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adv. [ OE. altogedere; al all + togedere together. See Together. ] 1. All together; conjointly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Altogether they went at once. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Without exception; wholly; completely. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Ps. xxxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. nakedness; -- used mostly in the phrase “in the altogether”. [ informal ]
Syn. -- raw, buff, birthday suit [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A wether, or sheep, which leads the flock, with a bell on his neck. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: A leader. [ Contemptuous ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. dial. pron. of come hither, used in calling cows, etc. ] [ Dial. or Colloq., Brit. ] 1. Matter; affair. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Friendly communication or association.

To put the comether on or
To put one's comether on, to exercise persuasion upon; to get under one's influence; to beguile; to wheedle.

How does ut come about, sorr, that whin a man has put the comether on wan woman he's sure bound to put ut on another? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. aether, Gr. a'iqh`r, fr. a'i`qein to light up, kindle, burn, blaze; akin to Skr. idh, indh, and prob. to E. idle: cf. F. éther. ] [ Written also æther. ] 1. (Physics) A medium of great elasticity and extreme tenuity, once supposed to pervade all space, the interior of solid bodies not excepted, and to be the medium of transmission of light and heat; hence often called luminiferous ether. It is no longer believed that such a medium is required for the transmission of electromagnetic waves; the modern use of the term is mostly a figurative term for empty space, or for literary effect, and not intended to imply the actual existence of a physical medium. However. modern cosmological theories based on quantum field theory do not rule out the possibility that the inherent energy of the vacuum is greater than zero, in which case the concept of an ether pervading the vacuum may have more than metaphoric meaning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Supposed matter above the air; the air itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) (a) A light, volatile, mobile, inflammable liquid, (C2H5)2O, of a characteristic aromatic odor, obtained by the distillation of alcohol with sulphuric acid, and hence called also sulphuric ether. It is a powerful solvent of fats, resins, and pyroxylin, but finds its chief use as an anæsthetic. Commonly called ethyl ether to distinguish it from other ethers, and also ethyl oxide. (b) Any similar compound in which an oxygen atom is bound to two different carbon atoms, each of which is part of an organic radical; as, amyl ether; valeric ether; methyl ethyl ether. The general formular for an ether is ROR′, in which R and R′ are organic radicals which may be of similar or different structure. If R and R′ are different parts of the same organic radical, the structure forms a cyclic ether. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Complex ether,
Mixed ether (Chem.), an ether in which the ether oxygen is attached to two radicals having different structures; as, ethyl methyl ether, C2H5.O.CH3. --
Compound ether (Chem.), an ethereal salt or a salt of some hydrocarbon as the base; an ester. --
Ether engine (Mach.), a condensing engine like a steam engine, but operated by the vapor of ether instead of by steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethereal oil. (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential. --
Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or œnanthic ether). --
Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render ethereal or spiritlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ethereal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L.aethereus, Gr. &unr_; See Ether. ] 1. Formed of ether; ethereal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethereous oil. See Ethereal oil, under Ethereal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The act or process of making ether; specifically, the process by which a large quantity of alcohol is transformed into ether by the agency of a small amount of sulphuric, or ethyl sulphuric, acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ether + form. ] Having the form of ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline hydrocarbon, regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, obtained in heavy oil of wine, the residue left after making ether; -- formerly called also concrete oil of wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Med.) (a) The administration of ether to produce insensibility. (b) The state of the system under the influence of ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Etherized p. pr. & vb. n. Etherizing ] [ Cf. F. éthériser. ] 1. To convert into ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render insensible by means of ether, as by inhalation; as, to etherize a patient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ether + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon regarded as a polymeric variety of ethylene, produced with etherin.

v. t. To combine (various items) and treat them as a unit. See lump, v. i. [ PJC ]

a. [ OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √201. Cf. Beneath. ] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lower, nether. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost. ] Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pot for boiling things; a boiler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like burnished gold the little seether shone. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + thermo- + -graph. ] (Physics) (a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. (b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; far off + E. thermometer. ] (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly tedder, OE. tedir; akin to LG. tider, tier, Icel. tjōðr, Sw. tjūder, Dan. töir. √64. ] A long rope or chain by which an animal is fastened, as to a stake, so that it can range or feed only within certain limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tethered p. pr. & vb. n. Tethering. ] To confine, as an animal, with a long rope or chain, as for feeding within certain limits. [ 1913 Webster ]

And by a slender cord was tethered to a stone. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game played with rackets and a ball suspended by a string from an upright pole, the object of each side being to wrap the string around the pole by striking the ball in a direction opposite to the other. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ OE. togedere, togidere, AS. tōgædere, tōgædre, tōgadere; tō to + gador together. √29. See To, prep., and Gather. ] 1. In company or association with respect to place or time; as, to live together in one house; to live together in the same age; they walked together to the town. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soldiers can never stand idle long together. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In or into union; into junction; as, to sew, knit, or fasten two things together; to mix things together. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king joined humanity and policy together. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In concert; with mutual cooperation; as, the allies made war upon France together. [ 1913 Webster ]

Together with, in union with; in company or mixture with; along with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Take the bad together with the good. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wether, AS. weðer; akin to OS. wethar, withar, a ram, D. weder, G. widder, OHG. widar, Icel. veðr, Sw. vädur, Dan. vædder, Goth. wiþrus a lamb, L. vitulus calf, Skr. vatsa, L. vetus old, Gr. 'e`tos year; -- originally meaning, a yearling. Cf. Veal, Veteran. ] A castrated ram. [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ OE. whether, AS. hwæ&unr_;er; akin to OS. hwe&unr_;ar, OFries. hweder, OHG. hwedar, wedar, G. weder, conj., neither, Icel. hvārr whether, Goth. hwa&unr_;ar, Lith. katras, L. uter, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, Skr. katara, from the interrogatively pronoun, in AS. hwā who. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. See Who, and cf. Either, Neither, Or, conj. ] Which (of two); which one (of two); -- used interrogatively and relatively. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now choose yourself whether that you liketh. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

One day in doubt I cast for to compare
Whether in beauties' glory did exceed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether of them twain did the will of his father? Matt. xxi. 31. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. In case; if; -- used to introduce the first or two or more alternative clauses, the other or others being connected by or, or by or whether. When the second of two alternatives is the simple negative of the first it is sometimes only indicated by the particle not or no after the correlative, and sometimes it is omitted entirely as being distinctly implied in the whether of the first. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now who knows
But you, Lorenzo, whether I am yours? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have said; but whether wisely or no, let the forest judge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. Rom. xiv. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

But whether thus these things, or whether not;
Whether the sun, predominant in heaven,
Rise on the earth, or earth rise on the sun, . . .
Solicit not thy thoughts with matters hid. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether or no, in either case; in any case; as, I will go whether or no. --
Whether that, whether. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]