n.
n.;
n. Opposition to Freemasonry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The district, office, or residence of an archdeacon. See Benefice. [ 1913 Webster ]
Every diocese is divided into archdeaconries. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Welsh mythology) a goddess famous for her beauty; the mother of Dylan.
n. The art or practice of ascending in a balloon; an older term for ballooning. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]
n.
The principles of blazonry. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]
The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Cannon, collectively; artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. Canonries A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. capitainerie. ] Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Scots Law) Suretyship. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See Charlatan. ] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Deaconship. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Demoniacal influence or possession. J. Baillie. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
a.
A man of plain, downright character. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
The downright impossibilities charged upon it. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Gloomy fancies which in her amounted to downright insanity. Prescott.
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adv.
We shall chide downright, if I longer stay. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
She fell downright into a fit. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + race lineage. ] To enroot; to implant. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
adj. filled with or indicating extreme anger;
n. Act of enraging or state of being enraged; excitement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + range. Cf. Enrank, Arrange. ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + rank. ] To place in ranks or in order. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a. [ Pref. en- + rapt. Cf. Enravish. ] Thrown into ecstasy; transported; enraptured. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. t. To transport with delight; to enrapture; to fascinate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. So as to throw into ecstasy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being enravished or enraptured; ecstasy; rapture. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + register: cf. F. enregistrer. Cf. Inregister. ] To register; to enroll or record; to inregister. [ 1913 Webster ]
To read enregistered in every nook
His goodness, which His beauty doth declare. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. [ Pref. en- + rheum: cf. F. s'enrhumer. ] To contract a rheum. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Seeing, Lord, your great mercy
Us hath enriched so openly. Chaucer's Dream. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who enriches. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of making rich, or that which enriches; increase of value by improvements, embellishment, etc.; decoration; embellishment. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To form into ridges. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To encircle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The Muses and the Graces, grouped in threes,
Enringed a billowing fountain in the midst. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To ripen. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To rive; to cleave. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ Pref. en- + robe: cf. OF. enrober. ] To invest or adorn with a robe; to attire. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. en- + rock. ] A mass of large stones thrown into water at random to form bases of piers, breakwaters, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
An unwritten law of common right, so engraven in the hearts of our ancestors, and by them so constantly enjoyed and claimed, as that it needed not enrolling. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
All the citizen capable of bearing arms enrolled themselves. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. one who is enrolled, especially a learner who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. One who enrolls or registers. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. enrôlement. ]
v. t. To fix by the root; to fix fast; to implant deep. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To surround. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. fauconnerie. See Falcon. ]
n. A body of felons; specifically, the convict population of a penal colony. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The institutions or the practices of freemasons. [ 1913 Webster ]