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n. A heavier-than-air flying machine in which the motive power is furnished solely by the aviator. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

In the 1980's and 1990's, using modern light-weight but strong films and supporting structures, planes such as the Gossamer Condor and Gossamer Albatross were built, powered by a human using pedals to drive the propeller, which could fly for tens of miles. These machines, however, were seldom if ever referred to as aviettes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Prob. from being originally used in printing a breviary. See Breviary. ] (Print.) A size of type between bourgeois and minion. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This line is printed in brevier type. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

No by-views of his own shall mislead him. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. civilian garb as opposed to a military uniform.
Syn. -- civvies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. L. clavis key. ] (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Clavier (&unr_;) is the German name for a pianoforte. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a collection of washings, dregs, offscourings, fr. colluere to wash; col- + luere to wash. ] 1. A collection or gathering, as of pus, or rubbish, or odds and ends. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A medley; offscourings or rabble. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin,
In counterview. Milton [ 1913 Webster ]

M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendix. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview, or contrast with that of the other company. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Cracow, the city. ] (Mus.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of Australasian shrubs and subshrubs having small yellow or purple flowers followed by short triangular pods.
Syn. -- genus Daviesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ F., water of life; eau (L. aqua) water + de of + vie (L. vita) life. ] French name for brandy. Cf. Aqua vitæ, under Aqua. Bescherelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ See Vie. ] To vie; to emulate; to strive. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who envies; one who desires inordinately what another possesses. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. n.. [ After the inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman. ] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) The sprat; -- called also garvie herring, and garvock. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formerly haver, prob. fr. Half; cf. L. semimas emasculated, prop., half male. ] A castrated deer. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Haviers, or stags which have been gelded when young, have no horns. Encyc. of Sport. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L. ] (Anat.) The crop, or craw, of birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inserviens, p. pr. of inservire. ] Conducive; instrumental. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. entrevue, fr. entrevoir to see imperfectly, to have a glimpse of, s'entrevoir to visit each other. See Inter-, and View. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A mutual sight or view; a meeting face to face; usually, a formal or official meeting for consultation; a conference; as, the secretary had an interview with the President. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A conversation, or questioning, for the purpose of eliciting information for publication; the published statement so elicited. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A recent use, originating in American newspapers, but apparently becoming general. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To have an interview with; to question or converse with, especially for the purpose of obtaining information for publication. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who is interviewed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who interviews; especially, one who obtains an interview with another for the purpose of eliciting his opinions or obtaining information for publication. [ 1913 Webster ]

It would have made him the prince of interviewers in these days. Leslie Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or custom of holding an interview or interviews. [ 1913 Webster ]

An article on interviewing in the “Nation” of January 28, 1869, . . . was the first formal notice of the practice under that name. The American. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Ivy. ] Overgrown with ivy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a stringed instrument that has a keyboard, especially a piano, harpsichord, or clavichord; also, the keyboard of such an instrument. Same as clavier.
Syn. -- clavier. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Lascivient. ] Lasciviousness; wantonness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lasciviens, pr. of lascivire to be wanton, fr. lascivus. See Lascivious. ] Lascivious. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who levies. Cartwright. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. Cf. Lusern. ] (Zool.) The Canada lynx. See Lynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A motion picture.
Syn. -- film, picture, moving picture, motion picture, picture show, flick. [ PJC ]

2. A motion picture show; the event of showing a motion picture. In the pl., the event of showing a motion picture at a movie theater; as, to go to the movies; to spend an evening at the movies. [ PJC ]

3. pl. The motion picture industry or medium, generally. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. orviétan: cf. It. orvietano. So called because invented at Orvieto, in Italy. ] A kind of antidote for poisons; a counter poison formerly in vogue. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in vying. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Survey. ] 1. An inspection or overlooking. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A brief summary of a topic, situation, or plan; an outline or survey{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. A paver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. purveu, pourveu, F. pourvu, provided, p. p. of OF. porveoir, F. pourvoir. See Purvey, View, and cf. Proviso. ] 1. (a) (Law) The body of a statute, or that part which begins with “ Be it enacted, ” as distinguished from the preamble. Cowell. (b) Hence: The limit or scope of a statute; the whole extent of its intention or provisions. Marshall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Profanations within the purview of several statutes. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Limit or sphere of authority; scope; extent. [ 1913 Webster ]

In determining the extent of information required in the exercise of a particular authority, recourse must be had to the objects within the purview of that authority. Madison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To vie with, or rival, in return. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Card Playing) To meet a wager on, as on the taking of a trick, with a higher wager. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To exceed an adversary's wager in card playing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a retort; to bandy words. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Reviewed p. pr. & vb. n. Reveiwing. ] [ Pref. re- + view. Cf. Review, n. ] 1. To view or see again; to look back on. [ R. ] “I shall review Sicilia.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To go over and examine critically or deliberately. Specifically: (a) To reconsider; to revise, as a manuscript before printing it, or a book for a new edition. (b) To go over with critical examination, in order to discover exellences or defects; hence, to write a critical notice of; as, to review a new novel. (c) To make a formal or official examination of the state of, as troops, and the like; as, to review a regiment. (d) (Law) To reexamine judically; as, a higher court may review the proceedings and judgments of a lower one. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To retrace; to go over again. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shall I the long, laborious scene review? Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To look back; to make a review. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. revue, fr. revu, p. p. of revoir to see again, L. revidere; pref. re- re- + videre to see. See View, and cf. Revise. ] 1. A second or repeated view; a reexamination; a retrospective survey; a looking over again; as, a review of one's studies; a review of life. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An examination with a view to amendment or improvement; revision; as, an author's review of his works. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A critical examination of a publication, with remarks; a criticism; a critique. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A periodical containing critical essays upon matters of interest, as new productions in literature, art, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An inspection, as of troops under arms or of a naval force, by a high officer, for the purpose of ascertaining the state of discipline, equipments, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Law) The judicial examination of the proceedings of a lower court by a higher. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A lesson studied or recited for a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bill of review (Equity), a bill, in the nature of proceedings in error, filed to procure an examination and alteration or reversal of a final decree which has been duly signed and enrolled. Wharton. --
Commission of review (Eng. Eccl. Law), a commission formerly granted by the crown to revise the sentence of the court of delegates. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reexamination; resurvey; retrospect; survey; reconsideration; revisal; revise; revision. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being reviewed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A review. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who reviews or reexamines; an inspector; one who examines publications critically, and publishes his opinion upon their merits; a professional critic of books. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A necklace of diamonds or other precious stones, esp. one of several strings. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A view of one's self; specifically, carefulness or regard for one's own interests. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. serviens, -entis, p. pr. See Serve. ] Subordinate. [ Obs. except in law. ] Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Servient tenement or
Servient estate (Law), that on which the burden of a servitude or an easement is imposed. Cf. Dominant estate, under Dominant. Gale & Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A table napkin. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. [ 1913 Webster ]

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. subserviens, -entis, p. pr. See Subserve. ] Fitted or disposed to subserve; useful in an inferior capacity; serving to promote some end; subordinate; hence, servile, truckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scarce ever reading anything which he did not make subservient in one kind or other. Bp. Fell. [ 1913 Webster ]

These ranks of creatures are subservient one to another. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their temporal ambition was wholly subservient to their proselytizing spirit. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]