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a. Like or suited to an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. gelīce, onlīce. ] In the same manner, form, or degree; in common; equally; as, we are all alike concerned in religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. onlīc, gelīc; pref. ā + like. ] Having resemblance or similitude; similar; without difference. [ Now used only predicatively. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The darkness and the light are both alike to thee. Ps. cxxxix. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like-minded. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Alsike, in Sweden. ] A species of clover with pinkish or white flowers; Trifolium hybridum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & adv. Resembling an angel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a visual defect in which the shape and size of an ocular image differ in the two eyes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to aniseikonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Trimmed. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Full fresh and new here gear apiked was. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ An erroneous form of arithmetic, as if from L. ars metrica the measuring art. ] Arithmetic. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russian. ]a stringed instrument of Russian origin that has a triangular body and three strings. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A dyed fabric with designs drawn on by applying a removable wax where the dye is not wanted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The method used to create a batik{ 1 }; using wax to allow drawing or printing of designs on a fabric. [ PJC ]

adj. having an extensive gently sloping area of sand or gravel; -- of a shore or shoreline. Opposite of cliffy. [ Narrower terms: gravelly, pebbly, shingly ]
Syn. -- beachy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Like a beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a member of the Beat Generation; a nonconformist in dress and behavior. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. be- (for by) + like. ] It is likely or probably; perhaps. [ Obs. or Archaic ] -- Be*like"ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Belike, boy, then you are in love. Shak. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ AS. beswīcan; be- + swīcan to deceive, entice; akin to OS. swīkan, OHG. swīhhan, Icel. svīkja. ] To lure; to cheat. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ethymol. unknown. ] A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind., fr. Skr. visha poison. ] (Bot.) The East Indian name of a virulent poison extracted from Aconitum ferox or other species of aconite: also, the plant itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young bird. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a bishop; belonging to a bishop. Fulke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. similar to a bladder.
Syn. -- bladdery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Like a block; stupid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as bodkin; -- a variant spelling. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

adj. of or pertaining to Bolsheviks or bolshevism. Bolshevik Revolution
Syn. -- bolshevik. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Russian bol'shevik fr. bol'she more + -vik, a person, i.e. one who is a member of the majority (in the revolutionary Russian parliament). ] 1. a member of the extreme left wing of the Social Democratic Party that seized power in Russia in 1917 after the Russian October Revolution, and advocated rule by the proletariat and state ownership of property. Actually in the minority, this branch seized the opportunity, when the moderate group walked out, to proclaim themselves a majority and form a government. They prevailed in the subsequent civil war. [ PJC ]

2. same as communist, especially used of Russian communists. [ PJC ]

3. anyone with communist leanings or sympathies; -- used very loosely in a derogatory sense by some people with economically conservative views. [ PJC ]

adj. resembling bone. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Boot + -kin. ] 1. A little boot, legging, or gaiter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A covering for the foot or hand, worn as a cure for the gout. H. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembling a box in rectangularity. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. same as boyish.
Syn. -- boyish, schoolboyish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. resembling the sound of a brass instrument.
Syn. -- brassy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having an appearance resembling that of brass.
Syn. -- brassy. [ PJC ]

n. [ AS. brice. ] A breach; ruin; downfall; peril. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. resembling a bristle in stiffness.
Syn. -- bristly. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods; practical and efficient. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. serious and purposeful. [ PJC ]

n. [ Can + -kin. ] A small can or drinking vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a cat; stealthy; noiseless. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. resembling a cell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having a form resembling a chain; as, chainlike clusters of bacteria.
Syn. -- catenulate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Hind. ] (Zool.) (a) The goat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) of India. (b) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. “Childlike obedience.” Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity; childlike modesty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Becoming to a Christian. [ 1913 Webster ]

A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the customs or manners or dress of city people.
Syn. -- citified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Clake. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) The bernicle goose; -- now called barnacle goose and also called clack goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having a base shaped like a claw; -- of flower petals. [ WordNet 1.5 ]