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n. appraisal of the biological activity of a substance by testing its effect on an organism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. 1 to subject to a bio-assay.
Syn. -- bio-assay. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Boasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Boasting. ] [ OE. bosten, boosten, v., bost, boost, n., noise, boasting; cf. G. bausen, bauschen, to swell, pusten, Dan. puste, Sw. pusta, to blow, Sw. pösa to swell; or W. bostio to boast, bost boast, Gael. bosd. But these last may be from English. ] 1. To vaunt one's self; to brag; to say or tell things which are intended to give others a high opinion of one's self or of things belonging to one's self; as, to boast of one's exploits courage, descent, wealth. [ 1913 Webster ]

By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: . . not of works, lest any man should boast. Eph. ii. 8, 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To speak in exulting language of another; to glory; to exult. [ 1913 Webster ]

In God we boast all the day long. Ps. xliv. 8 [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To brag; bluster; vapor; crow; talk big. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To display in ostentatious language; to speak of with pride, vanity, or exultation, with a view to self-commendation; to extol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lest bad men should boast
Their specious deeds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To display vaingloriously. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To possess or have; as, to boast a name. [ 1913 Webster ]

To boast one's self, to speak with unbecoming confidence in, and approval of, one's self; -- followed by of and the thing to which the boasting relates. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Boast not thyself of to-morrow. Prov. xxvii. 1 [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Of uncertain etymology. ] 1. (Masonry) To dress, as a stone, with a broad chisel. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sculp.) To shape roughly as a preparation for the finer work to follow; to cut to the general form required. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act of boasting; vaunting or bragging. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason and morals? and where live they most,
In Christian comfort, or in Stoic boast! Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cause of boasting; occasion of pride or exultation, -- sometimes of laudable pride or exultation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The boast of historians. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Boasting. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who boasts; a braggart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stone mason's broad-faced chisel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising. -- Boast"ful*ly, adv. -- Boast"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display. [ 1913 Webster ]

When boasting ends, then dignity begins. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Boastfully; with boasting. “He boastingly tells you.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Presumptuous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without boasting or ostentation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; to be green. ] (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. coste, F. côte, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. Accost, v. t., Cutlet. ] 1. The side of a thing. [ Obs. ] Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. Deut. xi. 24. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The seashore, or land near it. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sees in English ships the Holland coast. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

We the Arabian coast do know
At distance, when the species blow. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. “Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus.” Sir P. Sidney. --
Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [ Eng. ] (b) The force employed in life-saving stations along the seacoast. [ U. S. ] --
Coast rat (Zool.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. --
Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Coasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coasting. ] [ OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier, costoier, F. côtoyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. côte. See Coast, n. ] 1. To draw or keep near; to approach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Anon she hears them chant it lustily,
And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sail by or near the shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ancients coasted only in their navigation. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To sail from port to port in the same country. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ Cf. OF. coste, F. côte, hill, hillside. ] To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [ Obs. ] Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To conduct along a coast or river bank. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A bureau of the United States government charged with the topographic and hydrographic survey of the coast and the execution of belts of primary triangulation and lines of precise leveling in the interior. It now belongs to the Department of Commerce and Labor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who sails near the shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished from foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. --
Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. By way of, or along, the coast; following a coastline; as, coastwise winds contributed to the storm. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
Syn. -- Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ Pref. dis- + coast: cf. It. discostare. ] To depart; to quit the coast (that is, the side or border) of anything; to be separated. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As far as heaven and earth discoasted lie. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

To discoast from the plain and simple way of speech. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The great flexor muscle of the hip joint, divisible into two parts, the iliac and great psoas, -- often regarded as distinct muscles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of various perennial South American plants of the genus Loasa having stinging hairs and showy white or yellow or reddish-orange flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A natural family of bristly hairy sometimes climbing plants; America and Africa and Southern Arabia.
Syn. -- family Loasaceae, loasa family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Caspar Milquetoast, a character in a cartoon strip by H. T. Webster, The Timid Soul (1935). ] a timid, unassertive man or boy fearful of confrontation and easily manipulated and dominated.
Syn. -- sissy, pantywaist, pansy, milksop. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The Organization of American States an international association of countries in the Western hemisphere. It was created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation. [ acronym ]
Syn. -- Organization of American States. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Oases [ L., fr. Gr. 'o`asis; cf. Copt. ouahe. ] A fertile or green spot in a waste or desert, esp. in a sandy desert, where the water table approaches the surface. [ wns=1 ] “The Arab does not love the desert; the Arab loves the oasis and green fields.” [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: (fig.) Any refuge from a prevailing stressful, unpleasant, or annoying situation. [ wns=2 & 3 ]
Syn. -- haven. [ PJC ]

