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n. Same as Archpriest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + presbytery. ] The absolute dominion of presbytery. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + primate. ] The chief primate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The town, city, or country, where a person is born; place of origin or birth, in its more general sense. “The birthplace of valor.” Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n. Some worthless catchpenny thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chacepol, chacipol. ] A bailiff's assistant.

n. (Mach.) a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

☞ It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid, in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. large pan for washing dishes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a large pan for washing dishes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A species of pea (Amphicarpæa monoica). It is a climbing leguminous plant, with hairy underground pods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a freshwater pond with fish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. hence, pl. plenty; high living. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. Places providing opportunity to indulge in amusements or pleasures without moral restraints. [ PJC ]

a. Bold; forward; aggressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. hochepot, fr. hocher to shake + pot pot; both of Dutch or German origin; cf. OD. hutspot hotchpotch, D. hotsen, hutsen, to shake. See Hustle, and Pot, and cf. Hodgepodge. ] 1. A mingled mass; a confused mixture; a stew of various ingredients; a hodgepodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

A mixture or hotchpotch of many tastes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A blending of property for equality of division, as when lands given in frank-marriage to one daughter were, after the death of the ancestor, blended with the lands descending to her and to her sisters from the same ancestor, and then divided in equal portions among all the daughters. In modern usage, a mixing together, or throwing into a common mass or stock, of the estate left by a person deceased and the amounts advanced to any particular child or children, for the purpose of a more equal division, or of equalizing the shares of all the children; the property advanced being accounted for at its value when given. Bouvier. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term has been applied in cases of salvage. Story. It corresponds in a measure with collation in the civil and Scotch law. See Collation. Bouvier. Tomlins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Written also inchipin, inche-pinne, inne-pinne. ] [ Cf. Gael. inne, innidh, bowel, entrail. ] The sweetbread of a deer. Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Rocketry) a platform from which rockets or space craft are launched.
Syn. -- launching pad, launch pad, launch area, pad. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. lynis the axletree; akin to D. luns linchpin, OS. lunisa, LG. lunse, G. lünse, OHG. lun peg, bolt. ] A pin used to prevent the wheel of a vehicle from sliding off the axletree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. It. marzapane, Sp. pan, . massepain, prob. fr. L. maza frumenty (Gr. ma^za) + L. panis bread; but perh. the first part of the word is from the name of the inventor. ] A kind of sweet bread or biscuit; a cake of pounded almonds and sugar. Called also marzipan. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or outflow of a fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who delivers the opinion of others or of another; a spokesman; as, the mouthpiece of his party. [ 1913 Webster ]

Egmont was imprudent enough to make himself the mouthpiece of their remonstrance. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence: A person's lawyer. [ slang ] This is a term that was used sometimes in old movies. When a tough bad guy was arrested he might say “I ain't sayin' nothin' without my mouthpiece!” [ PJC ]

n. A miserly person. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A detachable share at the extreme front end of the plow body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A child's game played with pins. L. Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pitcher who pitches with the left hand. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Baseball) Using the left hand in pitching; said of a pitcher. [ Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Perfect in what is undertaken; complete; going all lengths; as, a thoroughplaced Tory or Whig. [ 1913 Webster ]

If she be a thoroughplaced impostor. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Far.) A disease of the hock (sometimes of the knee) of a horse, caused by inflammation of the synovial membrane and a consequent excessive secretion of the synovial fluid; -- probably so called because there is usually an oval swelling on each side of the leg, appearing somewhat as if a pin had been thrust through. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pointed instrument for clearing the teeth of substances lodged between them. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toothpick. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having fidelity pledged. [ 1913 Webster ]