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adv. 1. On all sides; around. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis time to look about. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Here and there; around; in one place and another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wandering about from house to house. 1 Tim. v. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Nearly; approximately; with close correspondence, in quality, manner, degree, etc.; as, about as cold; about as high; -- also of quantity, number, time. “There fell . . . about three thousand men.” Exod. xxii. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one's self about. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bring about, to cause to take place; to accomplish. --
To come about, to occur; to take place. See under Come. --
To go about,
To set about, to undertake; to arrange; to prepare. “Shall we set about some revels?” Shak. --
Round about, in every direction around. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The largest hammer used by smiths. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Accoutered or Accoutred p. pr. & vb. n. Accoutering or Accoutring. ] [ F. accouter, OF. accoutrer, accoustrer; à (L. ad) + perh. LL. custor, for custos guardian, sacristan (cf. Custody), or perh. akin to E. guilt. ] To furnish with dress, or equipments, esp. those for military service; to equip; to attire; to array. [ 1913 Webster ]

Both accoutered like young men. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

For this, in rags accoutered are they seen. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Accoutered with his burden and his staff. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an item of clothing that is worn or carried, but not part of one's main clothing.
Syn. -- accessory, accouterment [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. pl. [ F. accoutrement, earlier also accoustrement, earlier also accoustrement. See Accouter. ] Dress; trappings; equipment; specifically, the devices and equipments worn by soldiers. [ 1913 Webster ]

How gay with all the accouterments of war! [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. avoutre, avoltre, fr. L. adulter. Cf. Adulterer. ] An adulterer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adulteress. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. avoutrie, avouterie, advoutrie, OF. avoutrie, avulterie, fr. L. adulterium. Cf. Adultery. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Haiti. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. agouti, acouti, Sp. aguti, fr. native name. ] (Zool.) 1. A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the color of the agouti{ 1 }, a grayish-brown of grizzled texture; -- used especially to describe the color of the fur of a strain of mice. Also used attributively. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) The angler. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 using all available resources. all-out war
Syn. -- full-scale. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Arch.) A buttress that stands apart from the main structure and connected to it by an arch; same as flying buttress. Gwilt.
Syn. -- flying buttress [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Turk. Arnaut, fr. NGr. &unr_;, for &unr_;. ] An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Advoutrer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Adultery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) Any of several voracious pikelike marine fishes allied to the gray mullets, constituting the genus Sphyræna and family Sphyrænidæ. The great barracuda (Sphyræna barracuda) of the West Indies, Florida, etc., is often six feet or more long, and as dangerous as a shark. In Cuba its flesh is reputed to be poisonous. Sphyræna Argentea of the Pacific coast and Sphyræna sphyræna of Europe are smaller species, and are used as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ That of Europe and our Atlantic coast is Sphyræna spet (or Sphyræna vulgaris); a southern species is Sphyræna picuda; the Californian is Sphyræna argentea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large edible fresh-water fish of Australia and New Zealand (Thyrsites atun). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Expanding at the mouth; as, a bell-mouthed gun. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

pred. adj.Very angry; very disturbed. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. bijouterie. See Bijou. ] Small articles of virtu, as jewelry, trinkets, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) An interior angle or notch cut across a piece of timber, for the reception of the edge of another, as that in a rafter to be laid on a plate; -- commonly called crow's-foot in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Syn. -- blabber, tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. tending to talk excessively.
Syn. -- bigmouthed, blabby, talkative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. prone to revealing secrets; -- of people.
Syn. -- leaky, talebearing(prenominal), tattling(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Using foul or scurrilous language; slanderous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a suspension of radio or tv broadcasting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any darkness resulting from the extinction of lights. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the failure of electric power for a general region sufficient to extinguish all normal lighting.
Syn. -- brownout, dimout. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a momentary loss of consciousness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

5. partial or total loss of memory. he has a total blackout for events of the evening
Syn. -- amnesia, memory loss. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

6. a period during which artificial lighting is forbidden, as in a city as a precaution against an air raid. [ PJC ]

7. (Theater) the darkening of all stage lights, as at then end of a performance or between acts. [ PJC ]

8. suppression of information distribution; as, there was a blackout on news from the military for the first day of the Gulf War. [ PJC ]

