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n. a European annual with pale rose-colored flowers; cultivated flower or self-sown grainfield weed; introduced in North America; sometimes classified as a soapwort; -- also called the cow-cockle.
Syn. -- cow cockle, cow-cockle, Vaccaria hispanica, Vaccaria pyramidata, Saponaria vaccaria. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a mattress stuffed with feathers.
Syn. -- feather bed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A substitute for whalebone, made from the quills of geese and turkeys. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Giddy; frivolous; lacking seriousness; given to frivolity; feather-headed. [ Colloq. ]
Syn. -- airheaded, dizzy, empty-headed, giddy, lightheaded, light-headed, silly. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A mountain in Kashmir, 26, 470 feet high. [ proper name ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. herbe, erbe, OF. herbe, erbe, F. herbe, L. herba; perh. akin to Gr. forbh` food, pasture, fe`rbein to feed. ] 1. A plant whose stem does not become woody and permanent, but dies, at least down to the ground, after flowering. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Annual herbs live but one season; biennial herbs flower the second season, and then die; perennial herbs produce new stems year after year. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Grass; herbage. [ 1913 Webster ]

And flocks
Grazing the tender herb. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herb bennet. (Bot.) See Bennet. --
Herb Christopher (Bot.), an herb (Actaea spicata), whose root is used in nervous diseases; the baneberry. The name is occasionally given to other plants, as the royal fern, the wood betony, etc. --
Herb Gerard (Bot.), the goutweed; -- so called in honor of St. Gerard, who used to be invoked against the gout. Dr. Prior. --
Herb grace, or
Herb of grace. (Bot.) See Rue. --
Herb Margaret (Bot.), the daisy. See Marguerite. --
Herb Paris (Bot.), an Old World plant related to the trillium (Paris quadrifolia), commonly reputed poisonous. --
Herb Robert (Bot.), a species of Geranium (Geranium Robertianum.) [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. herbaceus grassy. See Herb. ] Of or pertaining to herbs; having the nature, texture, or characteristics, of an herb; as, herbaceous plants; an herbaceous stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Herb. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Herbs collectively; green food beasts; grass; pasture. “Thin herbage in the plaims.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law.) The liberty or right of pasture in the forest or in the grounds of another man. Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Covered with grass. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to herbs. Quarles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A book containing the names and descriptions of plants. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of specimens of plants, dried and preserved; a hortus siccus; an herbarium. Steele. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The knowledge of herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in the knowledge of plants; a collector of, or dealer in, herbs, especially medicinal herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An herb. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A herbalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n.; pl. E. Herbariums L. Herbaria [ LL., fr. L. herba. See Herb, and cf. Arbor, Herbary. ] 1. A collection of dried specimens of plants, systematically arranged. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book or case for preserving dried plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Herborize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Herbarium. ] A garden of herbs; a cottage garden. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. herbier, LL. herbarium. See Herbarium. ] A garden; a pleasure garden. [ Obs. ] “Into an herber green.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Harborage. ] Harborage; lodging; shelter; harbor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Harbinger. ] A harbinger. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

/mhw>, n. [ See Harbor. ] A harbor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. herbescens, p. pr. of herbescere. ] Growing into herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. herbidus. ] Covered with herbs. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Herb + -ferous: cf. F. herbifére. ] Bearing herbs or vegetation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A herbalist. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. herba herb + vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) An extensive division of Mammalia. It formerly included the Proboscidea, Hyracoidea, Perissodactyla, and Artiodactyla, but by later writers it is generally restricted to the two latter groups (Ungulata). They feed almost exclusively upon vegetation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. herbivore. ] (Zool.) One of the Herbivora. P. H. Gosse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Eating plants; of or pertaining to the Herbivora. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of herbs or of vegetation. J. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small herb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. herboriste. ] A herbalist. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. herborisation. ] 1. The act of herborizing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The figure of plants in minerals or fossils. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Herborized p. pr. & vb. n. Herborizing ] [ F. herboriser, for herbariser, fr. L. herbarium. See Hebrarium. ] To search for plants, or new species of plants, with a view to classifying them. [ 1913 Webster ]

He herborized as he traveled. W. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form the figures of plants in; -- said in reference to minerals. See Arborized. [ 1913 Webster ]

Herborized stones contain fine mosses. Fourcroy (Trans.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Harborough, and Harbor. ] A harbor. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson.

{ } a. [ L. herbosus: cf. F. herbeux. ] Abounding with herbs. “Fields poetically called herbose.” Byrom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Herb-women A woman that sells herbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the nature of, pertaining to, or covered with, herbs or herbage. “Herby valleys.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Electronics) The board containing the main circuits of an electronic device, especially computers. The term is used primarily in microcomputer literature, where it designates the board containing the main expansion bus, and usually also the cpu. On motherboards designed with an expansion bus, often all of the circuits not contained on an expansion card are on the motherboard. [ PJC ]

n. See Sherbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. sherbet, shorbet, sharbat, properly, one drink or sip, a draught, beverage, from shariba to drink. Cf. Sorbet, Sirup, Shrub a drink. ] 1. A refreshing drink, common in the East, made of the juice of some fruit, diluted, sweetened, and flavored in various ways; as, orange sherbet; lemon sherbet; raspberry sherbet, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flavored water ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A preparation of bicarbonate of soda, tartaric acid, sugar, etc., variously flavored, for making an effervescing drink; -- called also sherbet powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Naut.) To take another turn with, as a cable around a windlass. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Naut.) (a) That side of a vessel which is toward the wind; the windward side. (b) A piece of plank placed in a porthole, or other opening, to keep out water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (a) (Arch.) A board extending from the ridge to the eaves along the slope of the gable, and forming a close junction between the shingling of a roof and the side of the building beneath. (b) A clapboard or feather-edged board used in weatherboarding. [ 1913 Webster ]