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n. One who sells books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The employment of selling books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud.
Syn. -- swindler, chiseler, gouger, sharper, sharpie, sharpy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as counselor.
Syn. -- counselor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the position of counselor; same as counselorship.
Syn. -- counselorship. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. crécelle rattle. ] (Eccl.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖, n. See Damsel. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Damsel. ] 1. A young lady; a damsel; a lady's maid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The Numidian crane (Anthropoides virgo); -- so called on account of the grace and symmetry of its form and movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A beautiful, small dragon fly of the genus Agrion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sells distilled liquors by the dram or glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Eisel. [ Obs. ] Shak.

n. [ F., floss silk. ] A kind of silk thread less glossy than floss, and spun from coarser material. It is much used in embroidery instead of floss. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Mesdemoiselles [ F., fr. ma my, f. of mon + demoiselle young lady. See Damsel. ] 1. A French title of courtesy given to a girl or an unmarried lady, equivalent to the English Miss. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A marine food fish (Sciaena chrysura), of the Southern United States; -- called also yellowtail, and silver perch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A light wine, usually white, produced in the vicinity of the river Moselle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From F. orseille archil. See Archil. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid found in certain lichens, and called also lecanoric acid. [ Formerly written also orseillic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an organic acid obtained by a partial decomposition of orsellic acid as a white crystalline substance, and related to protocatechuic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To exceed in amount of sales; to sell more than. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exceed in the price of selling; to fetch more than; to exceed in value. Fuller. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Oversold p. pr. & vb. n. Overselling. ] 1. To sell for a higher price than; to exceed in selling price. [ 1913 Webster ]

One whose beauty
Would oversell all Italy. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To sell beyond means of delivery. [ Brokers' Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Oversold market (Brokers' Cant), a market in which stocks or commodities have been sold “short” to such an extent that it is difficult to obtain them for delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to stammer. ] Indistinct pronunciation; stammering. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To sell again; to sell what has been bought or sold; to retail. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. rosa rose. ] (Zool.) A beautiful Australian parrakeet (Platycercus eximius) often kept as a cage bird. The head and back of the neck are scarlet, the throat is white, the back dark green varied with lighter green, and the breast yellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a malvaceous plant (Hibiscus Sabdariffa) cultivated in the east and West Indies for its fleshy calyxes, which are used for making tarts and jelly and an acid drink. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Loose; light. [ Obs. ] Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sells rum; one who deals in intoxicating liquors; especially, one who sells spirituous beverages at retail. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cell; a house. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Self. [ Obs. or Scot. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sill. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. selle, L. sella, akin to sedere to sit. See Sit. ] 1. A saddle for a horse. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He left his lofty steed with golden self. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A throne or lofty seat. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Sold p. pr. & vb. n. Selling. ] [ OE. sellen, sillen, AS. sellan, syllan, to give, to deliver; akin to OS. sellian, OFries. sella, OHG. sellen, Icel. selja to hand over, to sell, Sw. sälja to sell, Dan. sælge, Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice; all from a noun akin to E. sale. Cf. Sale. ] 1. To transfer to another for an equivalent; to give up for a valuable consideration; to dispose of in return for something, especially for money. It is the correlative of buy. [ 1913 Webster ]

If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give to the poor. Matt. xix. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am changed; I'll go sell all my land. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sell is corellative to buy, as one party buys what the other sells. It is distinguished usually from exchange or barter, in which one commodity is given for another; whereas in selling the consideration is usually money, or its representative in current notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a matter of bargain and sale of; to accept a price or reward for, as for a breach of duty, trust, or the like; to betray. [ 1913 Webster ]

You would have sold your king to slaughter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To impose upon; to trick; to deceive; to make a fool of; to cheat. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sell one's life dearly, to cause much loss to those who take one's life, as by killing a number of one's assailants. --
To sell (anything)
out, to dispose of it wholly or entirely; as, he had sold out his corn, or his interest in a business. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sell out, to sell one's whole stock in trade or one's entire interest in a property or a business. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An imposition; a cheat; a hoax. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. (Far.) See Sallenders. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sells. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Subsellia [ L. ] (Eccl. Arch.) One of the stalls of the lower range where there are two ranges. See Illust. of Stall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Tessellate. ] (Zool.) A division of Crinoidea including numerous fossil species in which the body is covered with tessellated plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Tessellated p. pr. & vb. n. Tessellating. ] [ L. tessellatus tessellated. See Tessellar. ] To form into squares or checkers; to lay with checkered work. [ 1913 Webster ]

The floors are sometimes of wood, tessellated after the fashion of France. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tesselatus. ] Tessellated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Formed of little squares, as mosaic work; checkered; as, a tessellated pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) Marked like a checkerboard; as, a tessellated leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of tessellating; also, the mosaic work so formed. J. Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like tinsel; gaudy; showy, but cheap. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a showy and cheap manner. [ 1913 Webster ]