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n. See Adze. [ Obs. ] Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. avis, F. avis; &unr_; + OF. vis, fr. L. visum seemed, seen; really p. p. of videre to see, so that vis meant that which has seemed best. See Vision, and cf. Avise, Advise. ] 1. An opinion recommended or offered, as worthy to be followed; counsel. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may give advice, but we can not give conduct. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Deliberate consideration; knowledge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

How shall I dote on her with more advice,
That thus without advice begin to love her? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Information or notice given; intelligence; as, late advices from France; -- commonly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In commercial language, advice usually means information communicated by letter; -- used chiefly in reference to drafts or bills of exchange; as, a letter of advice. McElrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Crim. Law) Counseling to perform a specific illegal act. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Advice boat, a vessel employed to carry dispatches or to reconnoiter; a dispatch boat. --
To take advice. (a) To accept advice. (b) To consult with another or others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Counsel; suggestion; recommendation; admonition; exhortation; information; notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The European shad (Clupea vulgaris); allice shad. See Alose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The berry of the pimento (Eugenia pimenta), a tree of the West Indies; a spice of a mildly pungent taste, and agreeably aromatic; Jamaica pepper; pimento. It has been supposed to combine the flavor of cinnamon, nutmegs, and cloves; and hence the name. The name is also given to other aromatic shrubs; as, the Carolina allspice (Calycanthus floridus); wild allspice (Lindera benzoin), called also spicebush, spicewood, and feverbush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amyse, prob. for amyt, OF. amit, ameit, fr. L. amictus cloak, the word being confused with amice, almuce, a hood or cape. See next word. ] A square of white linen worn at first on the head, but now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. amuce, amisse, OF. almuce, aumuce, F. aumusse, LL. almucium, almucia, aumucia: of unknown origin; cf. G. mütze cap, prob. of the same origin. Cf. Mozetta. ] (Eccl.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ NL. ] In English; in the English manner; as, Livorno, Anglice Leghorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. apprentice, prentice, OF. aprentis, nom. of aprentif, fr. apprendare to learn, L. apprendere, equiv. to apprehendere, to take hold of (by the mind), to comprehend. See Apprehend, Prentice. ] 1. One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One not well versed in a subject; a tyro.
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3. (Old law) A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years' standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant. [ Obs. ] Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Apprenticed; p. pr. & vb. n. Apprenticing. ] To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. armistice, fr. (an assumed word) L. armistitium; arma arms + stare, statum (combining form, -stitum), to stand still. ] A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. artificium, fr. artifex artificer; ars, artis, art + facere to make: cf. F. artifice. ] 1. A handicraft; a trade; art of making. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work. [ 1913 Webster ]

The material universe . . . in the artifice of God, the artifice of the best Mechanist. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artful or skillful contrivance. [ 1913 Webster ]

His [ Congreve's ] plots were constructed without much artifice. Craik. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [ Now the usual meaning. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Those who were conscious of guilt employed numerous artifices for the purpose of averting inquiry. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aruspex: cf. F. aruspice. Cf. Aruspex, Haruspice. ] A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex. [ Written also haruspice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Auspices [ L. auspicium, fr. auspex: cf. F. auspice. See Auspicate, a. ] 1. A divining or taking of omens by observing birds; an omen as to an undertaking, drawn from birds; an augury; an omen or sign in general; an indication as to the future. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Protection; patronage and care; guidance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Which by his auspice they will nobler make. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this sense the word is generally plural, auspices; as, under the auspices of the king. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avaritia, fr. avarus avaricious, prob. fr. avēre to covet, fr. a root av to satiate one's self: cf. Gr. 'a`menai, 'a^sai, to satiate, Skr. av to satiate one's self, rejoice, protect. ] 1. An excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness for wealth; covetousness; cupidity. [ 1913 Webster ]

To desire money for its own sake, and in order to hoard it up, is avarice. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inordinate desire for some supposed good. [ 1913 Webster ]

All are taught an avarice of praise. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the initial price of something (goods or services) without the additional charges that may be added, such as handling or shipping charges, sales tax, optional equipment charges, etc. [ PJC ]

