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n. Fullness of branches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of resembling a brush; brushlike condition; shagginess. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The condition or quality of being bushy. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. [ 1913 Webster ]
Chinese paper.
Chinese wax,
n. sing. & pl.
☞ Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
. Any of several acts forbidding the immigration of Chinese laborers into the United States, originally from 1882 to 1892 by act of May 6, 1882, then from 1892 to 1902 by act May 5, 1892. By act of April 29, 1902, all existing legislation on the subject was reënacted and continued, and made applicable to the insular possessions of the United States. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
adj. of a vivid red to reddish-orange color.
n. The quality or state of being doughy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit. 2 Cor. vii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
Carry forth the filthiness out of the holy place. 2 Chron. xxix. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being fishy or fishlike. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality of being flashy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State or quality of being frothy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being healthy or healthful; freedom from disease. [ 1913 Webster ]
Tradition and comparative philology agree in pointing to northwestern China, between the upper courses of the Yang-tsekiang and of the Ho-ang-ho, as the original home of the Indo-Chinese race. Census of India, 1901. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. A family of languages, mostly of the isolating type, although some are agglutinative, spoken in the great area extending from northern India in the west to Formosa in the east and from Central Asia in the north to the Malay Peninsula in the south. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. The state of being itchy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being lengthy; prolixity. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or condition of being marshy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Unevenness in quality or performance. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. [ From Pitchy. ] Blackness, as of pitch; darkness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being pithy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being poachy; marshiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being praiseworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. rheinkiesel Rhine quartz. ] A colorless stone of high luster, made of paste. It is much used as an inexpensive ornament. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Rushy. ] The quality or state of abounding with rushes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being seaworthy, or able to resist the ordinary violence of wind and weather. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Shyness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being sketchy; lack of finish; incompleteness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being squashy, or soft. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being starchy; stiffness in manners; formality.
n. The state, quality, or character of being stealthy; stealth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being swarthy; a dusky or dark complexion; tawniness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being techy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Techiness. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being thankworthy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being touchy; peevishness; irritability; irascibility. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being trashy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Who is sure he hath a soul, unless
It see, and judge, and follow worthiness? Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]
The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthiness accepted. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]