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n. 1. 1 a gentian of East North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.
Syn. -- ague weed, five-flowered gentian, stiff gentian, Gentianella quinquefolia, Gentiana quinquefolia [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a perennial herb of the southeastern U. S. having white-rayed flower heads. It was formerly used in folk medicine.
Syn. -- boneset, thoroughwort, Eupatorium perfoliatum [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) [ A corruption of ache-weed; F. ache. So named from the likeness of its leaves to those of ache (celery). ] Goutweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. or prep. [ See Atwain, and cf. Between. ] Between. [ Archaic ] Spenser. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. avoué. Cf. Advowee, Advocate, n. ] The person who has a right to present to a benefice; the patron; an advowee. See Advowson. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. bytwene, bitweonen, AS. betweónan, betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twā two, akin to Goth. tweihnai two apiece. See Twain, and cf. Atween, Betwixt. ] 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of two. [ 1913 Webster ]

If things should go so between them. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Belonging in common to two; shared by both. [ 1913 Webster ]

Castor and Pollux with only one soul between them. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Belonging to, or participated in by, two, and involving reciprocal action or affecting their mutual relation; as, opposition between science and religion. [ 1913 Webster ]

An intestine struggle, open or secret, between authority and liberty. Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. With relation to two, as involved in an act or attribute of which another is the agent or subject; as, to judge between or to choose between courses; to distinguish between you and me; to mediate between nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. In intermediate relation to, in respect to time, quantity, or degree; as, between nine and ten o'clock. [ 1913 Webster ]

Between decks, the space, or in the space, between the decks of a vessel. --
Between ourselves,
Between you and me,
Between themselves, in confidence; with the understanding that the matter is not to be communicated to others. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Between, Among. Between etymologically indicates only two; as, a quarrel between two men or two nations; to be between two fires, etc. It is however extended to more than two in expressing a certain relation. I . . . hope that between public business, improving studies, and domestic pleasures, neither melancholy nor caprice will find any place for entrance. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ] Among implies a mass or collection of things or persons, and always supposes more than two; as, the prize money was equally divided among the ship's crew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Intermediate time or space; interval. [ Poetic & R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bewept p. pr. & vb. n. Beweeping. ] [ AS. bew&unr_;pan; pref. be- + weep. ] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. “His timeless death beweeping.” Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To weep. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Convolvulus; as, greater bindweed (Convolvulus Sepium); lesser bindweed (Convolvulus arvensis); the white bindweed, the blue bindweed, the Syrian bindweed. The black bryony, or Tamus, is called black bindweed, and the Smilax aspera, rough bindweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fragile bindweed bells and bryony rings. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ammi. (b) Goutweed (Ægopodium podagraria). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sweet and then bitter or bitter and then sweet; esp. sweet with a bitter after taste; hence (Fig.), pleasant but painful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Anything which is bittersweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of apple so called. Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) (a) A climbing shrub, with oval coral-red berries (Solanum dulcamara); woody nightshade. The whole plant is poisonous, and has a taste at first sweetish and then bitter. The branches are the officinal dulcamara. (b) An American woody climber (Celastrus scandens), whose yellow capsules open late in autumn, and disclose the red aril which covers the seeds; -- also called Roxbury waxwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of Ambrosia (Ambrosia artemisiæfolia); Roman worm wood. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + weekly. ] Occurring or appearing once every two weeks; fortnightly. -- n. A publication issued every two weeks. -- Bi"week"ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a coarse prickly European weed (Echium vulgare) with spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in the U. S.
Syn. -- blue devil, blue thistle, viper's bugloss. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A small white-flowered herb (Samolus Valerandi) found usually in wet places; water pimpernel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. Lycopus Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bole a stem + weed. ] (Bot.) Knapweed. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a sage of eastern U. S. (Salvia lyrata).
Syn. -- cancer weed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. bog plant (Polygala lutea) of pine barrens of southeastern U.S. having spikes of irregular yellow-orange flowers.
Syn. -- orange milkwort, yellow milkwort, yellow bachelor's button. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a European weed (Hypochaeris radicata) widely naturalized in North America, having yellow flower heads and leaves resembling a cat's ears.
Syn. -- cat's-ear, cat's ear, California dandelion, gosmore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. [ Cape, from the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa + weed. ] a type of low-growing, creeping plant (Arctotheca calendulaceae), used as a ground cover in warm climates. RHUD [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) See Cleavers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The name of several caryophyllaceous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who cleans soot from chimneys, usually as a profession.
Syn. -- chimneysweeper, sweep. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. strong-scented herb (Polanisia graveolens) common in the southern U. S. covered with intermixed gland and hairs.
Syn. -- Polanisia graveolens, Polanisia dodecandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Clote. ] Cocklebur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Peppergrass. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Cudweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Cow parsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several leguminous plants of Western North America causing locoism in livestock.
Syn. -- locoweed, crazy weed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Apparently fr. cud + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings. ] (Bot.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of sweetness. [ R. ] Bp. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Cudweed, a species of Gnaphalium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The person on whom an order or bill of exchange is drawn; -- the correlative of drawer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Seaweed drifted to the shore by the wind. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A genus (Lemna) of small plants, seen floating in great quantity on the surface of stagnant pools fresh water, and supposed to furnish food for ducks; -- called also duckmeat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a South African bulbous wood sorrel (Oxalis cernua) with showy yellow flowers.
Syn. -- Bermuda buttercup, Oxalis pes-caprae, Oxalis cernua. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To sweep over or across; to pass over rapidly. [ R. ] Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Étui. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) An American plant (Erechthites hiercifolia), very troublesome in spots where brushwood has been burned. (b) The great willow-herb (Epilobium spicatum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant (Eryngium fœtidum) supposed to be a remedy for fits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Toadflax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To weep much. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An American species of rockrose (Helianthemum Canadense), sometimes used in medicine as an astringent or aromatic tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It has large yellow flowers which are often sterile, and later it has abundant but inconspicuous flowers which bear seed. It is so called because, late in autumn, crystals of ice shoot from the cracked bark at the root; -- called also frostwort. [ 1913 Webster ]