My one oasis in the dust and drouth
Of city life. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. ost, AS. āst; cf. Gr. a'i^qos burning heat. ] A kiln to dry hops or malt; a cockle. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the eighth + &unr_; a verse. ] A poem of eight lines. [ Obs. ] Selden [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To roast too much. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a muscle of the loin: cf. f. psoas. ] (Anat.) An internal muscle arising from the lumbar vertebræ and inserted into the femur. In man there are usually two on each side, and the larger one, or great psoas, forms a part of the iliopsoas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To beat soundly. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Roasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roasting. ] [ OE. rosten, OF. rostir, F. rôtir; of German origin; cf. OHG. rōsten, G. rösten, fr. OHG. rōst, rōsta, gridiron, G. rost; cf. AS. hyrstan to roast. ] 1. To cook by exposure to radiant heat before a fire; as, to roast meat on a spit, or in an oven open toward the fire and having reflecting surfaces within; also, to cook in a close oven. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cook by surrounding with hot embers, ashes, sand, etc.; as, to roast a potato in ashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

In eggs boiled and roasted there is scarce difference to be discerned. BAcon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To dry and parch by exposure to heat; as, to roast coffee; to roast chestnuts, or peanuts. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hence, to heat to excess; to heat violently; to burn. “Roasted in wrath and fire.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Metal.) To dissipate by heat the volatile parts of, as ores. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To banter severely. [ Colloq. ] Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To cook meat, fish, etc., by heat, as before the fire or in an oven. [ 1913 Webster ]

He could roast, and seethe, and broil, and fry. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To undergo the process of being roasted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is roasted; a piece of meat which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. [ 1913 Webster ]

A fat swan loved he best of any roost [ roast ]. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. “The new-made duke that rules the roast.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ For roasted. ] Roasted; as, roast beef. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who roasts meat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A contrivance for roasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pig, or other article of food fit for roasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n., from Roast, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Roasting ear, an ear of Indian corn at that stage of development when it is fit to be eaten roasted. --
Roasting jack, a machine for turning a spit on which meat is roasted. [ 1913 Webster ]

. An amusement railroad of varying design in which open cars coast by gravity over a long winding track in a closed circuit, with steep pitches and ascents, and in some cases loops in which the cars are briefly upside-down; typically, the cars are pulled by a chain device to the top of the first peak, after which gravity and momentum provide the only propulsive forces. In some cases, the cars are suspended from a monorail rather than resting on a track, and such cars may be made to swing outward at an angle near to the horizontal. It is a popular amusement at many amusement parks, but is sufficiently frightening to some people that they refuse to ride in one. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The shore or border of the land adjacent to the sea or ocean. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Toasted p. pr. & vb. n. Toasting. ] [ OF. toster to roast, toast, fr. L. torrere, tostum, to parch, roast. See Torrid. ] 1. To dry and brown by the heat of a fire; as, to toast bread. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To warm thoroughly; as, to toast the feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To name when a health is proposed to be drunk; to drink to the health, or in honor, of; as, to toast a lady. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. toste, or tostée, toasted bread. See Toast, v. ] 1. Bread dried and browned before a fire, usually in slices; also, a kind of food prepared by putting slices of toasted bread into milk, gravy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

My sober evening let the tankard bless,
With toast embrowned, and fragrant nutmeg fraught. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lady in honor of whom persons or a company are invited to drink; -- so called because toasts were formerly put into the liquor, as a great delicacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It now came to the time of Mr. Jones to give a toast . . . who could not refrain from mentioning his dear Sophia. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, any person, especially a person of distinction, in honor of whom a health is drunk; hence, also, anything so commemorated; a sentiment, as “The land we live in, ” “The day we celebrate, ” etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Toast rack, a small rack or stand for a table, having partitions for holding slices of dry toast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who toasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kitchen utensil for toasting bread, cheese, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

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