n. One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called
v. t. [ L. aspernari; a (ab) + spernari. ] To spurn; to despise. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants. --
n.
n. [ AS. biternys; biter better + -nys = -ness. ]
The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]
Thou art in the gall of bitterness, and in the bond of iniquity. Acts viii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]
Looking diligently, . . . lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you. Heb. xii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A disdainful manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness.
a. [ See Concern, v. t., 2. ] Disturbed; troubled; solicitous;
adv. In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The puffin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Nimbleness; agility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ AS. dyrnan to hide. See Dern, a., Dearn, a. ] To hide; to skulk. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
He at length escaped them by derning himself in a foxearth. H. Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, discerns, distinguishes, perceives, or judges;
A great observer and discerner of men's natures. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. an inhabitant of an eastern area; especially of the eastern U. S. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. See Earnest. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Earnest, a. ] Serious. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Built up to eterne significance. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Etern. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Excern. ] (Physiol.) Connected with, or pertaining to, excretion. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. abounding in or covered with ferns. [ Narrower terms:
n. A place for rearing ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A garner. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Cautiousness; tenderness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. governeresse. See Governor. ] A female governor; a woman invested with authority to control and direct; especially, one intrusted with the care and instruction of children, -- usually in their homes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. hyrne. ] A corner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lurking in hernes and in lanes blind. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Inclosed or shut up as in a cavern. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Intern, a. ] That which is within; the interior. [ Poetic ] Mrs. Browning.
n. Same as intern. [ PJC ]
a. [ L. internecinus deadly, murderous, fr. internecare to kill, to slaughter; inter between + necare to kill; akin to Gr. &unr_; dead. See Necromancy. ]
Internecine quarrels, horrible tumults, stain the streets with blood. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. internecio. ] Mutual slaughter or destruction; massacre. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. internecivus. ] Internecine. [ R. ] Sydney Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. internectere to bind together; inter between + nectere to fasten. ] Intimate connection. [ Obs. ] W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A large network{ 3 } of numerous computers connected through a number of major nodes of high-speed computers having high-speed communications channels between the major nodes, and numerous minor nodes allowing electronic communication among millions of computers around the world; -- usually referred to as
a. (Anat.) Between the neural arches or neural spines. --
Robert's wind-blown head and tall form wrapped in an Inverness cape. Mrs. Humphry Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
a. (Print.) Having part of the face projecting beyond the body or shank; -- said of type. “In Roman, f and j are the only kerned letters.” MacKellar. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. kernel, kirnel, curnel, AS. cyrnel, fr. corn grain. See Corn, and cf. Kern to harden. ]
'A were as good crack a fusty nut with no kernel Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
a. Full of kernels; resembling kernels; of the nature of kernels. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ See Lernæa. ] (Zool.) One of a family (
pos>n. [ F. lierne. ] (Arch.) In Gothic vaulting, any rib which does not spring from the impost and is not a ridge rib, but passes from one boss or intersection of the principal ribs to another. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See Lucern, the plant. [ 1913 Webster ]