                             Webster Micro. 1913

                           959 words in 2272 forms

                                      A

   a

(prep.) In process of.

   able

(a.) To make able.

(superl.) Fit.

   about

(adv.) Here and there.

(prep.) Around.

   above

(adv.) Earlier in order.

(prep.) Figuratively, higher than.

   act

(n.) A formal solemn writing, expressing that something has been done.

(v. i.) To behave or  conduct,  as  in  morals,  private  duties,  or  public
offices.

(v. t.) To assume the office or character of.

   add

(v. i.) To make an addition. To add to, to augment.

(v. t.) To append, as a statement.

   afraid

(p. a.) Impressed with fear or apprehension.

   after

(a.) Hinder.

(adv.) Subsequently in time or place.

(prep.) According to the direction and influence of.

   again

(adv.) Another time.

   age

(n.) A century.

(v. i.) To grow aged.

(v. t.) To cause to grow old.

   ago

(a. & adv.) Past.

   agree

(adv.) In good part.

(v. i.) To be conformable.

(v. t.) To admit, or come to one mind concerning.

   air

(n.) A musical idea, or motive, rhythmically developed in consecutive  single
tones, so as to form a symmetrical and balanced  whole,  which  may  be  sung
by a single voice to the stanzas of a hymn or song, or even to  plain  prose,
or played upon an instrument.

   all

(a.) Any.

(adv.) Even.

(conj.) Although.

(n.) The whole number, quantity, or amount.

   allow

(v. i.) To admit.

(v. t.) To grant (something) as a deduction or an addition.

   also

(adv. & conj.) Even as.

   always

(adv.) At all times.

   an

(conj.) If.

   and

(conj.) A particle which expresses the relation of  connection  or  addition.
It is used  to  conjoin  a  word  with  a  word,  a  clause  with  a  clause,
or a sentence with a sentence.

   anger

(n.) A strong passion  or  emotion  of  displeasure  or  antagonism,  excited
by a real or supposed injury or insult to one's self or  others,  or  by  the
intent to do such injury.

(v. t.) To excite to anger.

   animal

(a.) Consisting of the flesh of animals.

(n.) An  organized  living  being  endowed  with  sensation  and  the   power
of  voluntary  motion,  and  also  characterized  by  taking  its  food  into
an internal cavity or stomach for digestion.

   answer

(n.) A counter-statement of facts in a course of pleadings.

(v. i.) To be opposite, or to act in opposition.

   any

(a. & pron.) One indifferently, out of an indefinite number.

(adv.) To any extent.

   appear

(n.) Appearance.

(v. i.) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind.

   apple

(n.) Any  fruit  or  other  vegetable  production  resembling,  or   supposed
to resemble, the apple.

(v. i.) To grow like an apple.

   are

(n.) The unit of superficial measure, being  a  square  of  which  each  side
is ten meters in length.

   area

(n.) A spot or small marked space.

   arm

(n.) A branch of a tree.

(v. i.) To provide  one's  self  with  arms,  weapons,  or  means  of  attack
or resistance.

   arrange

(v. t.) To adjust or settle.

   arrive

(n.) Arrival.

(v. i.) To come to the shore or bank. In present usage: To come  in  progress
by water, or by traveling on land.

(v. t.) To bring to shore.

   art

(n.) A system of rules serving  to  facilitate  the  performance  of  certain
actions.

   as

(adv. & conj.) As if.

(n.) A Roman copper coin, originally of a pound weight (12 oz.).

   ask

(n.) A water newt.

(v. i.) To make inquiry, or seek by request.

(v. t.) To interrogate or inquire of or concerning.

   at

(prep.) A relation of proximity to, or of presence in or on, something.

   atom

(n.) A constituent particle of matter, or a  molecule  supposed  to  be  made
up of subordinate particles.

(v. t.) To reduce to atoms.

                                      B

   baby

(a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an infant.

(n.) A small image of an infant.

(v. i.) To treat like a young child.

   back

(a.) Being at the back or in the rear.

(adv.) (Of time) In times past.

(n.) A ferryboat.

(v. i.) To adjoin behind.

   bad

(imp.) Bade.

(superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral.

   ball

(n.) A flaming, roundish body shot into the air.

(v. i.) To gather balls which cling to the feet, as of damp snow or clay.

(v. t.) To form or wind into a ball.

   band

(v. i.) To confederate for some common purpose.

(v. t.) A belt or strap.

   bank

(n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley.

(v. i.) To deposit money in a bank.

(v. t.) To deposit in a bank.

   bar

(n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth  of  a  river
or harbor, obstructing navigation.

   base

(a.) Alloyed with inferior metal.

(n.) A kind of skirt ( often of velvet or brocade, but  sometimes  of  mailed
armor) which hung from the middle to about the knees, or lower.

   basic

(a.) Apparently alkaline, as certain  normal  salts  which  exhibit  alkaline
reactions with test paper.

   bat

(n.) A large stick.

(v. i.) To use a bat, as in a game of baseball.

(v. t.) To strike or hit with a bat or a pole.

   be

(v. i.) To exist actually, or in the world of fact.

   bear

(n.) A bier.

(v. i.) To be situated, as to the point of compass, with respect to something
else.

(v. t.) To admit or be capable of.

   beat

(a.) Weary.

(imp.) of Beat.

(n.) A recurring stroke.

(p. p.) of Beat.

(v. i.) A cheat or swindler of the lowest grade.

(v. t.) To cheat.

   beauty

(n.) A beautiful person, esp. a beautiful woman.

   bed

(n.) (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.

(v. i.) To go to bed.

(v. t.) To dress or prepare the surface of stone) so as to serve as a bed.

   been

(p. p.) of Be.

   before

(adv.) Earlier.

(prep.) An advance of.

   began

(imp. & p. p.) of Begin.

   begin

(n.) Beginning.

(v. i.) To do the first act or the first part of an action.

(v. t.) To enter on.

   behind

(a.) Left  a  distance  by,  in  progress  of  improvement  Hence:   Inferior
to in dignity, rank, knowledge, or excellence, or in any achievement.

(adv.) After the departure of another.

(n.) The backside.

   believe

(n.) To exercise belief in.

(v. i.) To have a firm persuasion, esp. of the truths of religion.

   bell

(n.) A hollow metallic vessel,  usually  shaped  somewhat  like  a  cup  with
a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth  a  ringing
sound on being struck.

(v. i.) To call or bellow, as the deer in rutting time.

(v. t.) To make bell-mouthed.

   best

(a.) Having good qualities in the highest degree.

(n.) Utmost.

(superl.) In the highest degree.

(v. t.) To get the better of.

   better

(a.) Greater in amount.

(compar.) In a higher or greater degree.

(n.) Advantage, superiority, or victory.

(v. i.) To become better.

   between

(n.) Intermediate time or space.

(prep.) Belonging in common to two.

   big

(superl.) Great with young.

   bird

(n.) A warm-blooded, feathered vertebrate provided with wings.

(v. i.) Hence: To seek for game or plunder.

   bit

(imp.) of Bite.

(v. t.) To put a bridle upon.

(v.) A part of anything, such as may be bitten off or taken into the mouth.

   black

(a.) Destitute of light, or incapable of reflecting it.

(adv.) Sullenly.

(n.) A black garment or dress.

   block

(n.) To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress.

(v. t.) A blockhead.

   blood

(n.) A bloodthirsty or murderous disposition.

(v. t.) To bleed.

   blow

(n.) A blossom.

(v. i.) To be carried or moved by the wind.

(v. t.) To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion.

   blue

(n.) A pedantic woman.

(pl.) Low spirits.

(superl.) Having the color of the clear sky, or a hue resembling it,  whether
lighter or darker.

(v. t.) To make blue.

   board

(n.) A piece of timber sawed thin, and of  considerable  length  and  breadth
as compared with the thickness.

(v. i.) To obtain meals, or meals and lodgings, statedly for compensation.

(v. t.) To approach.

   boat

(n.) A small open vessel, or water craft, usually moved by cars  or  paddles,
but often by a sail.

(v. i.) To go or row in a boat.

(v. t.) To place in a boat.

   body

(n.) A figure that has length, breadth, and thickness.

(v. t.) To furnish with, or as with, a body.

   bone

(n.) Anything made of bone, as a bobbin for weaving bone lace.

(v. t.) To fertilize with bone.

   book

(n.) A collection of sheets of paper, or similar  material,  blank,  written,
or printed, bound together.

(v. t.) To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of  securing
a passage, conveyance, or seat.

   born

(p. p.) of Bear.

(v. t.) Brought forth, as an animal.

   both

(a. or pron.) The one and the other.

(conj.) As well.

   bottom

(a.) Of or pertaining to the bottom.

(n.) A ball or skein of thread.

(v. i.) To reach or impinge against the bottom, so as to impede free  action,
as when the point of a cog strikes the bottom of a space  between  two  other
cogs, or a piston the end of a cylinder.

(v. t.) To found or build upon.

   bought

(imp. & p. p.) of Buy.

(n.) A flexure.

(p. a.) Purchased.

   box

(n.) A blow on the head or ear with the hand.

(v. i.) To fight with the fist.

(v. t.) To boxhaul.

   boy

(n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty.

(v. t.) To act as a boy.

   branch

(a.) Diverging from, or tributary to, a main stock, line, way, theme, etc.

(n.) A line of family descent, in distinction from some other line  or  lines
from the same stock.

(v. i.) To divide into separate parts or subdivision.

(v. t.) To adorn with needlework representing branches, flowers, or twigs.

   bread

(a.) To spread.

(n.) An article of food made from flour or meal by moistening, kneading,  and
baking.

(v. t.) To cover with bread crumbs, preparatory to cooking.

   break

(v. i.) To be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.

(v. t.) A device for checking motion, or for measuring friction.

   bright

(a.) Having a clear, quick intellect.

(adv.) Brightly.

(n.) Splendor.

(v. t.) To be or become overripe, as wheat, barley, or hops.

   bring

(v. t.) To cause the accession or obtaining of.

   broad

(n.) A lathe tool for turning down the insides and bottoms of cylinders.

(superl.) Characterized by breadth.

   broke

(imp.) of Break.

(v. i.) To act as procurer in love matters.

   brother

(n.) A male person who has the same father and mother  with  another  person,
or who has one of them only.

(v. t.) To make a brother of.

   brought

(imp. & p. p.) of Bring.

   brown

(n.) A dark color inclining to red or  yellow,  resulting  from  the  mixture
of red and black, or of red, black, and yellow.

(superl.) Of a dark color, of various shades between black and red or yellow.

(v. i.) To become brown.

(v. t.) To give a bright brown color to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin
coat of oxide on their surface.

   build

(n.) Form or mode of construction.

(v. i.) To exercise the art, or practice the business, of building.

(v. t.) To erect or construct, as an edifice or fabric of any kind.

   burn

(n.) A disease in vegetables.

(v. i.) In certain games, to  approach  near  to  a  concealed  object  which
is sought.

(v. t.) To apply a cautery to.

   busy

(a.) Careful.

(v. t.) To make or keep busy.

   but

(adv. & conj.) Except with.

(n.) A limit.

(prep., adv. & conj.) The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house.

(v. t.) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together  without
scarfing or chamfering.

   buy

(v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.

(v. t.) To acquire or  procure  by  something  given  or  done  in  exchange,
literally or figuratively.

   by

(a.) Out of the common path.

(adv.) Aside.

(pref.) Against.

                                      C

   call

(n.) A divine vocation or summons.

(v. i.) To make a brief visit.

(v. t.) To command or request to come or be present.

   came

(imp.) of Come.

(n.) A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in  casements
and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.

   camp

(n.) A collection of  tents,  huts,  etc.,  for  shelter,  commonly  arranged
in an orderly manner.

(v. i.) To pitch or prepare a camp.

(v. t.) To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.

   can

(n.) A drinking cup.

(v. t. & i.) To be able to do.

(v. t.) To preserve by putting in sealed cans.

   capital

(a.) A chapter, or section, of a book.

(n.) Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government
of a state or nation.

   captain

(a.) Chief.

(n.) A head, or chief officer.

(v. t.) To act as captain of.

   car

(n.) A chariot of war or of triumph.

   card

(n.) A paper on which the points of the compass are marked.

(v. i.) To play at cards.

(v. t.) To clean or clear, as if by using a card.

   care

(n.) A burdensome sense of responsibility.

   carry

(n.) A tract of land, over which boats  or  goods  are  carried  between  two
bodies of navigable water.

(v. i.) To act as a bearer.

(v. t.) To bear (one's self).

   case

(n.) A box and its contents.

(v. i.) To propose hypothetical cases.

(v. t.) To cover or protect with, or as with, a case.

   cat

(n.) A cat o' nine tails.

