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n. Work woven with bobbins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. [ imp. & p. p. brainwashed; p. pr. & vb. n. brainwashing ] 1. to persuade completely; as, the propaganda brainwashed many people. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to to indoctrinate forcibly or by means of torture, or by constant psychological pressure.
Syn. -- submit to brainwashing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. subjected to intensive forced indoctrination resulting in the rejection of old beliefs and acceptance of new ones. brainwashed prisoners of war; captive audiences for TV commercials can become brainwashed consumers unbrainwashed [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the process of forcible indoctrination into a new set of attitudes and beliefs. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. rapid fluctuations of voltage between parts of the brain.
Syn. -- brain wave, cortical potential. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation.
Syn. -- insight, brainstorm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inwalled p. pr. & vb. n. Inwalling. ] To inclose or fortify as with a wall. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inner wall; specifically (Metal.), the inner wall, or lining, of a blast furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. inweard, inneweard, innanweard, fr. innan, inne, within (fr. in in; see In) + the suffix -weard, E. -ward. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Being or placed within; inner; interior; -- opposed to outward. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Seated in the mind, heart, spirit, or soul. “Inward beauty.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Intimate; domestic; private. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All my inward friends abhorred me. Job xix. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had had occasion, by one very inward with him, to know in part the discourse of his life. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which is inward or within; especially, in the plural, the inner parts or organs of the body; the viscera. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then sacrificing, laid the inwards and their fat. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The mental faculties; -- usually pl. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An intimate or familiar friend or acquaintance. [ Obs. ] “I was an inward of his.” Shak.

adv. [ AS. inweardlice. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. In the inner parts; internally. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let Benedick, like covered fire,
Consume away in sighs, waste inwardly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Toward the center; inward; as, to curve inwardly. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In the heart or mind; mentally; privately; secretly; as, he inwardly repines. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Intimately; thoroughly. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall desire to know him more inwardly. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. moving or directed toward the center or axis, especially when spinning or traveling in a curve. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. Internal or true state; essential nature; as, the inwardness of conduct. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sense can not arrive to the inwardness
Of things. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Intimacy; familiarity. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Heartiness; earnestness. [ 1913 Webster ]

What was wanted was more inwardness, more feeling. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ AS. inweard. The ending -s is prop. a genitive ending. See Inward, a., -wards. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Toward the inside; toward the center or interior; as, to bend a thing inward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Into, or toward, the mind or thoughts; inwardly; as, to turn the attention inward. [ 1913 Webster ]

So much the rather, thou Celestial Light,
Shine inward. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. See Inward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To weave in or together; to intermix or intertwine by weaving; to interlace. [ 1913 Webster ]

Down they cast
Their crowns, inwove with amaranth and gold. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To encircle. [ R. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Inward sense; mind; understanding; conscience. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Within. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This purse hath she inwith her bosom hid. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ Pref. in- + work. Cf. Inwrought. ] To work in or within. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Worn, wrought, or stamped in. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Written also enwrap. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To cover by wrapping; to involve; to infold; as, to inwrap in a cloak, in smoke, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To involve, as in difficulty or perplexity; to perplex. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To surround or encompass as with a wreath. [ Written also enwreathe. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Resplendent locks, inwreathed with beams. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. or a. [ Pref. in- + wrought. Cf. Inwork. ] Wrought or worked in or among other things; worked into any fabric so as to from a part of its texture; wrought or adorned, as with figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

His mantle hairy, and his bonnet sedge,
Inwrought with figures dim. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The oxeye daisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Any plant of the genus Lechea, low North American herbs with branching stems, and very small and abundant leaves and flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small nematoid worm (Oxyurus vermicularis), which is parasitic chiefly in the rectum of man. It is most common in children and aged persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) The compass plant. See under Compass. (b) A name given in California to various composite plants which secrete resins or have a resinous smell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The hard, lemon-colored, fragrant wood of an East Indian tree (Chloroxylon Swietenia). It takes a lustrous finish, and is used in cabinetwork. The name is also given to the wood of a species of prickly ash (Xanthoxylum Caribaeum) growing in Florida and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Articles made of tinned iron. [ 1913 Webster ]