See under Ice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of various Eurasian and North American plants having small prickly nutlets that stick to clothing.
Syn. -- beggar's lice, beggar's-lice, beggar lice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of various tropical and subtropical plants having trifoliate leaves and rough sticky pod sections or loments.
Syn. -- tick trefoil, tick-trefoil, beggar's-lice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To infect with jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bénéfice, L. beneficium, a kindness , in LL. a grant of an estate, fr. L. beneficus beneficent; bene well + facere to do. See Benefit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A favor or benefit. [ Obs. ] Baxter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Feudal Law) An estate in lands; a fief. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Such an estate was granted at first for life only, and held on the mere good pleasure of the donor; but afterward, becoming hereditary, it received the appellation of fief, and the term benefice became appropriated to church livings. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An ecclesiastical living and church preferment, as in the Church of England; a church endowed with a revenue for the maintenance of divine service. See Advowson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ All church preferments are called benefices, except bishoprics, which are called dignities. But, ordinarily, the term dignity is applied to bishoprics, deaneries, archdeaconries, and prebendaryships; benefice to parsonages, vicarages, and donatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beneficed. ] To endow with a benefice. [ Commonly in the past participle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To season with spice, or with some spicy drug. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bis, akin to It. bigio light gray, tawny. ] (Paint.) A pale blue pigment, prepared from the native blue carbonate of copper, or from smalt; -- called also blue bice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Green bice is prepared from the blue, by adding yellow orpiment, or by grinding down the green carbonate of copper. Cooley. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bodick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ This is properly the plural of body, Oe. bodise a pair of bodies, equiv. to a bodice. Cf. Corset, and see Body. ] 1. A kind of under waist stiffened with whalebone, etc., worn esp. by women; a corset; stays. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A close-fitting outer waist or vest forming the upper part of a woman's dress, or a portion of it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her bodice half way she unlaced. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

The condition of a bond servant; service without wages; slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their children . . . upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bond service. 1 Kings ix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An office where passage tickets are sold. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + service. ] (O. Eng. Law) Service due from a bordar; bordage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brettice. ] (Mining) (a) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. (b) Planking to support a roof or wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brettices [ OE. bretasce, bretage, parapet, OF. bretesche wooden tower, F. bretèche, LL. breteschia, bertresca, prob. fr. OHG. bret, G. brett board; akin to E. board. See Board, n., and cf. Bartizan. ] The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist. ] (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See Puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. köder bait. ] (Zool.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larvæ generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Calice. ] See Chalice. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] (Mus.) A female professional singer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i. ] 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. “Caprices of appetite.” W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.

Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OR. chalis, calice, OF. chalice, calice, F. calice, fr. L. calix, akin to Gr. &unr_; and E. helmet. Cf. Calice, Calyx. ] A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. [ 1913 Webster ]

The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. --
Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. colloquial British abbreviation for chocolate ice cream. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. √46. Cf. Choose. ] 1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option. [ 1913 Webster ]

Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ]

I imagine they [ the apothegms of Cæsar ] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sufficient number to choose among. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection. [ 1913 Webster ]

The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The best part; that which is preferable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The flower and choice
Of many provinces from bound to bound. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference.

Syn. - See Volition, Option. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Choicer superl. Choicest ] 1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable. [ 1913 Webster ]

My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen. [ 1913 Webster ]

Choice word measured phrase. Wordsworth.

Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/ [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. cicatrix. ] A cicatrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Cilicious. ] A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk. [ 1913 Webster ]

That bare vowel, I, shall poison more
Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified. [ 1913 Webster ]

The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [ Rev. Ver. basilisk's ] den. Is. xi. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Any venomous or deadly thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Complices [ F., fr. L. complex, -plicis, closely connected with one, confederate. See Complicate, and cf. Accomplice. ] An accomplice. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. Gr. ko`lafos. Cf. Copse, and cf. Coupé, Coupee. ] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Coppiced p. pr. & vb. n. Coppicing ] (Forestry) To cause to grow in the form of a coppice; to cut back (as young timber) so as to produce shoots from stools or roots. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; akin to L. corona crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis. ] (Arch.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. couardise, fr. couard. See Coward. ] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]