(v. t.) To bring to the cathead.

   catch

(n.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch  up  each
other's words.

(v. i.) To attain possession.

(v. t.) Hence: To insnare.

   caught

(imp. & p. p.) of Catch.

   cause

(conj.) Abbreviation of Because.

(n.) To effect as an agent.

(v. i.) To assign or show cause.

(v.) A suit or action in court.

   cell

(n.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound  vessel,  for  holding  the
exciting fluid of a battery.

(v. t.) To place or inclose in a cell.

   cent

(n.) A hundred.

   certain

(a.) Actually existing.

(adv.) Certainly.

(n.) A certain number or quantity.

   chair

(n.) A movable single seat with a back.

(v. t.) To carry publicly in a chair in triumph.

   chance

(a.) Happening by chance.

(adv.) By chance.

(n.) A possibility.

(v. i.) To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation.

(v. t.) To befall.

   change

(v. i.) To be altered.

(v. t.) A passing from one phase to another.

   character

(n.) A distinctive mark.

(v. t.) To distinguish by particular marks or traits.

   charge

(n.) Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds.

(v. i.) To debit on an account.

(v. t.) A bearing.

   chart

(n.) A map.

(v. t.) To lay down in a chart.

   check

(a.) Checkered.

(n.) A condition of interrupted or impeded progress.

(v. i.) To act as a curb or restraint.

(v. t.) To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

   chick

(n.) A chicken.

(v. i.) To sprout, as seed in the ground.

   chief

(a.) Highest in office or rank.

(n.) The head or leader of any body of men.

   child

(n.) A descendant, however remote.

(v. i.) To give birth.

   choose

(v. i.) To do otherwise.

(v. t.) To make choice of.

   chord

(n.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or  less
perfect harmony, as, the common chord.

(v. i.) To accord.

(v. t.) To provide with musical chords or strings.

   circle

(n.) A circular group of persons.

(v. i.) To move circularly.

   city

(a.) Of or pertaining to a city.

(n.) A corporate town.

   claim

(n.) A demand of a right or supposed right.

(v. i.) To be entitled to anything.

(v. t.) To ask for, or  seek  to  obtain,  by  virtue  of  authority,  right,
or supposed right.

   class

(n.) A comprehensive  division  of  animate  or  inanimate  objects,  grouped
together on account of their common characteristics,  in  any  classification
in natural science, and subdivided into  orders,  families,  tribes,  genera,
etc.

(v. i.) To grouped or classed.

   clean

(a.) To render clean.

(adv.) Without limitation or remainder.

(superl.) Free from awkwardness.

   clear

(adv.) In a clear manner.

(n.) Full extent.

(superl.) Able to perceive clearly.

(v. i.) To become free from clouds or fog.

(v. t.) To free from impediment or  incumbrance,  from  defilement,  or  from
anything injurious, useless, or offensive.

   climb

(n.) The act of one who climbs.

(v. i.) To ascend as if with effort.

(v. t.) To ascend, as  by  means  of  the  hands  and  feet,  or  laboriously
or slowly.

   clock

(n.) A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking.

(v. t. & i.) To call, as a hen.

(v. t.) To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

   close

(adv.) In a close manner.

(n.) A double bar marking the end.

(v. i.) To come together.

(v. t.) A narrow passage leading from a street to a  court,  and  the  houses
within.

   clothe

(v. i.) To wear clothes.

   cloud

(n.) A collection of visible vapor, or watery  particles,  suspended  in  the
upper atmosphere.

(v. i.) To grow cloudy.

(v. t.) To blacken.

   coast

(n.) To draw or keep near.

(v. t.) The exterior line, limit, or border of a country.

   coat

(n.) A coat card.

(v. t.) To cover with a coat or outer garment.

   cold

(n.) A morbid state of  the  animal  system  produced  by  exposure  to  cold
or dampness.

(v. i.) To become cold.

   collect

(v. i.) To assemble together.

(v. t.) A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion,
or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.

   colony

(n.) A company of people transplanted from their mother country to  a  remote
province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the  parent
state.

   color

(n.) A distinguishing badge, as a flag or  similar  symbol  (usually  in  the
plural).

(v. i.) To acquire color.

(v. t.) To change or alter the hue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting,
etc.

   column

(n.) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other.

   come

(n.) Coming.

(p. p.) of Come.

(v. t.) To carry through.

   common

(n.) An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure,  for  pasturage,
etc., the use of which belongs to the public.

(v. i.) To board together.

(v.) Belonging or relating equally, or similarly, to more than one.

   company

(n.) A companion or companions.

(v. i.) To associate.

(v. t.) To accompany or go with.

   compare

(n.) Comparison.

(v. i.) To be like or equal.

(v. t.) To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or  more  persons
or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences.

   complete

(a.) Filled up.

(v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency.

   condition

(n.) A clause  in  a  contract,  or  agreement,  which  has  for  its  object
to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation.

(v. i.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without  which
knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

   connect

(v. i.) To join, unite, or cohere.

(v. t.) To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another  person,
thing, business, or affair.

   consider

(v. i.) To hesitate.

(v. t.) To estimate.

   consonant

(a.) harmonizing together.

(n.) An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined  and  sounded
with an open sound called a vowel.

   contain

(v. i.) To restrain desire.

(v. t.) To have capacity for.

   continent

(a.) Abstaining from sexual intercourse.

   continue

(v. i.) To be permanent or durable.

(v. t.) To carry onward or extend.

   control

(n.) A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another
account or register.

(v. t.) To check by a counter register or duplicate account.

   cook

(n.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

(v. i.) To make the noise of the cuckoo.

(v. t.) To concoct or prepare.

   cool

(n.) A moderate state of cold.

(superl.) Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money,  commonly
as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

(v. i.) To become less hot.

(v. t.) To make cool or cold.

   copy

(n.) A writing paper of a particular size. Same as Bastard.

(v. i.) To make a copy or copies.

   corn

(n.) A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize.

(v. t.) To feed with corn or (in Scotland) oats.

   correct

(a.) Set right, or made straight.

(v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals.

   cost

(imp. & p. p.) of Cost.

(n.) A rib.

(v. t.) Expenses incurred in litigation.

   cotton

(n.) A soft,  downy  substance,  resembling  fine  wool,  consisting  of  the
unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant.

(v. i.) To go on prosperously.

   could

(imp.) of Can.

   count

(n.) A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl.

(v. i.) To number or be counted.

(v. t.) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court.

   course

(n.) A continuous  level  range  of  brick  or  stones  of  the  same  height
throughout the face or faces of a building.

(v. i.) To move with speed.

(v. t.) To cause to chase after or pursue game.

   cover

(n.) A tablecloth, and the other table furniture.

(v. i.) To spread a table for a meal.

(v. t.) To brood or sit on.

   cow

(n.) A chimney cap.

(v. t.) To depress with fear.

   crease

(n.) A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance.

(v. t.) To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.

   create

(a.) Created.

(v. t.) To bring into being.

   crop

(n.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial.

(v. i.) To yield harvest.

   cross

(a.) Characterized by, or in a state of,  peevishness,  fretfulness,  or  ill
humor.

(n.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties.

(prep.) Athwart.

(v. i.) To be inconsistent.

(v. t.) To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across.

   crowd

(n.) An ancient instrument of music with six strings.

(v. i.) To press together or collect in numbers.

(v. t.) A number of persons  congregated  or  collected  into  a  close  body
without order.

   cry

(v. i.) A loud utterance.

(v. t.) To cause  to  do  something,  or  bring  to  some  state,  by  crying
or weeping.

   current

(a.) A flowing or passing.

   cut

(a.) Formed or shaped as by cutting.

(imp. & p. p.) of Cut.

(n.) A common work horse.

(v. i.) To admit of incision or severance.

(v. t.) To absent one's self from.

                                      D

   dad

(n.) Father.

   dance

(v. i.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the  waltz,  the
cotillon, etc.

(v. t.) To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down.

   danger

(n.) Authority.

(v. t.) To endanger.

   dark

(a.) Deprived of sight.

(n.) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like.

(v. t.) To darken to obscure.

   day

(n.) (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of  contest,  some
anniversary, etc.

   dead

(a.) Bringing death.

(adv.) To a degree resembling death.

(n.) One who is dead.

(v. i.) To die.

(v. t.) To make dead.

   deal

(n.) A part or portion.

(v. i.) To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs.

   dear

(adv.) Dearly.

(n.) A dear one.

(superl.) Bearing a high price.

(v. t.) To endear.

   death

(v. i.) Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

   decide

(v. i.) To determine.

(v. t.) To bring to a termination,  as  a  question,  controversy,  struggle,
by giving the victory to one side or party.

   decimal

(a.) Of or pertaining to decimals.

(n.) A number expressed in the scale of tens.

   deep

(adv.) To a great depth.

(n.) That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean.

(superl.) Extending far back from the front or outer part.

   degree

(n.) A 360th part of the circumference of  a  circle,  which  part  is  taken
as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles.

   depend

(v. i.) To hang down.

   describe

(v. i.) To use the faculty of describing.

(v. t.) To distribute into parts, groups, or classes.

   desert

(a.) Of or pertaining to a desert.

(n.) A deserted or forsaken region.

(v. i.) To abandon a service without leave.

(v. t.) To abandon (the service) without leave.

   design

(n.) A plan or scheme formed in the mind of something to be done.

(v. i.) To form a design or designs.

   determine

(v. i.) To come to a decision.

(v. t.) To ascertain definitely.

   develop

(v. i.) To become apparent gradually.

(v. t.) To advance.

   dictionary

(n.) A book containing the words of a language, arranged alphabetically, with
explanations of their meanings.

   die

(n.) A hollow internally threaded  screw-cutting  tool,  made  in  one  piece
or composed of several parts, for forming screw threads on bolts, etc.

(v. i.) To become indifferent.

   differ

(v. i.) To be of unlike or opposite opinion.

(v. t.) To cause to be different or unlike.

   difficult

(a.) Hard to do or to make.

(v. t.) To render difficult.

   direct

(a.) Immediate.

(n.) A character, thus.

(v. i.) To give direction.

(v. t.) To arrange  in  a  direct  or  straight  line,  as  against  a  mark,
or towards a goal.

   discuss

(v. t.) To break to pieces.

   distant

(a.) Far separated.

   divide

(n.) A dividing ridge of land between the tributaries of two streams.

(v. i.) To be separated.

(v. t.) To cause to be separate.

   division

(n.) A course of notes so running into each  other  as  to  form  one  series
or chain, to be sung in one breath to one syllable.

   do

(n.) A cheat.

(v. i.) To act or behave in any manner.

(v. t. / auxiliary) To bring about.

   doctor

(n.) A teacher.

(v. i.) To practice physic.

(v. t.) To confer a doctorate upon.

   dog

(n.) A fellow.

(v. t.) To hunt or track like a hound.

   dollar

(n.) A coin of the same general weight and value, though  differing  slightly
in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts  of  South  America,
also in Spain, and several other European countries.

   don

(n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence.

(v. t.) To put on.

   done

(a.) Given.

(infinitive.) It is done or agreed.

(p. p.) of Do.

   door

(n.) An entrance way, but taken in  the  sense  of  the  house  or  apartment
to which it leads.

   double

(a.) Being in pairs.

(adv.) Twice.

(n.) A feast in which the antiphon is doubled, hat is, said twice, before and
after the Psalms, instead of only half being said, as in simple feasts.

(v. i.) To be increased to twice the sum, number, quantity, length, or value.

   down

(a.) Downcast.

(adv.) From a greater to a  less  bulk,  or  from  a  thinner  to  a  thicker
consistence.

(n.) Fine, soft,  hairy  outgrowth  from  the  skin  or  surface  of  animals
or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool.

(prep.) A bank or rounded hillock of sand thrown up by the wind along or near
the shore.

(v. i.) To go down.

(v. t.) To cause to go down.

   draw

(n.) A drawn game or battle, etc.

(v. i.) To admit the action of pulling or dragging.

(v. t.) To cause to come out for one's use or benefit.

   dream

(n.) A visionary scheme.

(v. t.) To have a dream of.

   dress

(n.) A lady's gown.

(v. i.) To arrange one's self in due position in a line of soldiers.

(v. t.) To adjust.

   drink

(n.) Liquid to be swallowed.

(v. i.)  To  quaff  exhilarating  or  intoxicating  liquors,   in   merriment
or feasting.

(v. t.) To smoke, as tobacco.

   drive

(n.) A collection of objects that are driven.

(p. p.) Driven.

(v. i.) To be forced along.

(v. t.) To carry or.

   drop

(n.) A contrivance for temporarily lowering a gas jet.

