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n. (Zool.) The hypoptilum. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers) [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or skill of an archer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a shop where a barber works, especially one where men can get their hair cut. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. The state or privileges of a burgher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a butler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a commander. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a ship designed to hold containerized cargoes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of a controller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mach.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being older; seniority. “Paternity an eldership.” Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. The rank or office of an Emir. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Arrish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or rank of an examiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Skill in farming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) The first shaft sunk. Raymond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an historiographer. Saintsbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shock mutually. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or position of a keeper. Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The office, position or function of a leader; as, Gingrich held the House leadership for six years. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of character and personality giving a person the ability to gain the confidence of and lead others; as, Washington's leadership was indispensible to success of the American Revolution. [ PJC ]

3. The people who serve as leaders of a group; as, the party leadership was in disarray after the election. [ PJC ]

n. The office or position of a manager. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Seamanship. [ Obs. ] Udalt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or office of a master. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Mastery; dominion; superior skill; superiority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Driden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Chief work; masterpiece. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An ironical title of respect. [ 1913 Webster ]

How now, seignior Launce! what news with your mastership? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of members, as of a society. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of a mercer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of not being a member. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or work of an observer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an overseer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ AS. ofersceadwian. See Over, and Shade, and cf. Overshadow. ] To cover with shade; to render dark or gloomy; to overshadow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overshadowed p. pr. & vb. n. Overshadowing. ] [ Cf. Overshade. ] 1. To throw a shadow, or shade, over; to darken; to obscure. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a cloud that overshadowed them. Mark ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To cover with a superior influence; to be viewed as more important than. Milton. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. To cause to be sad or disappointing; to cast a sad shadow on; as, an accidental death overshadowed the joy of the festival. [ PJC ]

n. One that throws a shade, or shadow, over anything. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Overshadowing. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shake over or away; to drive away; to disperse. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To shine over or upon; to illumine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To excel in shining; to outshine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shoe that is worn over another for protection from wet or for extra warmth; esp., an India-rubber shoe; a galosh. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Overshot p. pr. & vb. n. Overshooting. ] 1. To shoot over or beyond; to miss; as, to overshoot a mark; to overshoot the green in golf. “Not to overshoot his game.” South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To go beyond an intended point or limit; as, to overshoot the runway in landing an airplane; to overshoot the endpoint in a titration. [ PJC ]

2. To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond. Hartle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To overshoot one's self, to venture too far; to assert too much. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To fly beyond the mark. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. From Overshoot, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

Overshot wheel, a vertical water wheel, the circumference of which is covered with cavities or buckets, and which is turned by water which shoots over the top of it, filling the buckets on the farther side and acting chiefly by its weight. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the upper teeth projecting beyond the lower; -- said of the jaws of some dogs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The state of being an owner; the right to own; exclusive right of possession; legal or just claim or title; proprietorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or position of being a painter. [ R. ] Bp. Gardiner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or condition of being a partner; as, to be in partnership with another; to have partnership in the fortunes of a family or a state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A division or sharing among partners; joint possession or interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rome, that ne'er knew three lordly heads before,
First fell by fatal partnership of power. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

He does possession keep,
And is too wise to hazard partnership. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An alliance or association of persons for the prosecution of an undertaking or a business on joint account; a company; a firm; a house; as, to form a partnership. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A contract between two or more competent persons for joining together their money, goods, labor, and skill, or any or all of them, under an understanding that there shall be a communion of profit between them, and for the purpose of carrying on a legal trade, business, or adventure. Kent. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Community of profit is absolutely essential to, though not necessarily the test of, a partnership. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Arith.) See Fellowship, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

Limited partnership, a form of partnership in which the firm consists of one or more general partners, jointly and severally responsible as ordinary partners, and one or more special partners, who are not liable for the debts of the partnership beyond the amount of cash they contribute as capital. --
Partnership in commendam, the title given to the limited partnership (F. société en commandité) of the French law, introduced into the code of Louisiana. Burrill. --
Silent partnership, the relation of partnership sustained by a person who furnishes capital only. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling ground pepper.
Syn. -- pepper box, pepper pot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Named after Lord Petersham. ] A rough, knotted woolen cloth, used chiefly for men's overcoats; also, a coat of that material. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The occupation or position of a planter, or the management of a plantation, as in the United States or the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]