
‖n. [ Name given by the negroes in the island of St. Thomas. ] A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. Behavior. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Continuing; lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Permanently. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A foreboding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Swallowing, engrossing;
v. t. [ L ab + stringere, strictum, to press together. ] To unbind. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Affording, or disposed to afford, accommodation; obliging; as an accommodating man, spirit, arrangement. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. “This according voice of national wisdom.” Burke. “Mind and soul according well.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
According to him, every person was to be bought. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ According to has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the preposition. [ 1913 Webster ]
According as,
Is all things well,
According as I gave directions? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised. Ex. xii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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Behold, and so proceed accordingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
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adv. In an accusing manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That aches; continuously painful. See Ache. --
The aching heart, the aching head. Longfellow. [1913 Webster]
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a. Acute-angled. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having acute angles;
adv. Dangling. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.)
n. pl. [ See Addle, to earn. ] Earnings. [ Prov. Eng. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Atheling. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Joining to; contiguous; adjacent;
Upon the hills adjoining to the city. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Expressing admiration;
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adv. With adoration. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. By adorning; decoratively. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. See Astringent. [ 1913 Webster ]
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. (Aëronautics) The front edge (in direction of motion) of a supporting surface; -- contr. with
. (Aëronautics) The first of two or more surfaces arranged in tandem; -- contr. with
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The most affecting music is generally the most simple. [ 1913 Webster ]
A drawling; affecting rouge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In an affecting manner; is a manner to excite emotions. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Grievously painful; distressing; afflictive;
adv. In an affronting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Goīng before; foregoing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) same as African wild dog.
n. pl. The last milk drawn in milking; strokings. [ Obs. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]