(v. i.) To be deep in extent.

   dry

(a.) To make dry.

(superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard.

(v. i.) To evaporate wholly.

   duck

(n.) A linen (or sometimes cotton) fabric, finer and lighter than canvas.

(v. i.) To drop the head or person suddenly.

(v. t.) A  sudden  inclination  of  the  bead  or  dropping  of  the  person,
resembling the motion of a duck in water.

   during

(prep.) In the time of.

                                      E

   each

(a. / a. pron.) Every one of the two or more individuals composing  a  number
of objects, considered separately from the rest.

   ear

(n.) Privilege of being kindly heard.

(v. i.) To put forth ears in growing.

(v. t.) To plow or till.

   early

(adv.) Coming in the first part of a period  of  time,  or  among  the  first
of successive acts, events, etc.

   earth

(n.) A hole in the ground, where an animal hides himself.

(v. i.) To burrow.

(v. t.) To cover with earth or mold.

   ease

(n.) Freedom from anything that pains or troubles.

   east

(a.) Toward the rising sun.

(adv.) Eastward.

(n.) Formerly, the part of the United States east of the Allegheny Mountains,
esp. the Eastern, or New England, States.

(v. i.) To move toward the east.

   eat

(v. i.) To make one's way slowly.

(v. t.) To chew and swallow as food.

   edge

(v. i.) To move sideways.

(v. t.) Any sharp terminating border.

   effect

(n.) Consequence intended.

(v. t.) To bring to pass.

   egg

(n.) A simple cell, from the development of which the young  of  animals  are
formed.

(v. t.) To urge on.

   eight

(a.) Seven and one.

(n.) A symbol representing eight units, as 8 or viii.

   either

(a. & pron.) Each of two.

(conj. Either) precedes two,  or  more,  coordinate  words  or  phrases,  and
is introductory to an alternative.

   electric

(n.) A nonconductor of electricity, as amber, glass,  resin,  etc.,  employed
to excite or accumulate electricity.

   element

(n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of  the  same  nature  as  the  entire
magnitude considered.

(v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles.

   else

(a. & pron.) Other.

(adv. & conj.) Besides.

   end

(n.) One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

(v. i.) To come to the ultimate point.

(v. t.) To bring to an end or conclusion.

   enemy

(a.) Hostile.

(n.) One hostile to another.

   energy

(n.) Capacity for performing work.

   engine

(n.) (Pronounced, in this sense, ////.) Natural capacity.

(v. t.) (Pronounced, in this sense, /////.) To rack.

   enough

(a.) Satisfying desire.

(adv.) Fully.

(interj.) An  exclamation  denoting  sufficiency,  being  a  shortened   form
of it is enough.

(n.) A sufficiency.

   enter

(v. i.) To get admission.

(v. t.) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into).

   equal

(a.) Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.

(n.) One not inferior or superior to another.

(v. t.) To be or become equal to.

   equate

(v. t.) To make equal.

   especially

(adv.) In an especial manner.

   even

(a.) As might not be expected.

(n.) Evening.

(v. i.) To be equal.

(v. t.) To act up to.

   ever

(adv.) At all times.

   exact

(a.) Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise.

(v. i.) To practice exaction.

   example

(n.) An instance serving for illustration of a rule  or  precept,  especially
a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as  an  exercise  in  the
application of the rules of any study or branch of science.

(v. t.) To set an example for.

   except

(conj.) Unless.

(prep.) With exclusion of.

(v. i.) To take exception.

(v. t.) To object to.

   excite

(v. t.) To call forth or increase the vital activity of an organism,  or  any
of its parts.

   exercise

(n.) Bodily exertion for  the  sake  of  keeping  the  organs  and  functions
in a healthy state.

(v. i.) To exercise one's self, as under military training.

(v. t.) To exert for the sake of training or improvement.

   expect

(n.) Expectation.

(v. t.) To look for (mentally).

   experience

(n.) An act of knowledge, one or more,  by  which  single  facts  or  general
truths are ascertained.

   experiment

(n.) Atrial or special observation, made to  confirm  or  disprove  something
doubtful.

(v. t.) To make experiment.

   eye

(n.) A brood.

(v. i.) To appear.

(v. t.) To fix the eye on.

                                      F

   face

(n.) Cast of features.

(v. i.) To carry a false appearance.

(v. t.) To cause to turn or present a face  or  front,  as  in  a  particular
direction.

   fact

(n.) A doing, making, or preparing.

   fair

(adv.) Clearly.

(n.) A competitive exhibition of wares, farm products,  etc.,  not  primarily
for purposes of sale.

(superl.) Characterized by frankness, honesty, impartiality, or candor.

(v. t.) To make fair or beautiful.

   fall

(n.) A sinking of tone.

(v. t.) To assume a look of shame or disappointment.

   family

(v. t.) A group of kindred or closely related individuals.

   famous

(a.) Celebrated in fame or public report.

   far

(a.) Distant in any direction.

(adv.) In a great proportion.

(n.) A young pig, or a litter of pigs.

   farm

(a. & n.) A district of country leased (or farmed)  out  for  the  collection
of the revenues of government.

(v. i.) To engage in the business of tilling the soil.

(v. t.) To devote (land) to agriculture.

   fast

(a.) In a fast or rapid manner.

(n.) That which fastens or holds.

(v. i.) A time of fasting, whether a day, week, or longer time.

(v.) Firm against attack.

   fat

(a.) To make fat.

(n.) A large tub, cistern, or vessel.

(superl.) Abounding in riches.

(v. i.) To grow fat, plump, and fleshy.

   father

(n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor  (called
also father confessor), or a priest.

(v. t.) To make one's self the father of.

   favor

(n.) A gift or represent.

   fear

(n.) A painful emotion or passion excited by the expectation of evil, or  the
apprehension of impending danger.

(v. i.) To be in apprehension of evil.

   feed

(n.) A grazing or pasture ground.

(v. i.) To be nourished, strengthened, or satisfied, as if by food.

(v. t.) To fill the wants of.

   feel

(n.) A sensation communicated by touching.

(v. i.) To appear to the touch.

(v. t.) To perceive by the mind.

   feet

(n.) Fact.

   fell

(a.) Cruel.

(imp.) of Fall.

(n.) A barren or rocky hill.

(v. i.) To cause to fall.

(v. t.) To sew or hem.

   felt

(imp. & p. p.) of Feel.

(n.) A cloth or stuff made of matted fibers of wool, or wool and fur,  fulled
or wrought into a compact  substance  by  rolling  and  pressure,  with  lees
or size, without spinning or weaving.

(v. t.) To cover with, or as with, felt.

   few

(superl.) Not many.

   field

(n.) A collective term  for  all  the  competitors  in  any  outdoor  contest
or trial, or for all except the favorites in the betting.

(v. i.) To stand out in the field, ready to catch, stop, or throw the ball.

(v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder.

   fig

(n.) A small fruit tree (Ficus Carica) with  large  leaves,  known  from  the
remotest antiquity. It was probably native from Syria westward to the  Canary
Islands.

   fight

(v. i.) A battle.

(v. t.) To carry on, or wage, as a conflict, or battle.

   figure

(n.) A character or symbol representing a number.

(v. t.) To calculate.

   fill

(a.) To fill or supply fully with food.

(n.) One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.

(v. i.) To become full.

(v. t.) A full supply, as much as supplies want.

   final

(a.) Conclusive.

   find

(n.) Anything found.

(v. i.) To determine an issue of fact, and to declare  such  a  determination
to a court.

(v. t.) To arrive at, as a conclusion.

   fine

(a.) To change by fine gradations.

(n.) A final agreement concerning lands or rents between persons, as the lord
and his vassal.

(superl.) (Used ironically.).

(v. i.) To pay a fine.

(v. t.) To finish.

   finger

(n.) Anything that does work of a finger.

(v. i.) To use the fingers in playing on an instrument.

(v. t.) To execute, as any delicate work.

   finish

(n.) Completion.

(v. i.) To come to an end.

(v. t.) To arrive at the end of.

   fire

(n.) Anything which destroys or affects like fire.

(v. i.) To be irritated or inflamed with passion.

(v. t.) To animate.

   first

(a.) Foremost.

(adv.) Before any other person or thing in time, space, rank, etc.

(n.) The upper part of a duet, trio, etc., either vocal or instrumental.

   fish

(n.) A counter, used in various games.

(v. i.) To attempt to catch fish.

(v. t.) To catch.

   fit

(n.) A darting point.

(superl.) Adapted to an end, object, or design.

(v. i.) To be adjusted to a particular shape or size.

(v. t.) To be suitable to.

   five

(a.) Four and one added.

(n.) A symbol representing this number, as 5, or V.

   flat

(adv.) In a flat manner.

(n.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides.

(superl.) Below the true pitch.

(v. i.) To become flat, or flattened.

(v. t.) To depress in tone, as a musical note.

   floor

(n.) A horizontal, flat ore body.

(v. t.) To cover with a floor.

   flow

(n.) A continuous movement of something abundant.

(v. i.) To become liquid.

(v. t.) To cover with varnish.

   fly

(a.) Knowing.

(v. i.) A batted ball that flies to a  considerable  distance,  usually  high
in the air.

(v. t.) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a  kite,  a  flag,
etc.

   follow

(v. i.) To go or come after.

(v. t.) To accept as authority.

   food

(n.) Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the  feelings,  or  molds
habits of character.

(v. t.) To supply with food.

   foot

(n.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the
syllables being formerly distinguished  by  their  quantity  or  length,  but
in modern poetry by the accent.

(v. i.) To tread to measure or music.

(v. t.) The size or strike with the talon.

   for

(conj.) Because.

(n.) One who takes, or that which is said on, the affirmative side.

(prep.) In the most general  sense,  indicating  that  in  consideration  of,
in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.

   force

(n.) A waterfall.

(v. i.) To be of force, importance, or weight.

(v. t.) To stuff.

   forest

(a.) Of or pertaining to a forest.

(n.) A large extent or  precinct  of  country,  generally  waste  and  woody,
belonging to the sovereign, set apart for the keeping of game  for  his  use,
not inclosed, but distinguished by certain limits, and protected  by  certain
laws, courts, and officers of its own.

(v. t.) To cover with trees or wood.

   form

(n.) A long seat.

(v. i.) To run to a form, as a hare.

   forward

(a.) Advanced beyond the usual degree.

(n.) An agreement.

(v. t.) To help onward.

   found

(imp. & p. p.) of Find.

(n.) A thin, single-cut file for combmakers.

(v. i.) To lay the basis of.

(v. t.) To form by melting a metal, and pouring it into a mold.

   four

(a.) One more than three.

(n.) A symbol representing four units, as 4 or iv.

   fraction

(n.) A portion.

(v. t.) To separate by means of, or to subject  to,  fractional  distillation
or crystallization.

   free

(a.) To frank.

(adv.) Freely.

(superl.) Certain or honorable.

   fresh

(n.) A flood.

(superl) In a raw, green, or untried state.

(v. t.) To refresh.

   friend

(n.) A paramour of either sex.

(v. t.) To act as the friend of.

   from

(prep.) Out of the neighborhood of.

   front

(a.) Of or relating to the front or forward part.

(n.) A position directly before the face of a person, or before the  foremost
part of a thing.

(v. t.) To adorn in front.

   fruit

(v. i.) To bear fruit.

(v. t.) That which is produced.

   full

(adv.) Quite.

(Compar.) Abundantly furnished or provided.

(n.) Complete measure.

(v. i.) To become full or wholly illuminated.

   fun

(n.) Sport.

                                      G

   game

(a.) Having a resolute, unyielding spirit, like the gamecock.

(n.) Crooked.

(v. i.) A contest, physical  or  mental,  according  to  certain  rules,  for
amusement, recreation, or for winning a stake.

   garden

(n.) A piece of ground appropriated to  the  cultivation  of  herbs,  fruits,
flowers, or vegetables.

(v. i.) To lay out or cultivate a garden.

(v. t.) To cultivate as a garden.

   gas

(n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are
marsh  gas,  olefiant  gas,  and  hydrogen,  artificially  produced  by   the
destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin,
etc.

   gather

(n.) A plait or fold in cloth, made by drawing a thread through it.

(v. i.) To collect or bring things together.

(v. t.) To accumulate by collecting and saving little by little.

   gave

(imp.) of Give.

   general

(a.) As a whole.

   gentle

(n.) A dipterous larva used as fish bait.

(superl.) A compellative of respect, consideration, or conciliation.

(v. t.) To make genteel.

   get

(n.) Artifice.

(v. i.) To  arrive  at,  or  bring  one's  self  into,  a  state,  condition,
or position.

(v. t.) Hence, with have and had, to come into or be in possession of.

   girl

(n.) A female child, from birth to the age of puberty.

   give

(n.) To allow or admit by way of supposition.

