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n. [ From Dr. Babbington. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a horse bred for racing.
Syn. -- racehorse, race horse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

A canvas for a portrait measuring 58 by 94 inches. The half bishop measures 45 by 56. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Living among bogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn. ] (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A spendthrift. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be,
A dingthrift and a knave? Drant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A cramp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Dogteeth 1. See Canine tooth, under Canine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) An ornament common in Gothic architecture, consisting of pointed projections resembling teeth; -- also called tooth ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dogtooth spar (Min.), a variety of calcite, in acute crystals, resembling the tooth of a dog. See Calcite. --
Dogtooth violet (Bot.), a small, bulbous herb of the Lily family (genus Erythronium). It has two shining flat leaves and commonly one large flower. [ Written also dog's-tooth violet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A gentle trot, like that of a dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) A grayish white zeolitic mineral, in tetragonal crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and baryta. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lengthen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. accommodating the full height of the human figure; as, a full-length mirror. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. representing the full height of the human figure; as, a full-length portrait. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. unabridged; as, the full-length play. Opposite of abridged.
Syn. -- complete, uncut. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Undiluted; -- of liquids. Opposite of diluted.
Syn. -- neat, straight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Gagteeth A projecting tooth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of half the whole or ordinary length, as a picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. in-fangen-þeóf; in in, into + fangen taken (p. p. of fōn to take) + þeóf thief. ] (O. Eng. Law) The privilege granted to lords of certain manors to judge thieves taken within the seigniory of such lords. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Carp.) A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Norw. lagting, lagthing; lag company, society (akin to E. law, lay) + ting, thing, parliament. See Thing. ] See Legislatature, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Loo. ] An old game at cards. See Loo (a). Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lengthe, AS. lengð, fr. lang, long, long; akin to D. lengte, Dan. længde, Sw. längd, Icel. lengd. See Long, a. ] 1. The longest, or longer, dimension of any object, in distinction from breadth or width; extent of anything from end to end; the longest line which can be drawn through a body, parallel to its sides; as, the length of a church, or of a ship; the length of a rope or line. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length; -- often in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

Large lengths of seas and shores. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The future but a length behind the past. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The quality or state of being long, in space or time; extent; duration; as, some sea birds are remarkable for the length of their wings; he was tired by the length of the sermon, and the length of his walk. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A single piece or subdivision of a series, or of a number of long pieces which may be connected together; as, a length of pipe; a length of fence. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Detail or amplification; unfolding; continuance as, to pursue a subject to a great length. [ 1913 Webster ]

May Heaven, great monarch, still augment your bliss
With length of days, and every day like this. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Distance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He had marched to the length of Exeter. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

At length. (a) At or in the full extent; without abbreviation; as, let the name be inserted at length. (b) At the end or conclusion; after a long period. See Syn. of At last, under Last. --
At arm's length. See under Arm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lengthen. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lengthened p. pr. & vb. n. Lengthening ] To extent in length; to make longer in extent or duration; as, to lengthen a line or a road; to lengthen life; -- sometimes followed by out. [ 1913 Webster ]

What if I please to lengthen out his date. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become longer. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Long. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lengthy manner; at great length or extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. In the direction of the length; running or extending in the direction of the length of a thing; in a longitudinal direction. Contrasted with crosswise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Lengthier superl. Lengthiest. ] Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like. “Lengthy periods.” Washington. “Some lengthy additions.” Byron. “These would be details too lengthy.” Jefferson. “To cut short lengthy explanations.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An animal, particularly a log, having an uncut tail. Cf. Curtail. Dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A longtail was a gentleman's dog, or the dog of one qualified to bunt, other dogs being required to have their tails cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cut and longtail, all, gentlefolks and others, as they might come. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The amount of magnetic flux in a unit area perpendicular to the direction of magnetic flow.
Syn. -- magnetic intensity, magnetic induction, magnetic flux density. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Morning time. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. ūt-fangen-þeóf. See Out, Fang, v. t., and Thief. ] (Anglo-Saxon & O. Eng. Law) (a) A thief from without or abroad, taken within a lord's fee or liberty. (b) The privilege of trying such a thief. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The tail of a pig. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hair Dressing) A cue, or queue. J. & H. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of twisted chewing tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tobacco he usually cheweth, called pigtail. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a tail like a pig's; as, the pigtailed baboon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) a rhythm with a regular accompaniment in two-four time and a melody characterized by syncopation, first recognized in many negro melodies; also a style of American music in this rhythm. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

