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n. [ F. arquebusier. ] A soldier armed with an arquebus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. asegen, OF. asegier, F. assiéger, fr. LL. assediare, assidiare, to besiege. See Siege. ] To besiege. [ Obs. ] “Assieged castles.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Cf. F. assientiste, Sp. asentista. ] A shareholder of the Assiento company; one of the parties to the Assiento contract. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. asiento seat, contract or agreement, fr. asentar to place on a chair, to adjust, to make an agreement; a (L. ad) + sentar, a participial verb; as if there were a L. sedentare to cause to sit, fr. sedens, sedentis, p. pr. of sed&unr_;re to sit. ] A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the contract made with Great Britain in 1713. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Australia. [ informal ]
Syn. -- Australian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Besieged p. pr. & vb. n. Besieging. ] [ OE. bisegen; pref. be- + segen to siege. See Siege. ] To beset or surround with armed forces, for the purpose of compelling to surrender; to lay siege to; to beleaguer; to beset. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till Paris was besieged, famished, and lost. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To environ; hem in; invest; encompass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of besieging, or the state of being besieged. Golding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who besieges; -- opposed to the besieged. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That besieges; laying siege to. -- Be*sie"ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To busy; to employ. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. ] The French middle class, particularly such as are concerned in, or dependent on, trade. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ OE. brasiere, F. braise live coals. See Brass. ] An artificer who works in brass. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. brasier, braisíer, fr. braise live coals. See Brass. ] A large metal pan for holding burning coals or charcoal; it is used to warm people who must stay outside for long times. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. formerly a golfing wood with a face more elevated that a driver but less than a spoon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] A form of woman's undergarment, often stiffened with wire or whalebones, or the like, and worn to cover and support the breasts; -- also called bra. It usually has straps which support it from the shoulders, but strapless variants are also made.
Syn. -- bra, bandeau. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a type of tropical American thorny shrub or small tree (Acacia farnesiana); it bears fragrant yellow flowers used in making perfumery.
Syn. -- huisache, mimosa bush, sweet wattle, sweet acacia, scented wattle, flame tree, Acacia farnesiana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ Chin. chih hsien, lit., (He who) knows (the) district. ] An official having charge of a hsien, or administrative district, in China; a district magistrate, responsible for good order in his hsien (which see), and having jurisdiction in its civil and criminal cases. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Hind. chaprāssī, fr. chaprās badge. ] A messenger or servant wearing an official badge. [ Anglo-Indian ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. OF. coussier maker of mattresses; or couseor tailor, fr. OF. & F. coudre, p. p. cousu to sew, fr. L. consuere to sew together; con- + seure to sew. See Sew to stitch. ] A tailor who botches his work. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson. ] Crimson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook. ] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. Skeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing a crosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cuirassier. See Curass. ] (Mil.) A soldier armed with a cuirass; especially, a soldier of the heaviest cavalry, wearing a cuirass only when in full dress. Milton. [ 1913 Webster Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. “The daisied green.” Langhorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. 1. A sinker attached to a fishing line; also, a line having several branches, each with such a sinker, used in deep-sea fishing. [ Local, U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Naut.) A deep-sea lead. [ Rare ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } a. Deep-sea; as, a dipsey line; a dipsy lead. [ Sailor's Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., back of a thing, bulging bundle of papers, fr. dos back. ] A bundle containing the papers in reference to some matter. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Diseased with drops. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fantasy. ] Filled with fancies or imaginations. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F. ] Lit., end of the century; -- mostly used adjectively in English to signify: belonging to, or characteristic of, the close of the 19th century. At that time the phrase was also intended to imply “modern” or “up-to-date;” as, fin-de-siècle ideas. As the twentieth century comes to a close, the meaning may change. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

adj. dressed up; well-dressed; as, all gussied up in sequins and feathers.
Syn. -- fancied up, gussied up, tricked out. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A nickname given to an inhabitant of the State of Indiana. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

. Indiana; -- a nickname of obscure origin. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who deals in hose or stocking, or in goods knit or woven like hose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The business of a hosier. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stockings, in general; goods knit or woven like hose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chin. ] An administrative subdivision of a fu, or department, or of an independent chow; also, the seat of government of such a district. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not transient; remaining; permanent. Killingbeck. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ F. See Jealousy. ] 1. A Venetian or slatted inside window blind. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A window or door made of multiple glass or plastic slats, which can be opened or closed like a jalousie{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

a. Furnished with jalousies; as, jalousied porches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A long-tailed monkey of Borneo (Semnopithecus rubicundus). It has a tuft of long hair on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mus.) A Turkish instrument of music, with a hollow body covered with skin, over which five strings are stretched. [ Written also kussir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A young girl; a lass. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Malmsey wine. See Malmsey. “ A jub of malvesye.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F.; pl. of monsieur. ] Sirs; gentlemen; -- abbreviated to Messrs., which is used as the plural of Mr. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Messieurs [ F., fr. mon my + Sieur, abbrev. of seigneur lord. See Monseigneur. ] 1. The common title of civility in France in speaking to, or of, a man; Mr. or Sir. [ Represented by the abbreviation M. or Mons. in the singular, and by MM. or Messrs. in the plural. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The oldest brother of the king of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A Frenchman. [ Contemptuous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Diminutive for Mouse. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of osiers; composed of, or containing, osiers. “This osier cage of ours.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]