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adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + reek. ] In a reeking condition. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. & i. To avenge. [ Obs. ] See Wreak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bawdekin rich silk stuff, OF. baudequin. See Baldachin. ] The richest kind of stuff used in garments in the Middle Ages, the web being gold, and the woof silk, with embroidery; -- made originally at Baghdad. [ Spelt also baudkin, baudkyn, bawdekin, and baldakin. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Heb. ] Half a shekel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To call knave. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To confess; to acknowledge. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A porcelainlike kind of decorative pottery with a high gloss, which is sometimes iridescent. A very fine kind is made at Belleek in Ireland. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To beseech. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. be- + wreak. ] To wreak; to avenge. [ Obs. ] Ld. Berners. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliotheca, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; book + &unr_; a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place: cf. F. bibliothèque. ] A library. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Kyrgyzstan. Population (2000) = 631, 000. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + weekly. ] Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n. A publication issued every two weeks. -- Bi"week"ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. To blacken; also, to defile. [ Obs. or Dial. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dagger; a bodkin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A knot of ribbons worn by a guest at a wedding; a wedding favor. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr. by`rsa skin, hide. Cf. Buskin. ] A buskin or half-boot. [ Written also brodequin. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. ceàce, ceòce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw. ] 1. The side of the face below the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cheek bone. [ Obs. ] Caucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef. --
Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the face; esp., the malar bone. --
Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate. --
Cheek pouch (Zool.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. --
Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. --
Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. --
Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. --
Butment cheek. See under Butment. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the arch of bone beneath the eye that forms the prominence of the cheek.
Syn. -- zygomatic bone, malar bone, jugal bone, os zygomaticum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a cheek; -- used in composition. “Rose-cheeked Adonis.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having no cheek. Opposite of cheeked. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ciclatoun. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A large hook or crook, as for a pot over a fire; specif., an iron-headed golf club with a straight, narrow face and a long shaft. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Act of cleeking; a clutch. [ Scot. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ pret. Claught pret. & p. p. Cleeked p. pr. & vb. n. Cleeking. ] [ ME. cleken, clechen, to seize, clutch; perh. akin to E. clutch. ] [ Scot & Dial. Eng. ] 1. To seize; clutch; snatch; catch; pluck. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To catch or draw out with a cleek, as a fish; to hook. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. To hook or link (together); hence, to marry. Scott. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From cock + leek. ] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes; -- called also cocky-leeky. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cockaleekie. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n. (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. conteck, conteke, contake, perh. a corruption either of contact or contest. ] 1. Quarrel; contention; contest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Contek with bloody knife. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Contumely; reproach. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook. ] 1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any turn or winding. [ 1913 Webster ]

The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The chub sucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Creek. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. “The creeky shore.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Metric System) A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Decembrist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Same as Decagram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decaliter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decastere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paper Making) See Deckle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The jamb or sidepiece of a door. Ex. xii. 22 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A guillemot (Uria grylle), of the arctic regions. Also applied to the little auk or sea dove. See under Dove. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , v. t. See Eke. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ G., fr. Skr. ēka one + G. bor, boron, E. boron. ] (Chem.) The name given by Mendelejeff in accordance with the periodic law, and by prediction, to a hypothetical element then unknown, but since discovered and named scandium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the boron group. See Scandium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. aluminium. ] (Chem.) The name given by Mendeleev to a hypothetical element, -- later discovered and called gallium. See Gallium, and cf. Ekabor. Also see periodic table. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. silicon. ] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted by Mendeleev and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor. Also see periodic table. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]