9. the prohibition of the broadcasting of a sports event, such as a boxing match or football game, sometimes confined to one particular area. It is usually done to encourage sales of tickets to the event. [ PJC ]

v. i. to experience a temporary loss of consciousness, memory, or vision. [ PJC ]

v. t. 1. to cause to become black, such as a stage, a computer screen, or a city. [ PJC ]

2. to impose a blackout on (news or a sports event). [ PJC ]

3. to make (a written text) illegible by applying a black ink over it; to blot out. [ PJC ]

4. to suppress (a memory). [ PJC ]

v. t. (Broadcasting) same as bleep, v. t..
Syn. -- bleep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a gay or lavish festivity. [ colloq. ]
Syn. -- gala, gala affair, jamboree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the sudden deflation of an inflatable tire due to a puncture or rupture, often accompanied by a bang. [ PJC ]

3. the sudden escape of gas or liquid confined under pressure, such as in a gas or oil well, or in a system containing pressurized air or steam. [ PJC ]

n. The cleaning of the flues of a boiler from scale, etc., by a blast of steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A different spelling and application of bought bend. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. As much of an action as is performed at one time; a going and returning, as of workmen in reaping, mowing, etc.; a turn; a round. [ 1913 Webster ]

In notes with many a winding bout
Of linked sweetness long drawn out. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince . . . has taken me in his train, so that I am in no danger of starving for this bout. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A conflict; contest; attempt; trial; a set-to at anything; as, a fencing bout; a drinking bout. [ 1913 Webster ]

The gentleman will, for his honor's sake, have one bout with you; he can not by the duello avoid it. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. bouter to thrust. See Butt. ] An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; bouter to thrust, put + feu fire. ] An incendiary; an inciter of quarrels. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Animated by . . . John à Chamber, a very boutefeu, . . . they entered into open rebellion. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., buttonhole. ] A bouquet worn in a buttonhole. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ F. bout end + rimé rhymed. ] Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Orig., a member of the “Boy Scouts, ” an organization of boys founded in 1908, by Sir R. S. S. Baden-Powell, to promote good citizenship by creating in them a spirit of civic duty and of usefulness to others, by stimulating their interest in wholesome mental, moral, industrial, and physical activities, etc. Hence, a member of any of the other similar organizations, which are now worldwide. In “The Boy Scouts of America” the local councils are generally under a scout commissioner, under whose supervision are scout masters, each in charge of a troop of two or more patrols of eight scouts each, who are of three classes, tenderfoot, second-class scout, and first-class scout. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. covering for the loins.
Syn. -- breechcloth, loincloth, G-string. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Eurylaimidæ, a family of East Indian passerine birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. darkness resulting from the extinction of lights (as in a city invisible to enemy aircraft).
Syn. -- blackout, dimout. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a partial reduction in the amount of electric power available to customers in a region, such as by reduction of voltage or selective cutoff of certain customers; -- it occurs for example in summer when the demand for electricity for air-conditioning exceeds the supply, or when power to certain customers is cut off by a severe storm. It is contrasted with blackout, which is the total loss of electrical power in a region. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) See Bullhead, 1 (b). [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and Salmo Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout. (b) Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout. (c) The huso or salmon of the Danube. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To burn till the fuel is exhausted; as, when the candle burned out the room was totally dark; the firefighters couldn't control the oil tank fire and had to let it burn out by itself. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. To stop functioning due to failure of some component caused by the heat of the electrical current used in its operation; -- of electrical devices. [ PJC ]

3. To become apathetic or depressed, and cease to function effectively, due to the fatigue and frustration of prolonged stress and overwork; -- of people; as, the stress in the bond market is so great that many traders burn out after only ten years on the job. [ PJC ]

adj. prenom. 1. drained of energy or effectiveness; driven to apathy by overwork or prolonged stress; -- of people.
Syn. -- burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate), fagged, exhausted, fatigued, played-out(prenominal), played out(predicate), spent, washed-out(prenominal), washed out(predicate), worn-out(prenominal), worn out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. damaged or destroyed by or as if by fire; as, barricaded the street with burned-out cars.
Syn. -- burned out(predicate), burnt out(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Business, Finance) the acquisition of ownership of a company by purchasing a controlling percentage of its stock.
Syn. -- takeover. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to take over ownership of; -- of corporations and companies.
Syn. -- take over, buy up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) Snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]