(v. i.) To become soft or moist.

   glad

(superl.) Pleased.

(v. i.) To be glad.

(v. t.) To make glad.

   glass

(v. t.) A drinking vessel.

   go

(n.) A circumstance or occurrence.

(p. p.) Gone.

(v. i.) To apply one's self.

(v. t.) To bet or wager.

   gold

(v. t.) A  metallic  element,  constituting  the  most  precious  metal  used
as a common commercial medium of exchange.

   gone

(p. p.) of Go.

   good

(adv.) Well.

(n.) Advancement of interest or happiness.

(superl.) Adequate.

(v. t.) To make good.

   got

(imp.) of Get.

(p. p.) of Get.

   govern

(v. i.) To exercise authority.

(v. t.) To direct and control, as the  actions  or  conduct  of  men,  either
by established laws or by arbitrary will.

   grand

(superl.) Great in size, and fine or imposing in appearance or impression.

   grass

(n.) An endogenous plant having simple leaves, a stem generally  jointed  and
tubular, the husks or glumes in pairs, and the seed single.

(v. i.) To produce grass.

(v. t.) To bring to the grass or ground.

   gray

(n.) A gray color.

(superl.) Gray-haired.

   great

(n.) The whole.

(superl.) Endowed with extraordinary powers.

   green

(n.) A grassy plain or plat.

(superl.) Full of life aud vigor.

(v. i.) To become or grow green.

(v. t.) To make green.

   grew

(imp.) of Grow.

   ground

(imp. & p. p.) of Grind.

(n.) A composition in which the bass, consisting of a few bars of independent
notes, is continually repeated to a varying melody.

(v. i.) To run aground.

(v. t.) To  connect  with  the  ground  so  as  to  make  the  earth  a  part
of an electrical circuit.

   group

(n.) A cluster, crowd, or throng.

   grow

(v. i.) To become attached of fixed.

(v. t.) To cause to grow.

   guess

(n.) An opinion  as  to  anything,  formed  without  sufficient  or  decisive
evidence or grounds.

(v. i.) To make a guess or random judgment.

(v. t.)  To  form  an  opinion  concerning,  without   knowledge   or   means
of knowledge.

   guide

(n.) The leather strap by which the shield of a knight was slung  across  the
shoulder, or across the neck and shoulder.

(v. t.) A blade or channel for directing the  flow  of  water  to  the  wheel
buckets.

   gun

(n.) A piece of heavy ordnance.

(v. i.) To practice fowling or hunting small game.

                                      H

   had

(imp. & p. p.) of Have.

   hair

(n.) A haircloth.

   half

(a.) Consisting of a moiety, or half.

(adv.) In an equal part or degree.

(v. t.) To halve.

   hand

(n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.

(v. i.) To cooperate.

(v. t.) To furl.

   happen

(v. i.) To come by chance.

   happy

(superl.) Dexterous.

   hard

(adv.) Close or near.

(n.) A ford or passage across a river or swamp.

(superl.) Abrupt or explosive in utterance.

(v. t.) To harden.

   hat

(a.) Hot.

(n.) A covering for the head.

   have

(Indic. present) of Have.

(v. t.) To accept possession of.

   he

(obj.) Any one.

   head

(a.) Principal.

(n.) A dense cluster of flowers, as in clover, daisies, thistles.

(v. i.) To form a head.

(v. t.) To be at the head of.

   hear

(v. i.) To be informed by oral communication.

(v. t.) To accede to the demand or wishes of.

   heat

(imp. & p. p.) Heated.

(n.) A force in nature which is recognized in various effects, but especially
in the phenomena of fusion and evaporation, and which, as manifested in fire,
the sun's rays, mechanical action, chemical combination, etc.

(v. i.) To grow warm or hot by  fermentation,  or  the  development  of  heat
by chemical action.

(v. t.) To excite ardor in.

   heavy

(a.) Having the heaves.

(adv.) Heavily.

(superl.) Dark with clouds, or ready to rain.

(v. t.) To make heavy.

   held

(imp. & p. p.) of Hold.

   help

(v. i.) To lend aid or assistance.

(v. t.) A helper.

   her

(pron. & a.) The form of  the  objective  and  the  possessive  case  of  the
personal pronoun she.

   here

(adv.) At this point of time, or of an argument.

(n.) Hair.

(pron. pl.) Of them.

(pron.) Her.

   high

(adv.) In a high manner.

(n.) An elevated place.

(superl.) Acute or sharp.

(v. i.) To hie.

   hill

(n.) A natural elevation of land, or a mass of earth rising above the  common
level of the surrounding land.

(v. t.) A single cluster or group  of  plants  growing  close  together,  and
having the earth heaped up about them.

   him

(pron.) The objective case of he.

   his

(pron.) Belonging or pertaining to him.

   history

(n.) A learning or knowing by inquiry.

(v. t.) To narrate or record.

   hit

(imp. & p. p.) of Hit.

(n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has  removed  some  of  his
men. It counts less than a gammon.

(pron.) It.

(v. i.) To meet or come in contact.

(v. t.) To guess.

   hold

(n. i.) In general, to keep one's self in a given position or condition.

(n.) A character.

(v. t.) To accept, as an opinion.

   hole

(a.) Whole.

(n.) A hollow place or cavity.

(v. i.) To go or get into a hole.

   home

(a.) Close.

(adv.) Close.

(n.) A place of refuge and rest.

   hope

(n.) A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining  it,
or a belief that it is obtainable.

(v. i.) To entertain or indulge hope.

(v. t.) To  desire  with  expectation  or  with  belief  in  the  possibility
or prospect of obtaining.

   horse

(a.) A breastband for a leadsman.

(n.) A frame of timber, shaped like a horse,  on  which  soldiers  were  made
to ride for punishment.

(v. i.) To get on horseback.

(v. t.) To cover, as a mare.

   hot

(superl.) Acrid.

   hour

(n.) A measure of distance traveled.

   house

(n.) A family of ancestors, descendants, and kindred.

(v. i.) To have a position in one of the houses.

(v. t.) To admit to residence.

   how

(adv.) At what price.

   huge

(superl.) Very large.

   human

(a.) Belonging to man or mankind.

(n.) A human being.

   hundred

(a.) Ten times ten.

(n.) A division  of  a  country  in  England,  supposed  to  have  originally
contained a hundred families, or freemen.

   hunt

(n.) A district of country hunted over.

(v. i.) To follow the chase.

(v. t.) To drive.

   hurry

(n.) The act of hurrying in motion or business.

(v. i.) To move or act with haste.

(v. t.) To cause to be done quickly.

                                      I

   i

(object.) The nominative case of the pronoun of the first person.

   ice

(n.) Any substance having the appearance of ice.

(v. t.) To chill or cool, as with ice.

   idea

(n.) A belief, option, or doctrine.

   if

(conj.) In case that.

   imagine

(v. i.) To form images or conceptions.

(v. t.) To contrive in purpose.

   in

(adv.) Not out.

(n.) A reentrant angle.

(prep.) The specific signification of in is situation or place  with  respect
to surrounding, environment, encompassment, etc.

(v. t.) To inclose.

   inch

(a.) Measurement  an  inch  in  any  dimension,  whether   length,   breadth,
or thickness.

(n.) A measure of length, the twelfth part of  a  foot,  commonly  subdivided
into halves, quarters, eights, sixteenths, etc.

(v. i.) To advance or retire by inches or small degrees.

(v. t.) To deal out by inches.

   include

(v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a  part,
an argument or reason the inference.

   indicate

(v. t.) To investigate the  condition  or  power  of,  as  of  steam  engine,
by means of an indicator.

   industry

(n.) Any department or branch of art, occupation, or business.

   insect

(a.) Like an insect.

(n.) Any air-breathing arthropod, as a spider or scorpion.

   instant

(a.) A day of the present or current month.

(adv.) Instantly.

   instrument

(n.) A contrivance or implement, by which musical sounds are produced.

(v. t.) To perform upon an instrument.

   interest

(n.) Advantage, personal or general.

   invent

(v. t.) To come or light upon.

   iron

(n.) An instrument or utensil made of iron.

(v. t.) To furnish or arm with iron.

   is

(v. i.) The third  person  singular  of  the  substantive  verb  be,  in  the
indicative mood, present tense.

   island

(n.) A tract of land surrounded by water, and smaller than a  continent.  Cf.
Continent.

(v. t.) To cause to become or to resemble an island.

   it

(pron.) As a demonstrative,  especially  at  the  beginning  of  a  sentence,
pointing  to  that  which  is  about  to  be  stated,  named,  or  mentioned,
or referring to that which apparent or well known.

                                      J

   job

(n.) A piece of chance or occasional work.

(v. i.) To carry on the business of a jobber in merchandise or stocks.

(v. t.) To buy and sell, as a broker.

   join

(n.) The line joining two points.

(v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact.

(v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest.

   joy

(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.

(v. t.) To enjoy.

   jump

(a.) Nice.

(adv.) Exactly.

(n.) A bodice worn instead of stays by women in the 18th century.

(v. i.) To coincide.

(v. t.) To bore with a jumper.

   just

(a.) Conforming or conformable to rectitude or justice.

(adv.) Barely.

(n.) A joust.

(v. i.) To joust.

                                      K

   keep

(n.) A cap for retaining anything, as a journal box, in place.

(v. i.) To be in session.

(v. t.) To attend upon.

   kept

(imp. & p. p.) of Keep.

   key

(n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank,  pulley,  coupling,  etc.,  upon
a shaft, and prevent relative turning.

(v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly.

   kill

(n.) A channel or arm of the sea.

(v. t.) To cause to cease.

   kind

(a.) Nature.

(superl.) Characteristic of the species.

(v. t.) To beget.

   king

(n.) A chief ruler.

(v. i.) To supply with a king.

   knew

(imp.) of Know.

   know

(n.) Knee.

(v. i.) To be acquainted with.

                                      L

   lady

(a.) Belonging or becoming to a lady.

(n.) A wife.

   lake

(n.) A kind of fine white linen, formerly in use.

(v. i.) To play.

   land

(n.) Any ground, soil, or earth  whatsoever,  as  meadows,  pastures,  woods,
etc., and everything annexed to it, whether by nature, as trees, water, etc.

(v. i.) To go on shore from a ship or boat.

(v. t.) To catch and bring to shore.

   language

(n.) A race, as distinguished by its speech.

(v. t.) To communicate by language.

   large

(adv.) Freely.

(n.) A musical note, formerly in  use,  equal  to  two  longs,  four  breves,
or eight semibreves.

(superl.) Abundant.

   last

(3d pers. sing. pres.) of Last, to endure, contracted from laster.

(a.) At a time next preceding the present time.

(n.) A load.

(v. i.) A wooden block shaped like the human foot, on which boots  and  shoes
are formed.

(v. t.) To shape with a last.

   late

(a.) After the usual or proper time, or the time appointed.

(v.) Coming after the time when due, or after the usual or proper time.

   laugh

(n.) An expression of mirth peculiar to the human species.

(v. t.) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.

   law

(interj.) An exclamation of mild surprise.

(n.) An oath, as in the presence of a court.

   lay

(a.) A melody.

(imp.) of Lie.

(n.) A law.

(v. i.) To lay a wager.

(v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise.

   lead

(n.) A lode.

(v. i.) To guide or conduct,  as  by  accompanying,  going  before,  showing,
influencing, directing with authority, etc.

(v. t.) To begin a game, round, or trick, with.

   learn

(v. i.) To acquire knowledge or skill.

(v. t.) To communicate knowledge to.

   least

(a.) Smallest, either in size or degree.

(adv.) In the smallest or lowest degree.

   leave

(n.) Liberty granted by which restraint or illegality is removed.

(v. i.) To cease.

(v. t.) To raise.

(v.) To cease from.

   left

(a.) Of or pertaining to that side of the body in man on which  the  muscular
action of the limbs is usually weaker than on the other side.

(imp. & p. p.) of Leave.

(n.) That part of surrounding space toward which the left side of one's  body
is turned.

   leg

(n.) A bow, esp. in the phrase to make a leg.

(v. t.) To bow.

   length

(a.) A portion of space or of time considered as measured by its length.

(v. t.) To lengthen.

   less

(a.) Smaller.

(adv.) Not so much.

(conj.) Unless.

(n.) A smaller portion or quantity.

(v. t.) To make less.

   let

(imp. & p. p.) of Let.

(n.) A retarding.

(v. i.) To be let or leased.

(v. t.) To allow to be used or occupied for a compensation.

   letter

(n.) A letter.

(v. t.) To impress with letters.

   level

(a.) Coinciding or parallel with the plane of the horizon.

