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n. [ Cf. Ger. erzkanzler. See Arch-, pref. ] A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of supreme chemical powers. [ R. ] “The archchemic sun.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a bin that holds rubbish until it is collected.
Syn. -- trash can, garbage can, wastebin, ashbin, dustbin, trash barrel, trash bin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. [ Written also beach-comber or beach comber. ] (Naut.) 1. A vagrant seaman, usually of low character, who loiters about seaports, particularly on the shores and islands of the Pacific Ocean. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

I was fortunate enough, however, to forgather with a Scotchman who was a beach-comber. F. T. Bullen. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a vagrant living on a beach. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. a person who searches along a beach for objects of value, such as lost objects or seashells. [ PJC ]

n. [ Yiddish borscht, fr. Russian ] a Russian soup usually containing beet juice as a foundation, and often served with sour cream. Also, as used in the U.S., a sour cabbage soup, called in Russian shchi.
Syn. -- borsch, borsh, borscht, borsht, bortsch. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. A cloth worn around the breech. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. covering for the loins.
Syn. -- breechcloth, loincloth, G-string. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A cloth used for washing dishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dishcloth. [ Obsolescent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Ready or about to appear; making appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Candid; frank; not withholding relevant information; cooperative in providing information. [ PJC ]

3. Having an agreeable and sociable personality; friendly. [ PJC ]

4. Available or ready at the time required; as, payment will be forthcoming on receipt of the goods. [ PJC ]

a. Clad or crowned with heath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a chair designed for feeding a very young child, having four long legs and a footrest and a detachable tray, which rests in front of the child, holds the food, and also serves as a restraint, to keep the child from falling out of the chair.
Syn. -- feeding chair. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The art of healing; skill of a physician. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Scup. ] (Zool.) The scup. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conducting cord with a plug at each end, used to make connections between circuit terminals at a patchboard. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A clamp on a flexible pipe to regulate the flow of a fluid through the pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To form in its first rudiments, without revision, correction, or polish. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To mold without nicety or elegance; to form with asperities and inequalities. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To plaster with a mixture of lime and shells or pebbles; as, to roughcast a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A rude model; the rudimentary, unfinished form of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of plastering made of lime, with a mixture of shells or pebbles, used for covering buildings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who roughcasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or occupation of a smith; smithing. [ R. ] Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Spitchcock. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st spit + cock. ] (Cookery) To split (as an eel) lengthwise, and broil it, or fry it in hot fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) An eel split and broiled. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Cookery) Broiled or fried after being split lengthwise; -- said of eels. [ 1913 Webster ]