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n. A state of being acquainted; acquaintance. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office or duty of an advocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an ædile. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + fresh. ] Anew; again; once more; newly. [ 1913 Webster ]

They crucify . . . the Son of God afresh. Heb. vi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or dignity of an apostle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of an associate, as in Academy or an office. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Pers. bakhshīsh, fr. bakhshīdan to give. ] In Egypt and the Turkish empire, a relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter); a gratuity; a “tip”.
Syn. -- gratuity, tip, baksheesh, bakshish, bakshis. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A relatively small amount of money given for services rendered (as by a waiter). Same as Backsheesh.
Syn. -- gratuity, tip, bakshish, bakshis, backsheesh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. Same as Backsheesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. An independent Asian country on teh Bay of Bengal that was once part of India and then part of Pakistan (called East Pakistan).
Syn. -- Bangla Desh, East Pakistan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Bangladesh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bangladesh. Bangladeshi dialects
Syn. -- East Pakistani. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Nav.) [ shortened from line-of-battle ship, i.e. the most heavily armored ship suited to be in the front line of a naval battle. ] An armor-plated warship built of steel and heavily armed, generally having over ten thousand tons displacement, and intended to be fit to combat the heaviest enemy ships in line of battle; the most heavily armed and armored class of warship at any given time. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The state of being, or the personality of, a beadle. A. Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beshone; p. pr. & vb. n. Beshining. ] To shine upon; to illumine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To curse; to execrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beshrew me, but I love her heartily. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Often a very mild form of imprecation; sometimes so far from implying a curse, as to be uttered coaxingly, nay even with some tenderness. Schmidt. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

v. t. To shut up or out. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Sciatica. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Candidacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cargo ship for the transport of livestock.
Syn. -- cattle boat. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The office of a chargé d'affaires. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of chief justice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A frame to hang clothes on. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person who is conspicuous for dressing fashionably, especially one who spends much time or money to acquire clothing. [ PJC ]

n. 1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A light boat. [ 1913 Webster ]

To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Partnership in office. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or functions of a constable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of being a creature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A curacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. déshabillé, fr. déshabiller to undress; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + habiller to dress. See Habiliment, and cf. Dishabille. ] An undress; a careless toilet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a disciple or follower in doctrines and precepts. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce the flesh or obesity of. [ Obs. ] Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality or condition of being a duke; also, the personality of a duke. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Carp.) Having an edge planed, -- said of a board. Knight.

n. The office of ædile. T. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe with flesh. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Vices which are . . . enfleshed in him. Florio. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + mesh. Cf. Inmesh. ] To catch or entangle in, or as in, meshes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

My doubts enmesh me if I try. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cosmetic powder or cream of a dark tint, applied on the eyelids or just under the eyebrows to accentuate the eyes. Compare eyeliner. [ PJC ]

n. Range, reach, or glance of the eye; view; sight; as, to be out of eyeshot. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl&aemacr_;sc; akin to OFries. flāsk, D. vleesch, OS. flēsk, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fläsk. ] 1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In composition it is mainly proteinaceous, but contains in adition a large number of low-molecular-weight subtances, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in potassium phosphate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal person. [ 1913 Webster ]

As if this flesh, which walls about our life,
Were brass impregnable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen. vi. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. Cowper.

(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Kindred; stock; race. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is our brother and our flesh. Gen. xxxvii. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. “Ye judge after the flesh.” John viii. 15. --
An arm of flesh, human strength or aid. --
Flesh and blood. See under Blood. --
Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water. --
Flesh fly (Zool.), one of several species of flies whose larvæ or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; -- called also meat fly, carrion fly, and blowfly. See Blowly. --
Flesh meat, animal food. Swift. --
Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; -- opposed to grain side. --
Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. --
Flesh worm (Zool.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See Flesh fly (above). --
Proud flesh. See under Proud. --
To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. Gen. ii. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Fleshed p. pr. & vb. n. Fleshing. ] 1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; -- from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Full bravely hast thou fleshed
Thy maiden sword. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wild dog
Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. “Fleshed in triumphs.” Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old soldiers
Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Leather Manufacture) To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A butcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife. [ 1913 Webster ]