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n. [ Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle. ] 1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even
mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of neckcloth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., lit. Twilight of the Gods; a modern mistranslation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarok, meaning, fate of the gods. RHUD ] (German mythology) 1. A myth about the ultimate destruction of the gods in a battle with evil.
Syn. -- Ragnarok, Twilight of the Gods. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. An opera by Richard Wagner. [ PJC ]

v. i. [ See Haberdasher. ] To deal in small wares. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To haberdash in earth's base ware. Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig. sense was perh., peddler's wares. ] 1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves, neckties, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as laces, silks, trimmings, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.), trifles. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Interdashed p. pr. & vb. n. Interdashing. ] To dash between or among; to intersperse. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to present times or those recent by comparison. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. A natural family of fungi including the genus Lycoperdon, consisting of puffballs.
Syn. -- family Lycoperdaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A small order of basidiomycetous fungi having fleshy often globose fruiting bodies: puffpalls; earthstars.
Syn. -- order Lycoperdales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. & i. To dare too much or rashly; to be too daring. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To date later than the true or proper period; to postdate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Wearing spatterdashes. [ Colloq. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Spatter + dash. ] Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Uproar. Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. The quality or state of being verdant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. verdoyant, p. pr. of verdoyer to be verdant, to grow green, OF. verdoier, verdeier, fr. verd, vert, green, fr. L. viridis green, fr. virere to be green: cf. OF. verdant verdant, L. viridans, p. pr. of viridare to make green. Cf. Farthingale, Verjuice, Vert. ] 1. Covered with growing plants or grass; green; fresh; flourishing; as, verdant fields; a verdant lawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let the earth
Put forth the verdant grass. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unripe in knowledge or judgment; unsophisticated; raw; green; as, a verdant youth. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a verdant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. &yogh_;isterdai, AS. geostran dæg, from geostran, geostra, giestran, gistran, gystran, yesterday (akin to D. gisteren, G. gestern, OHG. gestaron, Icel. gær yesterday, to-morrow, Goth. gistradagis to-morrow, L. heri yesterday, Gr. &unr_;, Skr. hyas) + dæg day. Cf. Hestern. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The day last past; the day next before the present. [ 1913 Webster ]

All our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are but of yesterday, and know nothing. Job viii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A recent time; time not long past. [ 1913 Webster ]

The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of supreme pontiffs. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. On the day last past; on the day preceding to-day; as, the affair took place yesterday. [ 1913 Webster ]