(n.) A horizontal line or plane.

(v. i.) To aim a gun, spear, etc., horizontally.

(v. t.) Figuratively, to bring  to  a  common  level  or  plane,  in  respect
of rank, condition, character, privilege, etc.

   lie

(adj.) To abide.

(n.) A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception.

(v. i.) To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive.

   life

(n.) A  certain  way  or  manner  of  living  with  respect  to   conditions,
circumstances, character, conduct, occupation, etc.

   lift

(n.) A handle.

(v. i.) To rise.

(v. t.) To bear.

   light

(adv.) Lightly.

(n.) A firework  made  by  filling  a  case  with  a  substance  which  burns
brilliantly with a white or colored flame.

(superl) Having light.

(superl.) Easily bestowed.

(v. i.) To be illuminated.

(v. t.) To lighten.

   like

(a.) In a like or similar manner.

(n.) A liking.

(superl.) Equal, or nearly equal.

(v. i.) To be pleased.

   line

(n.) A circle of latitude or of longitude, as represented on a map.

(v. t.) To cover the inner surface of.

   liquid

(a.) Being in such a  state  that  the  component  parts  move  freely  among
themselves, but do not tend to separate from  each  other  as  the  particles
of gases and vapors do.

(n.) A letter which has a smooth, flowing  sound,  or  which  flows  smoothly
after a mute.

   list

(n.) A limit or boundary.

(v. i.) To desire or choose.

(v. t.) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth.

   little

(a.) Short in duration.

(adv.) In a small quantity or degree.

(n.) A small degree or scale.

   live

(a.) Being in a state of ignition.

(n.) Life.

(v. i.) To be alive.

(v. t.) To act habitually in conformity with.

   locate

(v. i.) To place one's self.

(v. t.) To designate the site or place of.

   log

(n.) A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.

(v. i.) To engage in the business of cutting or transporting logs for timber.

(v. t.) To enter in a ship's log book.

   lone

(a.) Being apart from other things of the kind.

(n.) A lane.

   long

(a.) To belong.

(adv.) At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior.

(n.) A long sound, syllable, or vowel.

(prep.) By means of.

(superl.) Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length.

   look

(n.) Expression of the eyes and face.

(v. i.) In the imperative: see.

(v. t.) To expect.

   lost

(v. t.) Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery.

   lot

(n.) A distinct portion or plot of land, usually smaller than a field.

(v. t.) To allot.

   loud

(adv.) With loudness.

(superl.) Clamorous.

   love

(n.) A climbing species of Clematis (C. Vitalba).

(v. i.) To have the feeling of love.

   low

(adv.) In a low mean condition.

(n.) A hill.

(superl.) Beneath the usual or remunerative rate or amount, or  the  ordinary
value.

(v. i.) To burn.

(v. t.) To depress.

                                      M

   machine

(n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with  the
agencies which they use.

(v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery.

   made

(a.) Artificially produced.

(imp. & p. p.) of Make.

   magnet

(n.) A bar or mass of steel or iron to which the peculiar properties  of  the
loadstone have been imparted.

   main

(a.) Important.

(n.) A hand or match at dice.

(v.) principal duct or pipe, as distinguished from lesser ones.

   major

(a.) A mayor.

   make

(n.) A companion.

(v. i.) To act in a certain manner.

(v. t.) To be engaged or concerned in.

   man

(n.) A human being.

(v. t.) To furnish with a servants.

   many

(a. / pron.) Consisting of a great number.

(a.) A large or considerable number.

(n.) A retinue of servants.

   map

(n.) A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of  it,
showing the relative position of the parts represented.

(v. t.) To represent by a map.

   mark

(n.) A character (usually a cross) made  as  a  substitute  for  a  signature
by one who can not write.

(v. i.) To take particular notice.

(v. t.) To be a mark upon.

   mass

(n.) A large quantity.

(v. i.) To celebrate Mass.

(v. t.) To form or collect into a mass.

   master

(n.) A male person having another living being so far subject  to  his  will,
that he can, in the main, control his or its actions.

(v. i.) To be skillful.

(v. t.) To become the master of.

   match

(n.) Anything used for catching and retaining  or  communicating  fire,  made
of some substance which takes fire readily, or remains burning some time.

(v. i.) To be of equal, or similar, size, figure, color, or quality.

(v. t.) To be a mate or match for.

(v.) A bringing together of  two  parties  suited  to  one  another,  as  for
a union, a trial of skill or force, a contest, or the like.

   material

(a.) Consisting of matter.

(n.) The substance or matter of which anything is made or may be made.

(v. t.) To form from matter.

   matter

(n.) Affair worthy of account.

(v. i.) To be of importance.

(v. t.) To regard as important.

   may

(n.) A maiden.

(v.) An auxiliary verb qualifying the meaning of another verb, by expressing:
Ability, competency, or possibility.

   me

(pers. pron.) The person speaking, regarded as an object.

(pron.) One.

   mean

(a.) Average.

(n.) A mediator.

(superl.) Destitute of distinction or eminence.

(v. i.) To have a purpose or intention.

(v. t.) To have in the mind, as a purpose, intention, etc.

   measure

(a.) A number which is contained in a given number a number of times  without
a remainder.

(n.) A regulated movement corresponding to the time in which the accompanying
music is performed.

(v. i.) To be of a certain size or quantity, or to  have  a  certain  length,
breadth, or thickness, or a certain capacity according to a standard measure.

   meat

(n.) Food, in general.

(v. t.) To supply with food.

   meet

(a.) Suitable.

(adv.) Meetly.

(n.) An assembling together.

(v. t.) To assemble together.

   melody

(n.) A rhythmical succession of single  tones,  ranging  for  the  most  part
within a given key, and so related together  as  to  form  a  musical  whole,
having the unity of what is technically called a  musical  thought,  at  once
pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.

   men

(n.) pl. of Man.

(pron.) A man.

   metal

(n.) A mine from which ores are taken.

(v. t.) To cover with metal.

   method

(n.) An orderly procedure or process.

   middle

(a.) Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of  one
thing.

   might

(imp.) of May.

(v.) Force or power of any kind, whether of body or mind.

   mile

(n.) A certain measure of distance,  being  equivalent  in  England  and  the
United States to 320 poles or rods, or 5,280 feet.

   milk

(n.) A kind of juice or sap, usually white in color, found in certain plants.

(v. i.) To draw or to yield milk.

(v. t.) To draw anything from, as if by milking.

   million

(n.) A very great number.

   mind

(n.) To fix the mind or thoughts on.

(v. i.) To give attention or heed.

(v.) Choice.

   mine

(pron. & a.) Belonging to me.

(v. i.) A cavity or tunnel made under a fortification or other work, for  the
purpose of blowing up the superstructure with some explosive agent.

(v. t.) To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of.

   minute

(a.) Attentive to small things.

(n.) A coin.

(p. pr. & vb. n.) To set down a short sketch or note of.

   miss

(n.) A kept mistress.

(v. i.) To be absent, deficient, or wanting.

(v. t.) To discover the absence or omission of.

   mix

(v. i.) To associate.

(v. t.) To cause a promiscuous interpenetration of the parts of,  as  of  two
or more substances with each other, or of one substance with others.

   modern

(a.) New and common.

(n.) A person of modern times.

   molecule

(n.) A group of atoms so united and combined by chemical affinity  that  they
form a  complete,  integrated  whole,  being  the  smallest  portion  of  any
particular compound that can exist in a free state.

   moment

(n.) A minute portion of time.

   money

(n.) A piece of metal, as gold, silver, copper, etc., coined, or stamped, and
issued by the sovereign authority  as  a  medium  of  exchange  in  financial
transactions between citizens and with government.

(v. t.) To supply with money.

   month

(n.) One of the twelve portions into which the year is divided.

   moon

(n.) A crescentlike outwork.

(v. i.) To act if moonstruck.

(v. t.) To expose to the rays of the moon.

   more

(adv.) In a greater quantity.

(n.) A greater quantity, amount, or number.

(superl.) Additional.

(v. t.) To make more.

   morning

(a.) Pertaining to the first part or early part of the day.

   most

(a.) Consisting of the greatest number or quantity.

   mother

(a.) Received by birth or from ancestors.

(n.) A female parent.

(v. i.) To become like, or full of, mother, or thick matter, as vinegar.

(v. t.) To adopt as a son or daughter.

   motion

(n.) A proposal or suggestion looking to action or progress.

(v. i.) To make a significant movement or gesture, as with the hand.

(v. t.) To direct or invite by a motion, as of the hand or head.

   mount

(n.) To attain in value.

(v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits for use, as a  gun
on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper.

(v.) A bank.

   mouth

(n.) A principal speaker.

(v. i.) To make grimaces, esp. in ridicule or contempt.

(v. t.) To form or cleanse with the mouth.

   move

(n.) An act for the attainment of an object.

(v. i.) To act.

(v. t.) To apply to, as for aid.

   much

(a.) To a great degree or extent.

(Compar. & superl. wanting, but supplied by) Great in quantity.

(n.) A great quantity.

   multiply

(v. i.) To become greater in number.

(v. t.) To add (any given number or quantity)  to  itself  a  certain  number
of times.

   music

(n.) A more or less musical sound made by many of the lower animals.

   must

(n.) Mustiness.

(v. i. / auxiliary) To be morally required.

(v. t. & i.) To make musty.

   my

(a.) Of or belonging to me.

                                      N

   name

(n.) A descriptive or qualifying appellation given  to  a  person  or  thing,
on account of a character or acts.

   nation

(n.) A great number.

   natural

(a.) Applied to an air or modulation of  harmony  which  moves  by  easy  and
smooth transitions, digressing but little from the original key.

(n.) A character.

   nature

(n.) Conformity to that which is natural, as distinguished  from  that  which
is artificial, or forced, or remote from actual experience.

(v. t.) To endow with natural qualities.

   near

(a) Close-fisted.

(adv.) At a little distance, in place, time, manner, or degree.

(prep.) Adjacent to.

(v. i.) To draw near.

   necessary

(a.) Acting from necessity or compulsion.

(n.) A privy.

   neck

(n.) A long narrow tract of land projecting from the main body, or  a  narrow
tract connecting two larger tracts.

(v. t. & i.) To kiss and caress amorously.

(v. t.) To reduce the diameter  of  (an  object)  near  its  end,  by  making
a groove around it.

   need

(adv.) Of necessity.

(n.) A state that requires supply or relief.

(v. i.) To be wanted.

   neighbor

(a.) Near to another.

(n.) A person who lives near another.

(v. i.) To dwell in the vicinity.

(v. t.) To adjoin.

   never

(adv.) In no degree.

   new

(adv.) Newly.

(superl.) As if lately begun or made.

(v. t. & i.) To make new.

   next

(adv.) In the time, place, or order nearest or immediately succeeding.

(superl.) Adjoining in a series.

   night

(n.) A lifeless or unenlivened period, as when nature seems to sleep.

   nine

(a.) Eight and one more.

(n.) A symbol representing nine units, as 9 or ix.

   no

(a.) Not any.

(adv.) Nay.

(n.) A negative vote.

   noise

(n.) Especially, loud, confused, or senseless sound.

(v. i.) To sound.

(v. t.) To disturb with noise.

   noon

(a.) Belonging to midday.

(n.) Hence, the highest point.

(v. i.) To take rest and refreshment at noon.

   nor

(conj.) A negative connective or  particle,  introducing  the  second  member
or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the  first
member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either).

   north

(a.) Lying toward the north.

(adv.) Northward.

(n.) Any country or region situated farther to the north than another.

(v. i.) To turn or move toward the north.

   nose

(n.) A projecting end or beak at the front of an object.

(v. i.) To pry officiously into what does not concern one.

(v. t.) To smell.

   note

(n.) A brief remark.

(v. t.) To butt.

   nothing

(adv.) In no degree.

(n.) A cipher.

   notice

(n.) A writing communicating information or warning.

(v. t.) To observe.

   noun

(n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a  creature  or  thing,
existing in fact or in thought.

   now

(a.) Existing at the present time.

(adv.) At a time contemporaneous with something spoken of or contemplated.

(n.) The present time or moment.

   number

(n.) A collection of many individuals.

   numeral

(n.) A figure or character used to express a number.

                                      O

   object

(a.) Opposed.

(v. i.) To make opposition in words or argument.

(v. t.) A word, phrase,  or  clause  toward  which  an  action  is  directed,
or is considered to be directed.

   observe

(v. i.) To make a remark.

(v. t.) To be on the watch respecting.

   occur

(v. i.) To go in order to meet.

   ocean

(a.) Of or pertaining to the main or great sea.

(n.) An immense expanse.

   of

(prep.) Denoting identity or equivalence.

   off

(a.) Designating a time when  one  is  not  strictly  attentive  to  business
or affairs, or is absent from his post, and, hence, a time when  affairs  are
not urgent.