v. t. To strengthen again; to fortify anew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) A bird having a distinct band of color across the tail, as the hen harrier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ringtail boom (Naut.), a spar which is rigged on a boom for setting a ringtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game in which the object is to toss a ring so that it will catch upon an upright stick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. Perhaps the name of some notorius scold. ] A word employed in the phrase, To ride Skimmington; that is to ride on a horse with a woman, but behind her, facing backward, carrying a distaff, and accompanied by a procession of jeering neighbors making mock music; a cavalcade in ridicule of a henpecked man. The custom was in vogue in parts of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The pintail duck; -- called also sprig, and spreet-tail. [ Local, U.S. ] (b) The sharp-tailed grouse. [ Local, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small apterous insects belonging to the order Thysanura. They have two elastic caudal stylets which can be bent under the abdomen and then suddenly extended like a spring, thus enabling them to leap to a considerable distance. See Collembola, and Podura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The time of spring; springtime. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The season of spring; springtide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A sting ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. strengthe, AS. strengðu, fr. strang strong. See Strong. ] 1. The quality or state of being strong; ability to do or to bear; capacity for exertion or endurance, whether physical, intellectual, or moral; force; vigor; power; as, strength of body or of the arm; strength of mind, of memory, or of judgment. [ 1913 Webster ]

All his [ Samson's ] strength in his hairs were. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou must outlive
Thy youth, thy strength, thy beauty. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Power to resist force; solidity or toughness; the quality of bodies by which they endure the application of force without breaking or yielding; -- in this sense opposed to frangibility; as, the strength of a bone, of a beam, of a wall, a rope, and the like. “The brittle strength of bones.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Power of resisting attacks; impregnability. “Our castle's strength will laugh a siege to scorn.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That quality which tends to secure results; effective power in an institution or enactment; security; validity; legal or moral force; logical conclusiveness; as, the strength of social or legal obligations; the strength of law; the strength of public opinion; strength of evidence; strength of argument. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security. [ 1913 Webster ]

God is our refuge and strength. Ps. xlvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

What they boded would be a mischief to us, you are providing shall be one of our principal strengths. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Certainly there is not a greater strength against temptation. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Force as measured; amount, numbers, or power of any body, as of an army, a navy, and the like; as, what is the strength of the enemy by land, or by sea? [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Vigor or style; force of expression; nervous diction; -- said of literary work. [ 1913 Webster ]

And praise the easy vigor of a life
Where Denham's strength and Waller's sweetness join. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. Intensity; -- said of light or color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright Phoebus in his strength. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. Intensity or degree of the distinguishing and essential element; spirit; virtue; excellence; -- said of liquors, solutions, etc.; as, the strength of wine or of acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

10. A strong place; a stronghold. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

On the strength of, or
Upon the strength of, in reliance upon. “The allies, after a successful summer, are too apt, upon the strength of it, to neglect their preparations for the ensuing campaign.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Force; robustness; toughness; hardness; stoutness; brawniness; lustiness; firmness; puissance; support; spirit; validity; authority. See Force. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strengthen. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Strengthened p. pr. & vb. n. Strengthening. ] 1. To make strong or stronger; to add strength to; as, to strengthen a limb, a bridge, an army; to strengthen an obligation; to strengthen authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let noble Warwick, Cobham, and the rest, . . .
With powerful policy strengthen themselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To animate; to encourage; to fix in resolution. [ 1913 Webster ]

Charge Joshua, and encourage him, and strengthen him. Deut. iii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To invigorate; confirm; establish; fortify; animate; encourage. [ 1913 Webster ]