shade of green, like that of bottle glass. -- Bot"tle-green`, a. [1913 Webster]

[ G. Braunschweiger grün, first made at Brunswick, in Germany. ] An oxychloride of copper, used as a green pigment; also, a carbonate of copper similarly employed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st Cant. ] (Mil.) 1. A small vessel used by soldiers or hikers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [ Written also cantine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In 1910 in the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chest containing culinary and other vessels for military officers in a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The sutler's shop in a garrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: A store or small shop within a larger establishment where refreshments and sometimes other supplies are sold. At a military base the canteen may be as large as a general store; within a school or small company it may be only a small counter with very limited supplies, or a snack bar. [ PJC ]

5. A temporary location where food is dispensed during an emergency. [ PJC ]

{ or } n. See Carrageen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Careened p. pr. & vb. n. Careening. ] [ OF. cariner, F. caréner, fr. OF. carène, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina. ] (Naut.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. carénage. ] (Naut.) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [ Also written carragheen, carageen. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. a colloidal material obtained from seaweed or Irish moss, used as an thickening or emulsifying agent and for stabilizing foods, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. [ PJC ]

n. See Shagreen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Corrupted fr. colewort. ] 1. Same as collards{ 1 }. [ Colloq. Southern U. S. ]
Syn. -- collards. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Ir. cailin. ] A girl; a maiden. [ Anglo-Irish ]

Of all the colleens in the land
Sweet Mollie is the daisy. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } v. t. [ F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v. ] To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or “water” produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask. [ 1913 Webster ]

Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. similar to the color of fresh grass.
Syn. -- green, greenish, light-green. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the Southern United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
Syn. -- taro, taro plant, dalo, Colocasia esculenta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
Syn. -- taro, cocoyam, eddo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a tropical starchy tuberous root.
Syn. -- taro, taro root, cocoyam, edda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (Apiculture) To remove the queen from (a hive of bees). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A short tobacco pipe. [ Written also dudheen. ] [ Irish ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The old plural of Eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

And eke with fatness swollen were his een. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. eahtat&ymacr_;ne, eahtatēne. See Eight, and Ten, and cf. Eighty. ] Eight and ten; as, eighteen pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The number greater by a unit than seventeen; eighteen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol denoting eighteen units, as 18 or xviii. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Octodecimo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Eighteen. ] 1. Next in order after the seventeenth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of one of eighteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quotient of a unit divided by eighteen; one of eighteen equal parts or divisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The eighth after the tenth. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>a. (Bot.) Remaining unwithered through the winter, or retaining unwithered leaves until the leaves of the next year are expanded, as pines cedars, hemlocks, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) An evergreen plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Twigs and branches of evergreen plants used for decoration. “The funeral evengreens entwine.” Keble.

. Washington; -- a nickname alluding to the abundance of evergreen trees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OE. fiftene, AS. fīft&ymacr_;ne, fīftēne. See Five, and Ten, and cf. Fifty. ] Five and ten; one more than fourteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sum of five and ten; fifteen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing fifteen units, as 15, or xv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. fiftenthe; cf. fiftethe, AS. fīfteōða. See Fifteen. ] 1. Next in order after the fourteenth; -- the ordinal of fifteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of one of fifteen equal parts or divisions of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of fifteen equal parts or divisions; the quotient of a unit divided by fifteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) (a) A stop in an organ tuned two octaves above the diaposon. (b) An interval consisting of two octaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Philopena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Obs. pl. of Flea. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj., or (strictly) p. p. Provided; in case that; on condition that. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

One manner of meat is most sure to every complexion, foreseen that it be alway most commonly in conformity of qualities, with the person that eateth. Sir T. Elyot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. fourtene, feowertene, AS. feówert&ymacr_;ne, feówertēne. See Four, and Ten, and cf. Forty. ] Four and ten more; twice seven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The sum of ten and four; forteen units or objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A symbol representing fourteen, as 14 or xiv. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OE. fourtende, fourtethe, AS. feówerteoða. ] 1. Next in order after the thirteenth; as, the fourteenth day of the month. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Making or constituting one of fourteen equal parts into which anything may be divided. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of fourteen equal parts into which one whole may be divided; the quotient of a unit divided by fourteen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) The octave of the seventh. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One next after the thirteenth in a series. [ 1913 Webster ]