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a. Striking; attracting attention; impressive. [ 1913 Webster ]

This most solemn and arresting occurrence. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is used for steadying anything; ballast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Loose temporary stitches.
Syn. -- baste, tacking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Cookery) The act or process of moistening a roast as it is cooking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. See Biestings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Biestings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. pl. [ OE. bestynge, AS. b&ymacr_;sting, fr. b&ymacr_;st, beost; akin to D. biest, OHG. biost, G. biest; of unknown origin. ] The first milk given by a cow after calving. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The thick and curdy milk . . . commonly called biestings. Newton. (1574). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Hunting for, or taking, birds' nests or their contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A blast; destruction by a blast, or by some pernicious cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have smitten you with blasting and mildew. Amos iv. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of one who, or that which, blasts; the business of one who blasts. [ 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 ]

n. (Mach.) The curved channel in which a breast wheel turns. It is closely adapted to the curve of the wheel through about a quarter of its circumference, and prevents the escape of the water until it has spent its force upon the wheel. See Breast wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the medium that disseminates via telecommunications; radio and television.
Syn. -- broadcast media. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. taking part in a radio or tv program. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act or process of making casts or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The warping of a board. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. --
Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. --
Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. --
Casting voice,
Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. “When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice.” B. Trumbull. --
Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised. [ 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 ]

a. Coexistent. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a contending manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Contradistinguished p. pr. & vb. n. Contradistinguishing. ] To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. cost accounting. [ British ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Arch.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That causes disgust; sickening; offensive; revolting. -- Dis*gust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Uninteresting. [ Obs. ] “Disinteresting passages.” Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Distinguished p. pr. & vb. n. Distinguishing. ] [ F. distinguer, L. distinguere, distinctum; di- = dis- + stinguere to quench, extinguish; prob. orig., to prick, and so akin to G. stechen, E. stick, and perh. sting. Cf. Extinguish. ] 1. Not set apart from others by visible marks; to make distinctive or discernible by exhibiting differences; to mark off by some characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not more distinguished by her purple vest,
Than by the charming features of her face. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Milton has distinguished the sweetbrier and the eglantine. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To separate by definition of terms or logical division of a subject with regard to difference; as, to distinguish sounds into high and low. [ 1913 Webster ]

Moses distinguished the causes of the flood into those that belong to the heavens, and those that belong to the earth. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To recognize or discern by marks, signs, or characteristic quality or qualities; to know and discriminate (anything) from other things with which it might be confounded; as, to distinguish the sound of a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are enabled to distinguish good from evil, as well as truth from falsehood. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor more can you distinguish of a man,
Than of his outward show. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To constitute a difference; to make to differ. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who distinguisheth thee? 1 Cor. iv. 7. (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To separate from others by a mark of honor; to make eminent or known; to confer distinction upon; -- with by or for.“To distinguish themselves by means never tried before.” Johnson.

Syn. -- To mark; discriminate; differentiate; characterize; discern; perceive; signalize; honor; glorify. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make distinctions; to perceive the difference; to exercise discrimination; -- with between; as, a judge distinguishes between cases apparently similar, but differing in principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become distinguished or distinctive; to make one's self or itself discernible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The little embryo . . . first distinguishes into a little knot. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Capable of being distinguished; separable; divisible; discernible; capable of recognition; as, a tree at a distance is distinguishable from a shrub. [ 1913 Webster ]

A simple idea being in itself uncompounded . . . is not distinguishable into different ideas. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Worthy of note or special regard. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being distinguishable. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to be distinguished. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Marked; special. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most distinguished politeness. Mad. D' Arblay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Separated from others by distinct difference; having, or indicating, superiority; eminent or known; illustrious; -- applied to persons and deeds.