(adv.) Denoting a different direction.

(interj.) Away.

(n.) The side of the field that is on the right of the wicket keeper.

(prep.) Not on.

   offer

(v. i.) To make an attempt.

(v. t.) Attempt.

   office

(n.) A charge or trust, of a sacred nature, conferred by God himself.

(v. t.) To perform, as the duties of an office.

   often

(a.) Frequent.

(adv.) Frequently.

   oh

(interj.) An exclamation expressing various emotions, according to  the  tone
and manner, especially surprise, pain, sorrow, anxiety, or a wish.

   oil

(n.) Any one of a great  variety  of  unctuous  combustible  substances,  not
miscible with water.

(v. t.) To smear or rub over with oil.

   old

(n.) Open country.

(superl.) Aged.

   on

(prep.) Adhering.

   once

(adv.) At any one time.

   one

(a.) Being a single unit, or entire being or thing, and no more.

(indef. pron.) Any person, indefinitely.

(n.) A single person or thing.

(v. t.) To cause to become one.

   only

(a.) Above all others.

(conj.) Save or except (that).

   open

(a.) Free of access.

(n.) Open or unobstructed space.

(v. i.) To bark on scent or view of the game.

(v. t.) To disclose.

   operate

(v. i.) To act or produce effect on the mind.

(v. t.) To produce, as an effect.

   opposite

(a.) Applied to the other of two things which are entirely different.

(n.) One who opposes.

   or

(conj.) A particle that marks an alternative.

(n.) Yellow or gold color.

(prep. & adv.) Ere.

   order

(n.) A body of persons  having  some  common  honorary  distinction  or  rule
of obligation.

(v. i.) To give orders.

   organ

(n.) A component part performing an essential office in the  working  of  any
complex machine.

(v. t.) To supply with an organ or organs.

   original

(a.) Before unused or unknown.

(n.) A person of marked eccentricity.

   other

(adv.) Otherwise.

(conj.) Either.

(pron. & a.) Alternate.

   our

(possessive pron.) Of or pertaining to us.

   out

(a.) Away.

(interj.) Expressing impatience, anger, a desire to be rid of.

(n.) A place or space outside of something.

(v. i.) To come or go out.

(v. t.) To cause to be out.

   over

(a.) Upper.

(adv.) Also, with verbs of being: At, or on, the opposite side.

(n.) A certain number of balls (usually  four)  delivered  successively  from
behind one wicket, after which the ball  is  bowled  from  behind  the  other
wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

(prep.) Above in authority or station.

   own

(a.) Belonging to.

(v. t.) To grant.

   oxygen

(n.) A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the  free
state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent  by  weight  and
about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen.

                                      P

   page

(n.) A boy child.

(v. t.) To attend (one) as a page.

   paint

(n.) A cosmetic.

   pair

(n.) A married couple.

(v. t.) To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to  vote
on a particular question or class of questions.

   paper

(a.) Of or pertaining to paper.

(n.) A  medicinal  preparation  spread  upon  paper,  intended  for  external
application.

(v. t.) To cover with paper.

   paragraph

(n.) A brief composition complete in one typographical section or paragraph.

(v. t.) To divide into paragraphs.

   parent

(n.) One who begets, or brings forth, offspring.

   part

(adv.) Partly.

(n.) A constituent of character or capacity.

(v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces.

   pass

(v. i.) A movement of the hand over or along anything.

(v. t.) To cause to advance by stages of progress.

   past

(adv.) By.

(n.) A former time or state.

(prep.) Above.

(v.) Of or pertaining to a former time or state.

   path

(n.) A trodden way.

(v. i.) To walk or go.

(v. t.) To make a path in, or on (something), or for (some one).

   pattern

(n.) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to  receive  the
melted  metal.  It  is  usually  made  of  wood   and   in   several   parts,
so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.

(v. t.) To make or design (anything)  by,  from,  or  after,  something  that
serves as a pattern.

   pay

(n.) An equivalent or return for money  due,  goods  purchased,  or  services
performed.

(v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble.

(v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly.

   people

(n.) One's ancestors or family.

(v. t.) To stock with people or inhabitants.

   perhaps

(adv.) By chance.

   period

(n.) A complete musical sentence.

(v. i.) To come to a period.

(v. t.) To put an end to.

   person

(n.) A character or part, as in a play.

(v. t.) To represent as a person.

   phrase

(n.) A brief expression, sometimes a single word, but  usually  two  or  more
words forming an expression by themselves, or being a portion of a sentence.

(v. i.) To group notes into phrases.

(v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words.

   pick

(n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at  both  ends,  wielded
by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle.

(v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things.

(v.) To choose.

   picture

(n.) A representation of anything (as a person, a landscape, a building) upon
canvas, paper, or other surface, produced  by  means  of  painting,  drawing,
engraving, photography, etc.

(v. t.) To draw or paint a resemblance of.

   piece

(n.) A castle.

(v. i.) To unite by a coalescence of parts.

(v. t.) To make, enlarge, or repair, by the addition of a piece or pieces.

   pitch

(n.) A descent.

(v. i.) To fix one's choice.

(v. t.) To fix or set the tone of.

   place

(n.) A broad way in a city.

   plain

(a.) A field of battle.

(adv.) In a plain manner.

(superl.) Free from affectation or disguise.

(v. i.) To lament.

(v. t.) To lament.

(v.) To make plain or manifest.

   plan

(a.) A draught or form.

(v. t.) To form a delineation of.

   play

(n.) A dramatic composition.

(v. t.) To act or perform (a play).

   please

(v. i.) To afford or impart pleasure.

(v. t.) To be the will or pleasure of.

   plural

(a.) Relating to, or containing, more than one.

(n.) The plural number.

   poem

(n.) A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative
or impassioned.

   point

(n.) A a string or lace used to tie together certain parts of the dress.

(v. i.) To approximate to the surface.

(v. t. & i.) To appoint.

   poor

(n.) A small European codfish (Gadus minutus).

(superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit.

   populate

(a.) Populous.

(v. i.) To propagate.

(v. t.)  To  furnish   with   inhabitants,   either   by   natural   increase
or by immigration or colonization.

   port

(n.) A dark red or purple astringent  wine  made  in  Portugal.  It  contains
a large percentage of alcohol.

(v. t.) To carry.

(v.) A place where ships may ride secure from storms.

   pose

(a.) Standing still, with all the feet on the ground.

(n.) A cold in the head.

(v. i.) To assume and maintain a studied attitude, with  studied  arrangement
of drapery.

(v. t.) The attitude or position of a person.

   position

(n.) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions.

(v. t.) To indicate the position of.

   possible

(a.) Capable of existing or occurring, or of being conceived or thought of.

   post

(a.) Hired to do what is wrong.

(adv.) With post horses.

(n.) A messenger who goes from station.

(v. i.) To rise and sink in the saddle, in accordance with the motion of  the
horse, esp. in trotting.

(v. t.) To assign to a station.

   pound

(n.) A British  denomination  of  money  of  account,  equivalent  to  twenty
shillings sterling, and equal in value to about $4.

(v. i.) To make a jarring noise, as in running.

(v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating.

   power

(n.) A large quantity.

   practice

(n.) A  easy  and  concise  method  of  applying  the  rules  of   arithmetic
to questions which occur in trade and business.

(v. i.) To apply theoretical science or knowledge, esp. by way of experiment.

(v. t.) To do or perform frequently, customarily, or habitually.

   prepare

(n.) Preparation.

(v. i.) To make all things ready.

(v. t.) To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition.

   present

(a.) A present tense, or the form of the verb denoting the present tense.

(n.) Anything presented or given.

(v. i.) To appear at the mouth of the uterus so as to be perceptible  to  the
finger in vaginal examination.

   press

(n.) A commission to force men into public  service,  particularly  into  the
navy.

(v. i.) To exert pressure.

(v.) To drive with violence.

   pretty

(adv.) In some degree.

(superl.) Affectedly nice.

   print

(n.) A core print.

(v. i.) To publish a book or an article.

(v. t.) To fix or impress, as a stamp,  mark,  character,  idea,  etc.,  into
or upon something.

   probable

(a.) Capable of being proved.

   problem

(n.) A question proposed for solution.

   process

(n.) A series of actions, motions, or occurrences.

   produce

(n.) agricultural products.

(v. i.)  To  yield  or  furnish  appropriate   offspring,   crops,   effects,
consequences, or results.

(v. t.) To bring forth, as young, or as a natural product or growth.

   product

(n.) Anything that is produced, whether as the result of generation,  growth,
labor, or thought, or by the operation of involuntary causes.

(v. t.) To lengthen out.

   proper

(a.) Becoming in appearance.

(adv.) Properly.

   protect

(v. t.) To cover or shield from danger or injury.

   prove

(v. i.) To be found by experience, trial, or result.

(v. t.) To ascertain or establish the genuineness or validity of.

   provide

(v. i.) To procure supplies or means in advance.

(v. t.) To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant.

   pull

(n.) A contest.

(v. i.) To exert one's self in an act or motion of drawing or hauling.

(v. t.) To draw apart.

   push

(n.) A pustule.

(v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot.

(v. t.) To bear hard upon.

   put

(imp. & p. p.) of Put.

(n.) A certain game at cards.

(v. i.) To go or move.

(v. t.) To attach or attribute.

                                      Q

   quart

(n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure.

   question

(n.) Discussion.

(v. t.) To doubt of.

   quick

(adv.) In a quick manner.

(n.) Quitch grass.

(superl.) Alive.

(v. t. & i.) To revive.

   quiet

(a.) Free from noise or disturbance.

(v. i.) To become still, silent, or calm.

(v. t.) To calm.

   quite

(a.) Completely.

   quotient

(n.) The number resulting from the division of one  number  by  another,  and
showing how often a less number is contained in a greater.

                                      R

   race

(n.) A channel or guide along which a  shuttle  is  driven  back  and  forth,
as in a loom, sewing machine, etc.

(v. i.) To run swiftly.

(v. t.) To cause to contend in a race.

   rail

(n.) A bar of steel or iron, forming part of the track on  which  the  wheels
roll. It is usually shaped with reference to vertical strength, and  is  held
in place by chairs, splices, etc.

(v. i.) To flow forth.

(v. t.) To inclose with rails or a railing.

(v.) Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds of the family  Rallidae,
especially those of the genus Rallus, and of closely allied genera.

   rain

(n. & v.) Reign.

(n.) To fall in drops from the clouds, as water.

(v. t.) To bestow in a profuse or abundant manner.

   raise

(v. t.) To bring into being.

   ran

(imp.) of Run.

(n.) Open robbery.

   range

(n.) To be native to, or to live in.

(v. i.) To be native to, or live in, a certain district or region.

(v.) A bolting sieve to sift meal.

   rather

(a.) Earlier.

   reach

(n.) An artifice to obtain an advantage.

(v. i.) To extend  in  dimension,  time,  amount,  action,  influence,  etc.,
so as to touch, attain to, or be equal to, something.

(v. t.) Hence, to deliver by stretching out a member, especially the hand.

   read

(a.) Instructed or knowing by reading.

(imp. & p. p.) of Read.

(n.) Rennet.

(v. i.) To appear in writing or print.

(v. t.) Hence, to know fully.

(v.) Reading.

   real

(a.) Actually being or existing.

(n.) A realist.

   reason

(n.) A thought or a consideration  offered  in  support  of  a  determination
or an opinion.

(v. t.) To arrange and present the reasons for or against.

   receive

(v. i.) To receive visitors.

(v. t.) Hence: To gain the knowledge of.

   record

(v. i.) To reflect.

(v. t.) A writing by which some act or event, or a number of acts or  events,
is recorded.

   red

(a.) The menses.

(n.) A red pigment.

(superl.) Of the color of blood, or of a tint resembling that color.

(v. t.) To put on order.

   region

(n.) One of the grand districts or quarters into which any space or  surface,
as of the earth or the heavens, is conceived of as divided.

   remember

(v. i.) To exercise or have the power of memory.

(v. t.) To be capable of recalling when required.

   repeat

(n.) A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the
end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.

(v. t.) To go over again.

   reply

(v. i.) Figuratively, to do something in return for something done.

(v. t.) To return for an answer.

   represent

(v. t.) To bring a sensation of into the mind or sensorium.

(v. t.) To serve as a sign or symbol of.

   require

(v. t.) To ask as a favor.

   rest

(n.) A  place  where  one  may  rest,  either  temporarily,  as  in  an  inn,
or permanently, as, in an abode.

(v. i.) To be left.

(v. t.) To arrest.

   result

(n.) A flying back.

