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a. 1. Having an active or vigorous mind. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. highly intelligent. [ PJC ]

a. [ From Brine. ] Of or pertaining to brine, or to the sea; partaking of the nature of brine; salt; as, a briny taste; the briny flood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Destinies [ OE. destinee, destene, F. destinée, from destiner. See Destine. ] 1. That to which any person or thing is destined; predetermined state; condition foreordained by the Divine or by human will; fate; lot; doom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thither he
Will come to know his destiny. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

No man of woman born,
Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fixed order of things; invincible necessity; fate; a resistless power or agency conceived of as determining the future, whether in general or of an individual. [ 1913 Webster ]

But who can turn the stream of destiny? Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Destinies (Anc. Myth.), the three Parcæ, or Fates; the supposed powers which preside over human life, and determine its circumstances and duration. [ 1913 Webster ]

Marked by the Destinies to be avoided. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Erinyes [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Class. Myth.) An avenging deity; one of the Furies; sometimes, conscience personified. [ Written also Erinnys. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. femenie, feminie, the female sex, realm of women. ] The people called Amazons. [ Obs. ] “[ The reign of ] feminye.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gemini. ] Twins; a pair; a couple. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling grains; granular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From North American Indian auhúminea parched corn. ] Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water. [ U.S. ] [ Written also homony. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ignominies [ L. ignominia ignominy (i.e., a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. ignominie. See In- not, and Name. ] 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vice begins in mistake, and ends in ignominy. Rambler. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignominy is the infliction of such evil as is made dishonorable, or the deprivation of such good as is made honorable by the Commonwealth. Hobbes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An act deserving disgrace; an infamous act.

Syn. -- Opprobrium; reproach; dishonor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. latrocinium. Cf. Larceny. ] Theft; larceny. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A policy of imperialism rationalized as inevitable (as if granted by God). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ OF. maisniée, maisnie. See Menial. ] 1. A family, including servants, etc.; household; retinue; train. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Company; band; army. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding with mines; like a mine. “Miny caverns.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Jewish Relig.) A quorum, or number necessary, for conducting public worship. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Moonlight. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

I went to see them in a moonshiny night. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mutinies [ From mutine to mutiny, fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF. meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of movere to move. See Move. ] 1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination. [ 1913 Webster ]

In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutiny act (Law), an English statute reenacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Mutinied p. pr. & vb. n. Mutinying ] 1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. patrocinium. ] [ Obs. ] See Patrocination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding with pines. [ Written also piney. ] “The piny wood.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. postliminium, post after + limen, liminis, a threshold. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The return to his own country, and his former privileges, of a person who had gone to sojourn in a foreign country, or had been banished, or taken by an enemy. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Internat. Law) The right by virtue of which persons and things taken by an enemy in war are restored to their former state when coming again under the power of the nation to which they belonged. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Predestination. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Propine + -yl. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of propine and allied compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. regenig. ] Abounding with rain; wet; showery; as, rainy weather; a rainy day or season. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like resin; resinous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. like rosin, or having its qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like or composed of satin; glossy; as, to have a satiny appearance; a satiny texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scrutinium, fr. scrutari to search carefully, originally, to search even to the rags, fr. scruta trash, trumpery; perhaps akin to E. shred: cf. AS. scrudnian to make scrutiny. ] 1. Close examination; minute inspection; critical observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

They that have designed exactness and deep scrutiny have taken some one part of nature. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thenceforth I thought thee worth my nearer view
And narrower scrutiny. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anc. Church) An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Canon Law) A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Parliamentary Practice) An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. (Zool.) The pupa of insects which undergo only a slight change in passing to the imago state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Shinier superl. Shiniest. ] Bright; luminous; clear; unclouded. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like distant thunder on a shiny day. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Spine. ] 1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like a spine in shape; slender. “Spiny grasshoppers sit chirping.” Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances. [ 1913 Webster ]

The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spiny lobster. (Zool.) Same as Rock lobster, under Rock. See also Lobster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Spinny. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To squint. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Succinic + -yl. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Bright with the rays of the sun; clear, warm, or pleasant; as, a sunshiny day. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Bright like the sun; resplendent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Flashing beams of that sunshiny shield. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Beaming with good spirits; cheerful. “Her sunshiny face.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sardine. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. tamis a sort of sieve. Cf. Stamin, Temse. ] A kind of woolen cloth; tammy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Tinier superl. Tiniest. ] [ Probably fr. tine, teen, trouble, distress, vexation. ] Very small; little; puny. [ 1913 Webster ]

When that I was and a little tiny boy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Belonging to train oil. [ Obs. ] Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tirocinium first service or trial, fr. tiro. See Tyro. ] The state of being a tyro, or beginner; apprenticeship. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Vein: cf. F. veiné. ] Full of veins; veinous; veined; as, veiny marble. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Villainies [ OE. vilanie, OF. vilanie, vilainie, vileinie, vilanie, LL. villania. See Villain, n. ] [ Written also villany. ] 1. The quality or state of being a villain, or villainous; extreme depravity; atrocious wickedness; as, the villainy of the seducer. “Lucre of vilanye.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The commendation is not in his wit, but in his villainy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abusive, reproachful language; discourteous speech; foul talk. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He never yet not vileinye ne said
In all his life, unto no manner wight. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In our modern language, it [ foul language ] is termed villainy, as being proper for rustic boors, or men of coarsest education and employment. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Villainy till a very late day expressed words foul and disgraceful to the utterer much oftener than deeds. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The act of a villain; a deed of deep depravity; a crime. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such villainies roused Horace into wrath. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

That execrable sum of all villainies commonly called a slave trade. John Wesley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to vines; producing, or abounding in, vines. P. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vinum wine + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical C2H3, regarded as the characteristic residue of ethylene and that related series of unsaturated hydrocarbons with which the allyl compounds are homologous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Prov. E. & Scot. whingar, whinger; perhaps from AS. winn contention, war + geard, gyrd, a staff, rod, yard; or cf. AS. hwīnan to whistle, E. whine. ] 1. A sword, or hanger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ From the shape of the bill. ] (Zool.) (a) The shoveler. [ Prov. Eng. ] (b) The poachard. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]