n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore;
n. any of several breeds of hound developed for hunting raccoons. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ OF. enhorter, enorter, L. inhortari. Cf. Exhort. ] To encourage. [ Obs. ] “To enhort the people.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>prop. n. pl.. (Physics.) The lines of the spectrum; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by
n. The qualities or condition of a gentleman. [ R. ] Thackeray.
n. A building where cotton is ginned. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A raw, inexperienced person; one easily imposed upon. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A house in which tender plants are cultivated and sheltered from the weather. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. State of being a hoiden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. An inhabitant. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To inclose in a hoop, or as in a hoop. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. in- not + hospitable: cf. L. inhospitalis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Have you no touch of pity, that the poor
Stand starved at your inhospitable door? Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ L. inhospitalitas: cf. F. inhospitalité. See In- not, and Hospitality. ] The quality or state of being inhospitable; inhospitableness; lack of hospitality. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who keeps an inn.
n. The mouth or opening of an oven or kiln. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. State of being a lion. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. maegdenhād. See Maid, and -hood. ]
The maidenhood
Of thy fight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A hole through which a man may descend or creep into a drain, sewer, steam boiler, parts of machinery, etc., for cleaning or repairing. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Man- + -hood. ]
I am ashamed
That thou hast power to shake my manhood thus. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being a matron. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or condition of being an orphan; orphanage. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A handle for a pen. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A penthouse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To place in the pigeonhole of a case or cabinet; hence, to put away; to lay aside indefinitely;
n. A small compartment in a desk or case for the keeping of letters, documents, etc.; -- so called from the resemblance of a row of them to the compartments in a dovecote. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A place where a pin is fixed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state, personality, or character of a queen; queenliness. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Pg. Cf. Señor, Senior. ] A Portuguese title of courtesy corresponding to the Spanish señor or the English
‖n. [ Pg. Cf. Señora. ] A Portuguese title of courtesy given to a lady; Mrs.; Madam; also, a lady. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. The hobblebush. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A light two-wheeled, or sometimes four-wheeled, carriage, without a top; -- so called from Lord Stanhope, for whom it was contrived. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Of American Indian origin. ] A kind of seawan. See Note under Seawan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Thanehood. E. A. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A building devoted to the public used of a town; a townhall. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ Cf. Alehoof. ] (Bot.) Ground ivy; alehoof. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hoard. ] To take or steal from a hoard; to pilfer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hold. ] To cease to hold; to unhand; to release. [ Obs. ] Otway. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not holy; unhallowed; not consecrated; hence, profane; wicked; impious. --
a. Dishonest; dishonorable. Ascham. --
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hood. ] To remove a hood or disguise from. Quarterly Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hook. ] To loose from a hook; to undo or open by loosening or unfastening the hooks of;
v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + hoop. ] To strip or deprive of hoops; to take away the hoops of. [ 1913 Webster ]