(v. i.) To come out, or have an issue.

   rich

(superl.) Abounding in agreeable or nutritive qualities.

(v. t.) To enrich.

   ride

(n.) A road or avenue  cut  in  a  wood,  or  through  grounds,  to  be  used
as a place for riding.

(v. i.) To be borne in a carriage.

(v. t.) To convey, as by riding.

   right

(a.) A just judgment or action.

(adv.) According to any rule of art.

(v. i.) Hence, to regain an upright  position,  as  a  ship  or  boat,  after
careening.

   ring

(n.) A chime, or set of bells harmonically tuned.

(v. i.) To be filled with report or talk.

(v. t.) To cause to sound, especially by striking, as a metallic body.

   rise

(n.) Appearance above the horizon.

(v.) In various figurative senses.

   river

(n.) A large stream of water flowing in a bed or channel  and  emptying  into
the ocean, a sea, a lake, or another stream.

(v. i.) To hawk by the side of a river.

   road

(n.) A journey, or stage of a journey.

   rock

(n.) A distaff used in spinning.

(v. i.) To move or be moved backward and forward.

(v. t.) To cause to sway backward and forward, as a body resting on a support
beneath.

   roll

(n.) To apply (one line or surface) to another without slipping.

(v. i.) To be wound or formed into a cylinder or ball.

(v.) A cylindrical twist of tobacco.

   room

(a.) Spacious.

(n.) A particular portion of space appropriated for occupancy.

(v. i.) To occupy a room or rooms.

   root

(n.) A primitive form of speech.

(v. i.) Hence, to seek for favor or advancement  by  low  arts  or  groveling
servility.

(v. t.) To plant and fix deeply in the earth, or as in the earth.

   rope

(n.) A large, stout cord, usually one not less than an inch in circumference,
made of strands twisted or braided together.

(v. i.) To be formed into rope.

(v. t.) To bind, fasten, or tie with a rope or cord.

   rose

(imp.) of Rise.

(n.) A diamond.

(v. t.) To perfume, as with roses.

   round

(a.) Complete and consistent.

(adv.) By or in a circuit.

(n.) A brewer's vessel in which the  fermentation  is  concluded,  the  yeast
escaping through the bunghole.

(prep.) On every side of, so as to encompass or encircle.

(v. i. & t.) To whisper.

(v. i.) To go or turn round.

(v. t.) To bring to fullness or completeness.

   row

(a. & adv.) Rough.

(n.) A noisy, turbulent quarrel or disturbance.

(v. i.) To be moved by oars.

(v. t.) To propel with oars, as a boat or vessel, along the surface of water.

   rub

(n.) A chance.

(v. i.) To fret.

(v. t.) To cause (a body) to move with pressure and friction along a surface.

   rule

(a.) A composing rule.

(n.) To control or direct by influence, counsel, or persuasion.

(v. i.) To have power or command.

   run

(a.) Melted, or made from molten material.

(n.) A continuing urgent demand.

(p. p.) of Run.

(v. i.) To be charged with, or to contain much of, while flowing.

(v. t.) To cause to run (in the various senses of Run, v. i.).

                                      S

   safe

(n.) A place for keeping things in safety.

(superl.) Conferring safety.

(v. t.) To render safe.

   said

(a.) Before-mentioned.

(imp. & p. p.) of Say.

   sail

(n.) A passage by a sailing vessel.

(v. t.) To direct or manage the motion of, as a vessel.

   salt

(n.) A dish for salt at table.

(v. i.) To deposit salt as a saline solution.

(v. t.) To fill with salt between the timbers and planks, as a ship, for  the
preservation of the timber.

   same

(v. i.) Just mentioned, or just about to be mentioned.

   sand

(n.) A single particle of such stone.

(v. t.) To bury (oysters) beneath drifting sand or mud.

   sat

(imp.) of Sit.

(p. p.) of Sit.

   save

(a.) Except.

(conj.) Except.

(n.) The herb sage, or salvia.

(v. i.) To avoid unnecessary expense or expenditure.

   saw

(imp.) of See.

(n.) An instrument for cutting or dividing substances, as wood,  iron,  etc.,
consisting of a thin blade, or plate, of steel, with a series of sharp  teeth
on the edge, which remove successive portions of the material by cutting  and
tearing.

(v. i.) To be cut with a saw.

(v. t.) A saying.

   say

(imp.) Saw.

(n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.

(v. i.) To speak.

(v. t.) A speech.

   scale

(n.) A basis for a numeral system.

(v. i.) To lead up by steps.

(v. t.) To clean, as the inside of a cannon, by  the  explosion  of  a  small
quantity of powder.

   school

(n.) A place for learned intercourse and instruction.

(v. t.) To train in an institution of learning.

   science

(n.) Accumulated and established knowledge, which has been  systematized  and
formulated with reference to the discovery of general truths or the operation
of general laws.

(v. t.) To cause to become versed in science.

   score

(n.) A distance of twenty yards.

(v. t.) Especially, to mark with significant lines or notches, for indicating
or keeping account of something.

   sea

(n.) A great brazen laver in the temple at Jerusalem.

   search

(v. i.) To seek.

(v. t.) The act of seeking or looking for something.

   season

(n.) A period of time not very long.

(v. i.) To become dry  and  hard,  by  the  escape  of  the  natural  juices,
or by being penetrated with other substance.

(v. t.) Hence, to fit for enjoyment.

   seat

(n.) A part or surface on which another part or surface rests.

(v. i.) To rest.

(v. t.) To assign a seat to, or the seats of.

   second

(a.) Being of the same kind as another that has preceded.

(n.) Aid.

   section

(n.) A distinct part of a country or people, community, class, or the like.

   see

(n.) A seat.

(v. i.) Figuratively: To have intellectual apprehension.

(v. t.) To accompany in person.

   seed

(n.) A ripened ovule, consisting of an embryo with one or  more  integuments,
or coverings.

(v. t.) To cover thinly with something scattered.

   seem

(a.) To appear, or to appear to be.

(v. t.) To befit.

   segment

(n.) A part cut off from a figure by a line or plane.

(v. i.) To divide or separate into parts in growth.

   select

(a.) Taken from a number by preference.

(v. t.) To choose and take from a number.

   self

(a.) Same.

(n.) Hence, personal interest, or love of private interest.

   sell

(n.) A cell.

(v. i.) To be sold.

(v. t.) To impose upon.

   send

(n.) The impulse of a wave by which a vessel is carried bodily.

(v. i.)  To  dispatch  an  agent  or   messenger   to   convey   a   message,
or to do an errand.

(v. t.) To cause to be or to happen.

   sense

(v. t.) A faculty, possessed  by  animals,  of  perceiving  external  objects
by means of impressions made upon certain organs (sensory  or  sense  organs)
of the body, or of perceiving changes in the condition of the body.

   sent

(imp. & p. p.) of Send.

   separate

(p. a.) Disunited from the body.

(v. i.) To part.

(v. t.) To come between.

   serve

(v. i.) To be a servant or a slave.

(v. t.) Hence, to bring forward, arrange, deal, or distribute, as  a  portion
of anything, especially of food prepared for eating.

   set

(a.) Adjusted.

(imp. & p. p.) of Set.

(n.) A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal.

(v. i.) To apply one's self.

(v. t.)  Hence,  to  attach  or  affix   (something)   to   something   else,
or in or upon a certain place.

   settle

(n.) A bench.

(v. i.) To adjust differences or accounts.

   seven

(a.) One more than six.

(n.) A symbol representing seven units, as 7, or vii.

   several

(a.) Consisting of a number more than two, but not very many.

(adv.) By itself.

(n.) An inclosed or separate place.

   shall

(v. i. & auxiliary.) As an auxiliary, shall indicates  a  duty  or  necessity
whose obligation is derived from the person speaking.

   shape

(n.) A model.

(v. i.) To suit.

   share

(n.) The part (usually an iron or steel plate)  of  a  plow  which  cuts  the
ground at the bottom of a furrow.

(v. i.) To have part.

(v. t.) To cut.

(v.) A certain quantity.

   sharp

(adv.) Precisely.

(n.) A portion of a stream where the water runs very rapidly.

(superl.) Affecting the sense as if pointed or  cutting,  keen,  penetrating,
acute: to the taste or smell, pungent, acid, sour, as  ammonia  has  a  sharp
taste and odor.

(v. i.) To play tricks in bargaining.

(v. t.) To raise above the proper pitch.

   she

(obj.) A woman.

   sheet

(v. t.) A broad expanse of water, or the like.

   shell

(n.) A coarse kind of coffin.

(v. i.) To be disengaged from the ear or husk.

(v. t.) To separate the kernels of (an ear of Indian corn, wheat, oats, etc.)
from the cob, ear, or husk.

   shine

(n.) A liking for a person.

(v. i.) Shining.

(v. t.) To cause to shine, as a light.

   ship

(n.) A dish or utensil (originally fashioned like the hull of  a  ship)  used
to hold incense.

(v. i.) To embark on a ship.

(v. t.) By extension, in commercial usage, to commit to  any  conveyance  for
transportation to a distance.

   shoe

(n.) A band of iron or steel, or a ship  of  wood,  fastened  to  the  bottom
of the runner of a sleigh, or any vehicle which slides on the snow.

   shop

(n.) A building in which mechanics or artisans work.

(v. i.) To visit shops for the purpose of purchasing goods.

   shore

(n.) A prop, as a timber, placed as a  brace  or  support  against  the  side
of a building or other structure.

(v. t.) The coast or land adjacent to a large body of  water,  as  an  ocean,
lake, or large river.

   short

(adv.) In a short manner.

(n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel.

(superl.) Abrupt.

(v. i.) To fail.

(v. t.) To shorten.

   should

(imp.) of Shall.

   shout

(n.) A loud burst of voice or voices.

(v. i.) To utter a sudden and loud outcry, as in joy, triumph, or exultation,
or to attract attention, to animate soldiers, etc.

(v. t.) To treat with shouts or clamor.

   show

(n.) A discharge, from the vagina, of mucus streaked  with  blood,  occurring
a short time before labor.

(v. i.) To exhibit or manifest one's self or itself.

(v. t.) Specifically, to make known the way to (a person).

   side

(a.) Hence, indirect.

(n.) A line of descent traced through one parent as distinguished  from  that
traced through another.

(v. i.) To embrace the opinions of one party,  or  engage  in  its  interest,
in opposition to another party.

(v. t.) To be or stand at the side of.

   sight

(v. i.) To take aim by a sight.

(v. t.) A great number, quantity, or sum.

   sign

(n.) A character indicating the  relation  of  quantities,  or  an  operation
performed upon them.

(v. i.) To be a sign or omen.

   silent

(a.) Free from sound or noise.

(n.) That which is silent.

   silver

(a.) Bright.

(n.) A soft white metallic element, sonorous, ductile,  very  malleable,  and
capable of a high degree of polish.

(v. i.) To acquire a silvery color.

(v. t.) To cover with silver.

   similar

(a.) Exactly corresponding.

(n.) That which is similar to, or resembles, something else, as  in  quality,
form, etc.

   simple

(a.) A drawloom.

(v. i.) To gather simples, or medicinal plants.

   since

(adv.) From a definite past time until now.

(conj.) Seeing that.

(prep.) From the time of.

   sing

(v. i.) Ti cry out.

(v. t.) To accompany, or attend on, with singing.

   sister

(n.) A female who has the same parents with another person, or  who  has  one
of them only. In the latter case,  she  is  more  definitely  called  a  half
sister.

(v. t.) To be sister to.

   sit

(v. t.) To be adjusted.

   six

(a.) One more than five.

(n.) A symbol representing six units, as 6, vi., or VI.

   size

(n.) A conventional relative measure of dimension, as for shoes, gloves,  and
other articles made up for sale.

(v. i.)  A  thin,  weak  glue  used  in  various  trades,  as  in   painting,
bookbinding, paper making, etc.

(v. t.) To adjust or arrange according to size or bulk.

   skill

(n.) Any particular art.

(v. i.) To be knowing.

(v. t.) To know.

   skin

(n.) A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.

(v. i.) To become covered with skin.

(v. t.) To cover with skin, or as with skin.

   sky

(n.) A cloud.

(v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near  the  top  of  a  wall,  where
it can not be well seen.

   slave

(n.) A drudge.

(v. i.) To drudge.

(v. t.) To enslave.

   sleep

(v. i.) A natural and  healthy,  but  temporary  and  periodical,  suspension
of the functions of the organs of sense, as well as of those of the voluntary
and rational soul.

(v. t.) To be slumbering in.

   slip

(n.) A child's pinafore.

(v. t.) To bring forth (young) prematurely.

   slow

(adv.) Slowly.

(n.) A moth.

(superl.) Behind in time.

