p. p. [ Perh. p. p. of a verb fr. OF. abaubir to frighten, disconcert, fr. L. ad + balbus stammering. ] Astonished; abashed. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>adv. By allowance; admittedly. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
The first day of Lent; -- so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Openly acknowledged or declared; admitted. --
a. [ OE. bitelbrowed; cf. OE. bitel, adj., sharp, projecting, n., a beetle. See Beetle an insect. ] Having prominent, overhanging brows; hence, lowering or sullen. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The earlier meaning was, “Having bushy or overhanging eyebrows.” [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Naut.) Built with the stem nearly straight up and down. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. Shamelessly impudent. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having (such) a brow; -- used in composition;
a. Furnished with claws. N. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. frightened into submission or compliance.
a. Having a gloomy look. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. fynig musty, fynegean to become musty or filthy: cf. fennig fenny, muddy, dirty, fr. fen fen. Cf. Finew. ] Corrupted; decayed; moldy. See Vinnewed. [ Obs. ] Dr. Favour. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. having flaws or imperfections; not perfect; -- applied broadly;
a. Having large flews. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. belonging to or derived from or associated with a divine power; made holy. Opposite of
a. Prepared in hell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having lofty arches. “The high-embowed roof.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having a cavity within;
a. Having jaws; -- chiefly in composition;
a. Having lantern jaws or long, thin jaws;
adj.
v. t. To wed improperly. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. reduced in size as if by being squeezed.
a. [ F. noué, p. p. of nouer to knot, fr. L. nodare. See Nodated. ] (Her.) Knotted; tied in a knot, as a serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Convex; curved outward. “The convex or outbowed side of a vessel.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
a. (Zool.) Having the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower, with the upper incisors in advance of the lower; -- said of dogs. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Provided with a pillow or pillows; having the head resting on, or as on, a pillow. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pillowedon buckler cold and hard. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Formed with or like a rainbow. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Again; once more. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being renewed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Formed into a row, or rows; having a row, or rows;
a.
When he sees
Ourselves well sinewed to our defense. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Somewhat drunk. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]
pr>(&unr_;), a. Accompanied with sorrow; sorrowful. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. of Straw. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. Schwede. ]
n. One who holds the doctrines of the New Jerusalem church, as taught by Emanuel Swedenborg, a Swedish philosopher and religious writer, who was born
a. Of or pertaining to Swedenborg or his views. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The doctrines of the Swedenborgians. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. G. schwedisch, Sw. svensk. ] Of or pertaining to Sweden or its inhabitants. [ 1913 Webster ]
Swedish turnip. (Bot.)
n. The language of Swedes. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Fatigued; worn with labor or hardship. [ Obs. or Local ] Mir. for Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
Yet would not seem so rude and thewed ill. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not borrowed; being one's own; native; original. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not + bowed. ] Not bent or arched; not bowed down. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not made by brewing; unmixed; pure; genuine. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]