*wel*

n. a large towel used to dry oneself after a bath. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bejeweled or Bejewelled p. pr. & vb. n. Bejeweling or Bejewelling. ] To ornament with a jewel or with jewels; to spangle. “Bejeweled hands.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of incense-yielding trees of North Africa and India.
Syn. -- genus Boswellia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Relating to, or characteristic of, Dr. Johnson's biographer, James Boswell, whose hero worship made his narrative a faithful but often uncritical record of details. -- Bos"well*ize v. i. & t. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. The style of Boswell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bouel, bouele, OF. boel, boele, F. boyau, fr. L. botellus a small sausage, in LL. also intestine, dim. of L. botulus sausage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

He burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out. Acts i. 18. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Hence, figuratively: The interior part of anything; as, the bowels of the earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

His soldiers . . . cried out amain,
And rushed into the bowels of the battle. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. The seat of pity or kindness. Hence: Tenderness; compassion. “Thou thing of no bowels.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bloody Bonner, that corpulent tyrant, full (as one said) of guts, and empty of bowels. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. Offspring. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Boweled or Bowelled p. pr. & vb. n. Boweling or Bowelling. ] To take out the bowels of; to eviscerate; to disembowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Written also bowelled. ] Having bowels; hollow. “The boweled cavern.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without pity. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A house of correction for the confinement of disorderly persons; -- so called from a hospital built in 1553 near St. Bride's (or Bridget's) well, in London, which was subsequently a penal workhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To unite by a butt weld. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Butt weld, under Butt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. √26. ] Worsted yarn, slackly twisted, used for embroidery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Oliver Cromwell, b. 1599, d. 1658.
Syn. -- Oliver Cromwell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. adj. of or pertaining to Oliver Cromwell. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ See Bowel, v. t. ] To disembowel. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Embowel. ] 1. To take or let out the bowels or interior parts of; to eviscerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soon after their death, they are disemboweled. Cook. [ 1913 Webster ]

Roaring floods and cataracts that sweep
From disemboweled earth the virgin gold. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take or draw from the body, as the web of a spider. [ R. ] “Her disemboweled web.” J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of disemboweling, or state of being disemboweled; evisceration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. döbel peg, F. douelle state of a cask, surface of an arch, douille socket, little pipe, cartridge. ] (Mech.) 1. A pin, or block, of wood or metal, fitting into holes in the abutting portions of two pieces, and being partly in one piece and partly in the other, to keep them in their proper relative position. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A piece of wood driven into a wall, so that other pieces may be nailed to it. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dowel joint, a joint secured by a dowel or dowels. --
Dowel pin, a dowel. See Dowel, n., 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Doweled it>or Dowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Doweling or Dowelling. ] To fasten together by dowels; to furnish with dowels; as, a cooper dowels pieces for the head of a cask. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. fastening by dowels. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Dwelled usually contracted into Dwelt (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Dwelling. ] [ OE. dwellen, dwelien, to err, linger, AS. dwellan to deceive, hinder, delay, dwelian to err; akin to Icel. dvelja to delay, tarry, Sw. dväljas to dwell, Dan. dvæle to linger, and to E. dull. See Dull, and cf. Dwale. ] 1. To delay; to linger. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To abide; to remain; to continue. [ 1913 Webster ]

I 'll rather dwell in my necessity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy soul was like a star and dwelt apart. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To abide as a permanent resident, or for a time; to live in a place; to reside. [ 1913 Webster ]

The parish in which I was born, dwell, and have possessions. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor man dwells in a humble cottage near the hall where the lord of the domain resides. C. J. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

To dwell in, to abide in (a place); hence, to depend on. “My hopes in heaven to dwell.” Shak. --
To dwell on or
To dwell upon, to continue long on or in; to remain absorbed with; to stick to; to make much of; as, to dwell upon a subject; a singer dwells on a note. [ 1913 Webster ] They stand at a distance, dwelling on his looks and language, fixed in amazement. Buckminster.

Syn. -- To inhabit; live; abide; sojourn; reside; continue; stay; rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inhabit. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inhabitant; a resident; as, a cave dweller. “Dwellers at Jerusalem.” Acts i. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Habitation; place or house in which a person lives; abode; domicile. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons. Jer. xlix. 33. [ 1913 Webster ]

God will deign
To visit oft the dwellings of just men. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Philip's dwelling fronted on the street. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dwelling house, a house intended to be occupied as a residence, in distinction from a store, office, or other building. --
Dwelling place, place of residence. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p.of Dwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emboweled r Embowelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Emboweling or Embowelling. ] 1. To disembowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

The barbarous practice of emboweling. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

The boar . . . makes his trough
In your emboweled bosoms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Disembowel is the preferable word in this sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To imbed; to hide in the inward parts; to bury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Or deep emboweled in the earth entire. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who takes out the bowels. [ Written also emboweller. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disembowelment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. state of perfection; the utmost degree; as, they polished the furniture to a fare-thee-well. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

interj. [ Fare (thou, you) + well. ] Go well; good-by; adieu; -- originally applied to a person departing, but by custom now applied both to those who depart and those who remain. It is often separated by the pronoun; as, fare you well; and is sometimes used as an expression of separation only; as, farewell the year; farewell, ye sweet groves; that is, I bid you farewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

So farewell hope, and with hope, farewell fear. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fare thee well! and if forever,
Still forever fare thee well. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The primary accent is sometimes placed on the first syllable, especially in poetry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A wish of happiness or welfare at parting; the parting compliment; a good-by; adieu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Act of departure; leave-taking; a last look at, or reference to something. [ 1913 Webster ]

And takes her farewell of the glorious sun. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Before I take my farewell of the subject. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Parting; valedictory; final; as, a farewell discourse; his farewell bow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leans in his spear to take his farewell view. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Farewell rock (Mining), the Millstone grit; -- so called because no coal is found worth working below this stratum. It is used for hearths of furnaces, having power to resist intense heat. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fuel. ] Fuel. [ Obs. ] Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera. [ Written also gromill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A long, deep wave in the sea, sometimes caused by distant winds or storms. [ PJC ]

2. A rising sentiment of support or enthusiasm, especially among the general public; as, a groundswell of opinion favoring campaign finance reform. [ PJC ]

a. Rankling in, or swelling, the heart. “Heartswelling hate.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inflated; boastful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Keeping at home. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A tool used by coopers for smoothing and chamfering rheir work, especially the inside of casks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To smooth; to plane; as, to howel a cask. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The upper stage of a porcelian furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Embowel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Indwelt p. pr. & vb. n. Indwelling. ] To dwell in; to abide within; to remain in possession. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Holy Ghost became a dove, not as a symbol, but as a constantly indwelt form. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An inhabitant. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Residence within, as in the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. juel, jowel, OF. jouel, juel, joiel, F. joyau, dim. of OF. joie joy, jewel, F. joie joy. See Joy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ornament of dress usually made of a precious metal, and having enamel or precious stones as a part of its design. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plate of rare device, and jewels
Of rich and exquisite form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A precious stone; a gem. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object regarded with special affection; a precious thing. “Our prince (jewel of children).” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A bearing for a pivot a pivot in a watch, formed of a crystal or precious stone, as a ruby. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jewel block (Naut.), block at the extremity of a yard, through which the halyard of a studding sail is rove. [ 1913 Webster ]