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A vessel, cell, duct, or tube containing or conducting air; as the air vessels of insects, birds, plants, etc.; the air vessel of a pump, engine, etc. For the latter, see Air chamber. The air vessels of insects are called tracheæ, of plants spiral vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. the medium of transmission of signals by radio or television stations; by radio transmission; -- used non-technically; as, over the airwaves, i. e. by radio or television. [ PJC ]

n. 1. a collection of records especially about an institution. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a place where historical records and documents are kept. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ L., pl. of avis bird. ] (Zool.) The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Aves, or birds, have a complete double circulation, oviparous reproduction, front limbs peculiarly modified as wings; and they bear feathers. All existing birds have a horny beak, without teeth; but some Mesozoic fossil birds (Odontornithes) had conical teeth inserted in both jaws. The principal groups are: Carinatæ, including all existing flying birds; Ratitæ, including the ostrich and allies, the apteryx, and the extinct moas; Odontornithes, or fossil birds with teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ordinary birds are classified largely by the structure of the beak and feet, which are in direct relation to their habits. See Beak, Bird, Odontonithes. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. The Zoroastrian scriptures; the sacred text of Zoroastrianism. See Zend-Avesta. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Avesta or the language of the Avesta. -- n. The language of the Avesta (an ancient Iranian language); -- less properly called Zend.
Syn. -- Zend [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. plural of Beef, the animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Anat.) Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. caveçon, augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Caberzon. ] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [ Written also caveson, causson. ] White. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. Cives, Cibol. ] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Allium Schoenoprasum), allied to the onion, having hollow cylindrical leaves used for seasoning. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [ Written also cive. ]
Syn. -- chive, cive, schnittlaugh, Allium schoenoprasum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. the bulbous herb Allium Schoenoprasum used fresh as a mild onion-flavored seasoning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. circumvestire; circum + vestire to clothe. ] To cover round, as with a garment; to invest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Circumvested with much prejudice. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. fruit preserved by cooking with sugar.
Syn. -- conserve, preserve, preserves. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ L. defervescere to grow cool. ] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. [ 1913 Webster ]

A defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Devested; p. pr. & vb. n. Devesting. ] [ L. devestire to undress; de + vestire to dress: cf. OF. devestir, F. dévêtir. Cf. Divest. ] 1. To divest; to undress. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take away, as an authority, title, etc., to deprive; to alienate, as an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is now generally written divest, except in the legal sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Law) To be taken away, lost, or alienated, as a title or an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

. [ After Sir James Dewar, British physicist. ] A double-walled glass vessel for holding liquid air, liquid nitrogen, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape,
Dewar bulb,
Dewar tube, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. The act of depriving of investiture. [ Obs. ] Ogilvie. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., rich. ] The name popularly given to the rich man in our Lord's parable of the “Rich Man and Lazarus” (Luke xvi. 19-31). Hence, a name for a rich worldling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Divested; p. pr. & vb. n. Divesting. ] [ LL. divestire (di- = dis- + L. vestire to dress), equiv. to L. devestire. It is the same word as devest, but the latter is rarely used except as a technical term in law. See Devest, Vest. ] 1. To unclothe; to strip, as of clothes, arms, or equipage; -- opposed to invest. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To strip; to deprive; to dispossess; as, to divest one of his rights or privileges; to divest one's self of prejudices, passions, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wretches divested of every moral feeling. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

The tendency of the language to divest itself of its gutturals. Earle. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) See Devest. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being divested. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of divesting. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Divestiture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The possession of dovelike qualities, harmlessness and innocence. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. An old game, played by holding up the fingers. Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a rotating shaft that transmits power from the engine to the point of application. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. [ OE. evese, pl. eveses, AS. efese eaves, brim, brink; akin to OHG. obisa, opasa, porch, hall, MHG. obse eaves, Icel. ups, Goth. ubizwa porch; cf. Icel. upsar-dropi, OSw. opsä-drup water dropping from the eaves. Probably from the root of E. over. The s of eaves is in English regarded as a plural ending, though not so in Saxon. See Over, and cf. Eavesdrop. ] 1. (Arch.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Brow; ridge. [ Obs. ] “Eaves of the hill.” Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Eyelids or eyelashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

And closing eaves of wearied eyes. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eaves board (Arch.), an arris fillet, or a thick board with a feather edge, nailed across the rafters at the eaves of a building, to raise the lower course of slates a little, or to receive the lowest course of tiles; -- called also eaves catch and eaves lath. --
Eaves channel,
Eaves gutter,
Eaves trough. Same as Gutter, 1. --
Eaves molding (Arch.), a molding immediately below the eaves, acting as a cornice or part of a cornice. --
Eaves swallow (Zoöl.). (a) The cliff swallow; -- so called from its habit of building retort-shaped nests of mud under the eaves of buildings. See Cliff swallow, under Cliff. (b) The European swallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Eaves + drop. ] To stand under the eaves, near a window or at the door, of a house, to listen and learn what is said within doors; hence, to listen secretly to what is said in private. [ 1913 Webster ]

To eavesdrop in disguises. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The water which falls in drops from the eaves of a house. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who stands under the eaves, or near the window or door of a house, to listen; hence, a secret listener. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet for private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Effervesced p. pr. & vb. n. Effervescing ] [ L. effervescere; ex + fervescere to begin boiling, incho., fr. fervere to boil. See Fervent. ] 1. To be in a state of natural ebullition; to bubble and hiss, as fermenting liquors, or any fluid, when some part escapes in a gaseous form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment.

{ } n. [ Cf. F. effervescence. ] A kind of natural ebullition; that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form, producing innumerable small bubbles; as, the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent. ] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of effervescing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Tending to produce effervescence. “An effervescive force.” Hickok. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. of Elf. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Eavesdrop. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Eavesdropper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. evestigatus traced out; e out + vestigatus, p. p. of vestigare. See Vestigate. ] To investigate. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fervescens, p. pr. of fervescere to become boiling hot, incho., fr. fervere. See Fervent. ] Growing hot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. A kind of play with a ball against a wall, resembling tennis; -- so named because three fives, or fifteen, are counted to the game. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fives court, a place for playing fives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Vives. ] A disease of the glands under the ear in horses; the vives. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flavescens, p. pr. of flavescere to turn yellow. ] Turning yellow; yellowish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. Genevensis, F. génevois. ] Of or pertaining to Geneva, in Switzerland; Genevan. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or inhabitant of Geneva; collectively, the inhabitants of Geneva; people of Geneva. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as Genoese.
Syn. -- Genoese. [ PJC ]

n. pl. [ See Give, n. ] Fetters. [ 1913 Webster ]