Syn. -- Marked; noted; famous; conspicuous; celebrated; transcendent; eminent; illustrious; extraordinary; prominent. -- Distinguished, Eminent, Conspicuous, Celebrated, Illustrious. A man is eminent, when he stands high as compared with those around him; conspicuous, when he is so elevated as to be seen and observed; distinguished, when he has something which makes him stand apart from others in the public view; celebrated, when he is widely spoken of with honor and respect; illustrious, when a splendor is thrown around him which confers the highest dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a distinguished manner. [ R. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, distinguishes or separates one thing from another by marks of diversity. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who discerns accurately the difference of things; a nice or judicious observer. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Constituting difference, or distinction from everything else; distinctive; peculiar; characteristic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The distinguishing doctrines of our holy religion. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Distinguishing pennant (Naut.), a special pennant by which any particular vessel in a fleet is recognized and signaled. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With distinction; with some mark of preference. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Observation of difference; distinction. Graunt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That distrusts; suspicious; lacking confidence in. -- Dis*trust"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. (Naut. & Surv.) The distance measured toward the east between two meridians drawn through the extremities of a course; distance of departure eastward made by a vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of getting recruits; convincing people to join the army, take a job, support a cause etc.
Syn. -- recruitment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>a. 1. Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immortal; eternal. “The Everlasting God.” Gen. xx1. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Continuing indefinitely, or during a long period; perpetual; sometimes used, colloquially, as a strong intensive; as, this everlasting nonsence. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will give to thee, and to thy seed after thee . . . the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession. Gen xvii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

And heard thy everlasting yawn confess
The pains and penalties of idleness. Pope.

Syn. -- Eternal; immortal, interminable; endless; never-ending; infinite; unceasing; uninterrupted; continual; unintermitted; incessant. -- Everlasting, Eternal. Eternal denotes (when taken strictly) without beginning or end of duration; everlasting is sometimes used in our version of the Scriptures in the sense of eternal, but in modern usage is confined to the future, and implies no intermission as well as no end. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whether we shall meet again I know not;
Therefore our everlasting farewell take;
Forever, and forever farewell, Cassius. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Everlasting flower. Sane as Everlasting, n., 3. --
Everlasting pea, an ornamental plant (Lathyrus latifolius) related to the pea; -- so called because it is perennial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Eternal duration, past or future; eternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. Ps. xc. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (With the definite article) The Eternal Being; God. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) A plant whose flowers may be dried without losing their form or color, as, the pearly everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), the immortelle (Xeranthemum anuum) of the French, the cudweeds, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A cloth fabric for shoes, etc. See Lasting. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an everlasting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Producing exhaustion; as, exhausting labors. -- Ex*haust"ing, adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. having existence or being or actuality; as, much of the beluga caviar existing in the world is found in the Soviet Union and Iran. Opposite of nonexistent. [ Narrower terms: active, alive; extant, surviving ] Also See: extant.
Syn. -- existent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Present. Opposite of absent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Presently existing; as, the existing system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Not able to burn or able to burn only with difficulty. [ Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible ]
Syn. -- fireproof. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The process of calculating and predicting future events, usually based on extrapolation from past experience, and with varying degress of uncertainty.
Syn. -- prediction, foretelling. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. A composition of sugar and beaten egg, used to cover or ornament cake, pudding, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lusterless finish of metal or glass; the process of producing such a finish. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. the lightened color on part of an object, as of hair, produced by treatment with bleach or other chemicals; as only part of the object is thus treated, the final color of the object is two-toned; also, the process of producing such a two-toned effect. [ PJC ]

a. & n., from Harvest, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

Harvesting ant (Zool.), any species of ant which gathers and stores up seeds for food. Many species are known. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The species found in Southern Europe and Palestine are Aphenogaster structor and Aphenogaster barbara; that of Texas, called agricultural ant, is Pogonomyrmex barbatus or Myrmica molifaciens; that of Florida is Pogonomyrmex crudelis. See Agricultural ant, under Agricultural. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ From Haste, v. ] Early fruit or vegetables; especially, early pease. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) The lower group of the Wealden formation; -- so called from its development around Hastings, in Sussex, England. [ 1913 Webster ]