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{ n. Also }. [ From Cadaver and amine. ] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chevrel, F. chevreau, kid, dim. of chevre goat, fr. L. capra. See Caper, v. i. ] Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of cheveril; pliant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat clever. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. coulevrine, prop. fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr. L. coluber, colubra. ] A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Impoverish. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. [ OE. see Every. ] each one; every one; each of two. See Every. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

{ } pron. [ OE. everich + oon, on, one. See Every, and One. ] Every one. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hot; sultry. “The feverish north.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
Syn. -- fevered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. Milton.

-- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hovering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impoverished p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing. ] [ OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish. ] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, impoverishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement. ] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The liveried servants wait. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take a maverick. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Eng. Hist.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

An overissue of government paper. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To issue in excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by perseverance; persistent. -- Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ It. polverino, fr. polvere &unr_;ust, L. pulvis, -veris. See Powder. ] Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder; cf. F. pulvérin. ] Ashes of barilla. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pulvérisation. ] The action of reducing to dust or powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pulverized p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing ] [ F. pulvériser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder. ] To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, pulverizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With quivering motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Reveries [ F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave. ] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. “Rapt in nameless reveries.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [ wise and foolish minds ]. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Severities [ L. severitas: cf. F. sévérité. ] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. “Strict age, and sour severity.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shivering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being silvery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Metal.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum. [ 1913 Webster ]