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‖n. [ G., from bund (akin to E. bond) confederacy + rath council, prob. akin to E. read. ] Lit., a federal council, esp. of the German Empire. In the German Empire the legislative functions are vested in the Bundesrath and the Reichstag. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ The Bundesrath of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments. [ 1913 Webster ]

By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, -- the Bundesrath -- is chosen, and the head of this is a president. J. P. Peters (Trans. Müller's Pol. Hist.). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Within the thorax or chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , prop. n. A Sanskritic language of western India, prob. descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hence: Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- endurance contest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Capitalized)a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- battle of Marathon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ G. ] (Switzerland) See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Paratheses [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a putting beside, from &unr_; to put beside. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gram.) The placing of two or more nouns in the same case; apposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rhet.) A parenthetical notice, usually of matter to be afterward expanded. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Print.) The matter contained within brackets. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eccl.) A commendatory prayer. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Ir. rath. ] 1. A hill or mound. [ Ireland ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of ancient fortification found in Ireland. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ AS. hræð, hræd, quick, akin to OHG. hrad, Icel. hraðr. ] Coming before others, or before the usual time; early. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Early; soon; betimes. [ Obs. or Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Why rise ye up so rathe? Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Too rathe cut off by practice criminal. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. of Rath, a. ] Prior; earlier; former. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Now no man dwelleth at the rather town. Sir J. Mandeville. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. hraðor, compar. of hraðe, hræðe, quickly, immediately. See Rath, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Earlier; sooner; before. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt, quod he, be rather false than I. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A good mean to come the rather to grace. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. More readily or willingly; preferably. [ 1913 Webster ]

My soul chooseth . . . death rather than my life. Job vii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. On the other hand; to the contrary of what was said or suggested; instead. [ 1913 Webster ]

Was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse. Mark v. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Of two alternatives conceived of, this by preference to, or as more likely than, the other; somewhat. [ 1913 Webster ]

He sought throughout the world, but sought in vain,
And nowhere finding, rather feared her slain. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. More properly; more correctly speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is an art
Which does mend nature, change it rather, but
The art itself is nature. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. In some degree; somewhat; as, the day is rather warm; the house is rather damp. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rather, the more so; especially; for better reason; for particular cause. [ 1913 Webster ] You are come to me in happy time,
The rather for I have some sport in hand. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] --
Had rather, or
Would rather, prefer to; prefers to; as, he had rather, or would rather go than stay. “I had rather speak five words with my understanding than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.” 1 Cor. xiv. 19. See Had rather, under Had. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rareripe, or early ripe. -- n. A rareripe. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Such who delight in rathripe fruits. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., also ratskeller, prop., town-hall cellar. ] Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ G ] The parliament of Austria (exclusive of Hungary, which has its own diet, or parliament). It consists of an Upper and a Lower House, or a House of Lords and a House of Representatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ or } n. [ G. ] (Switzerland) The legislature of Switzerland. See Legislature, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gael. srath. ] A valley of considerable size, through which a river runs; a valley bottom; -- often used in composition with the name of the river; as, Strath Spey, Strathdon, Strathmore. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The long green strath of Napa valley. R. L. Stevenson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called from the district of Strath Spey in Scotland. ] A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + thecal. ] (Bot.) Having four loculaments, or thecae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of tetrathionic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + thionic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a thionic derivative, H2S4O6, of sulphuric acid, obtained as a colorless, odorless liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. wrathe, wraþþe, wrethe, wræððe, AS. wr&aemacr_;ððo, fr. wrāð wroth; akin to Icel. reiði wrath. See Wroth, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Violent anger; vehement exasperation; indignation; rage; fury; ire. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wrath is a fire, and jealousy a weed. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased. Esther ii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now smoking and frothing
Its tumult and wrath in. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The effects of anger or indignation; the just punishment of an offense or a crime. “A revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.” Rom. xiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Anger; fury; rage; ire; vengeance; indignation; resentment; passion. See Anger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Wroth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To anger; to enrage; -- also used impersonally. [ Obs. ] “I will not wrathen him.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

If him wratheth, be ywar and his way shun. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Full of wrath; very angry; greatly incensed; ireful; passionate; as, a wrathful man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Springing from, or expressing, wrath; as, a wrathful countenance. “Wrathful passions.” Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Furious; raging; indignant; resentful. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Wrath"ful*ly, adv. -- Wrath"ful*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a wrathy manner; very angrily; wrathfully. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from anger or wrath. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Very angry. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The Persian name for Zoroaster. [ PJC ]

{ , a. Of or pertaining to Zarathustra, or Zoroaster; Zoroastrian. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]