(v. i.) To go slower.

(v. t.) To render slow.

   small

(adv.) In or to small extent, quantity, or degree.

(superl.) Being of slight consequence.

(v. t.) To make little or less.

   smell

(n.) To detect or perceive, as if by the sense of smell.

(v. i.) To affect the olfactory nerves.

(v. t.) The quality of any thing or substance, or emanation therefrom,  which
affects the olfactory organs.

   smile

(v. i.)  A   somewhat   similar   expression   of   countenance,   indicative
of satisfaction combined with malevolent feelings, as contempt, scorn, etc.

(v. t.) To affect in a certain way with a smile.

   snow

(n.) A square-rigged vessel, differing from a  brig  only  in  that  she  has
a trysail mast close abaft the mainmast, on which a large trysail is hoisted.

(v. i.) To fall in or as snow.

(v. t.) To scatter like snow.

   so

(adv.) About the number, time, or quantity specified.

(conj.) Provided that.

(interj.) Be as you are.

   soft

(adv.) Softly.

(interj.) Be quiet.

(n.) A soft or foolish person.

(superl.) Applied to a  palatal,  a  sibilant,  or  a  dental  consonant  (as
g in gem, c in cent, etc.) as distinguished from a guttural mute (as g in go,
c in cone, etc.

   soil

(n.) A marshy or miry place to which a hunted boar resorts for refuge.

(v. i.) To become soiled.

(v. t.) To enrich with soil or muck.

   soldier

(n.) A brave warrior.

(v. i.) To make a pretense of doing something, or of performing any task.

   solution

(n.) A crisis.

   solve

(n.) A solution.

(v. t.) To explain.

   some

(a.) A certain.

   son

(n.) A male child.

   song

(n.) A lyrical poem adapted to vocal music.

   soon

(a.) Speedy.

(adv.) In a short time.

   sound

(adv.) Soundly.

(n.) A cuttlefish.

(superl.) Firm.

(v. i.) To ascertain the depth of water with a sounding line or other device.

   south

(a.) Lying toward the south.

(adv.) From the south.

(n.) A country, region, or place situated farther to the south than another.

(v. i.) To come to the meridian.

   space

(n.) A quantity or portion of extension.

   speak

(v. i.) To convey sentiments, ideas, or intelligence as if by utterance.

(v. t.) To address.

   special

(a.) Appropriate.

(n.) A particular.

   speech

(n.) A particular language, as distinct from others.

(v. i. & t.) To make a speech.

   speed

(n.) One who, or that which, causes or promotes speed or success.

(v. t.) To cause to be successful, or to prosper.

   spell

(n.) A gratuitous helping forward of another's work.

(v. i.) To form words with letters, esp.  with  the  proper  letters,  either
orally or in writing.

(v. t.) To constitute.

   spend

(v. i.) To be diffused.

(v. t.) To bestow.

   spoke

(imp.) of Speak.

(n.) A contrivance for fastening the wheel of a vehicle, to prevent  it  from
turning in going down a hill.

(v. t.) To furnish with spokes, as a wheel.

   spot

(n.) A mark on a substance or body made by foreign matter.

(v. i.) To become stained with spots.

(v. t.) To make visible marks upon with some foreign matter.

   spread

(imp. & p. p.) of Spread.

(n.) A cloth used as a cover for a table or a bed.

(v. i.) To be extended by drawing or beating.

(v. t.) To diffuse, as emanations or effluvia.

   spring

(v. i.)  A  crack  or  fissure  in  a  mast  or   yard,   running   obliquely
or transversely.

(v. t.) To bend by force, as something stiff or strong.

   square

(a.) At right angles with the mast or the keel, and parallel to the horizon.

(n.) A body of troops formed in a square, esp. one formed to resist a  charge
of cavalry.

(v. i.) To accord or agree exactly.

   stand

(n.) To adhere to fixed principles.

(v. i.) A halt or stop for the purpose of defense, resistance, or opposition.

(v. t.) To abide by.

   star

(n.) A composition of combustible matter used  in  the  heading  of  rockets,
in mines, etc., which, exploding in the air, presents a starlike appearance.

(v. i.) To be bright, or attract attention, as a star.

(v. t.) To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies.

   state

(a.) Belonging to the state, or body politic.

(n.) A chair with a canopy above it, often standing on a dais.

(v. t.) To express the particulars of.

   station

(n.) A church in which the procession of the  clergy  halts  on  stated  days
to say stated prayers.

(v. t.) To place.

   stay

(n.) A corset stiffened with whalebone or other material, worn by women,  and
rarely by men.

(v. i.) To bear up under.

   stead

(n.) A farmhouse and offices.

(v. t.) To fill place of.

   steam

(n.) Any exhalation.

(v. i.) To emit steam or vapor.

(v. t.) To exhale.

   steel

(n.) A chalybeate medicine.

   step

(v. i.) A bearing in which the lower extremity of a  spindle  or  a  vertical
shaft revolves.

(v. t.) To fix the foot of (a mast) in its step.

   stick

(n.) To attach by causing to adhere to the surface.

(v. i.) To adhere.

(v. t.) A composing stick.

   still

(a.) After that.

(adv.) Comparatively quiet or silent.

(n.) A steep hill or ascent.

(v. i.) To drop, or flow in drops.

(v. t.) To cause to fall by drops.

(v.) A house where liquors are distilled.

   stone

(n.) A calculous concretion, especially one in the kidneys or bladder.

   stood

(imp. & p. p.) of Stand.

   stop

(n.) A device,  or  piece,  as  a  pin,  block,  pawl,  etc.,  for  arresting
or limiting motion, or for determining the position  to  which  another  part
shall be brought.

(v. i.) To cease from any motion, or course of action.

(v. t.) To arrest the progress of.

   store

(a.) Accumulated.

(v. t.) A place of deposit for goods, esp. for large quantities.

   story

(n.) A euphemism or child's word for a lie.

(v. t.) A set of rooms on the same floor or level.

   straight

(a.) A variant of Strait, a.

(adv.) In a straight manner.

(n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value.

(superl.) Approximately straight.

(v. t.) To straighten.

   strange

(adv.) Strangely.

(superl.) Backward.

(v. i.) To be estranged or alienated.

(v. t.) To alienate.

   stream

(n.) A beam or ray of light.

(v. i.) To extend.

(v. t.) To mark with colors or embroidery in long tracts.

   street

(a.) Originally, a paved way or road.

   stretch

(n.) A continuous line or surface.

(v. i.) To be extended, or to bear extension, without  breaking,  as  elastic
or ductile substances.

(v. t.) To cause to extend in breadth.

   string

(n.) A fiber, as of a plant.

(v. t.) To deprive of strings.

   strong

(superl.) Adapted to  make  a  deep  or  effectual  impression  on  the  mind
or imagination.

   student

(n.) A person engaged in study.

   study

(n.) To apply the mind to books or learning.

(v. i.) A building or apartment devoted to study or to literary work.

(v. t.) To apply the mind to.

   subject

(a.) Exposed.

(n.) The incident, scene, figure, group, etc., which it is  the  aim  of  the
artist to represent.

(v. t.) To bring under control, power, or dominion.

   substance

(n.) Body.

(v. t.) To furnish or endow with substance.

   subtract

(v. t.) To withdraw, or take away, as a part from the whole.

   success

(n.) Act of succeeding.

   such

(a.) Certain.

   sudden

(a.) Happening without previous notice or with very brief notice.

(adv.) Suddenly.

(n.) An unexpected occurrence.

   suffix

(n.) A letter, letters, syllable, or syllables added or appended to  the  end
of a word or a root to modify the meaning.

(v. t.) To add or annex to the end, as a letter or syllable to a word.

   sugar

(n.) A sweet white (or brownish yellow) crystalline  substance,  of  a  sandy
or granular consistency,  obtained  by  crystallizing  the  evaporated  juice
of certain plants, as the sugar cane, sorghum, beet root, sugar maple, etc.

(v. i.) In making maple sugar, to complete the process of  boiling  down  the
sirup till it is thick enough to crystallize.

(v. t.) To cover with soft words.

   suggest

(v. i.) To make suggestions.

(v. t.) To inform secretly.

   suit

(n.) A number of things used together, and generally necessary to  be  united
in order to answer their purpose.

(v. i.) To agree.

(v. t.) To be fitted to.

   summer

(n.) A large stone or beam placed  horizontally  on  columns,  piers,  posts,
or the like, serving for various uses.

(v. i.) To pass the summer.

(v. t.) To keep or carry through the summer.

(v.) One who sums.

   sun

(n.) Any heavenly body which forms the center of a system of orbs.

(v. t.) To expose to the sun's rays.

   supply

(a.) Serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything.

(n.) A person who fills a place for a time.

(v. t.) To fill temporarily.

   support

(n.) That  which  maintains  or  preserves  from  being  overcome,   falling,
yielding, sinking, giving way, or the like.

(v. t.) A attend as an honorary assistant.

   sure

(adv.) In a sure manner.

(superl.) Betrothed.

   surface

(n.) A magnitude that has length and breadth without thickness.

(v. t.) To give a surface to.

   surprise

(n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.

   swim

(n.) A part of a stream much frequented by fish.

(v. t.) To cause or compel to swim.

   syllable

(n.) A small part of a sentence or discourse.

(v. t.) To pronounce the syllables of.

   symbol

(n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea.

(v. t.) To symbolize.

   system

(n.) An assemblage of objects arranged in  regular  subordination,  or  after
some distinct method, usually logical or scientific.

                                      T

   table

(n.) A circular plate of crown glass.

(v. i.) To live at the table of another.

(v. t.) In parliamentary usage, to lay on the table.

   tail

(a.) Limited.

(n.) A downy or feathery appendage to certain achenes. It is  formed  of  the
permanent elongated style.

(v. i.) To hold by the end.

(v. t.) To follow or hang to, like a tail.

   take

(n.) That which is taken.

(p. p.) Taken.

(v. i.) To admit of being pictured, as in a photograph.

(v. t.) In a somewhat passive sense, to receive.

   talk

(n.) Report.

(v. t.) To cause to be or become by talking.

   tall

(superl.) Brave.

   teach

(v. i.) To give instruction.

(v. t.) To accustom.

   team

(n.) A flock of wild ducks.

(v. i.) To engage in the occupation of driving  a  team  of  horses,  cattle,
or the like, as in conveying or hauling lumber, goods, etc.

(v. t.) To convey or haul with a team.

   teeth

(n.) pl. of Tooth.

(v. i.) To breed, or grow, teeth.

   tell

(n.) A hill or mound.

(v. i.) To give an account.

(v. t.) To discern so as to report.

   temperature

(n.) Condition with respect to heat or cold, especially as indicated  by  the
sensation produced, or by the thermometer or pyrometer.

   ten

(a.) One more than nine.

(n.) A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.

   term

(n.) A fixed period of time.

   test

(n.) A cupel or cupelling hearth in which  precious  metals  are  melted  for
trial and refinement.

(v. i.) To make a testament, or will.

(v. t.) To examine or try, as by the use of some reagent.

   than

(adv.) Then.

(conj.) A particle expressing comparison, used after certain  adjectives  and
adverbs which express  comparison  or  diversity,  as  more,  better,  other,
otherwise, and the like.

   that

(pron., a., conj., & adv.) As a conjunction, that retains much of  its  force
as a demonstrative pronoun.

   the

(adv.) By that.

(definite article.) A word placed before  nouns  to  limit  or  individualize
their meaning.

   their

(pron. & a.) The possessive case of the personal pronoun they.

   them

(pron.) The objective case of they.

   then

(adv.) At another time.

(conj.) In that case.

   there

(pron.) In or at that place.

   these

(pron.) The plural of this.

   they

(obj.) The plural of he, she, or it. They  is  never  used  adjectively,  but
always  as  a  pronoun  proper,  and  sometimes  refers  to  persons  without
an antecedent expressed.

   thick

(adv.) Closely.

(n.) A thicket.

(superl.) Abundant, close, or crowded in space.

(v. t. & i.) To thicken.

   thin

(adv.) Not thickly or closely.

(superl.) Having little thickness or extent from one surface to its opposite.

(v. i.) To grow or become thin.

(v. t.) To make thin (in any of the senses of the adjective).

   third

(a.) Constituting or being one of  three  equal  parts  into  which  anything
is divided.

(n.) The quotient of a unit divided by three.

   this

(pron. &  a.)  As  a  demonstrative  pronoun,  this  denotes  something  that
is present or near in place or time, or something  just  mentioned,  or  that
is just about to be mentioned.

   those

(pron.) The plural of that.

   though

(adv.) However.

(conj.) Granting, admitting, or supposing that.

   thousand

(a.) Consisting of ten hundred.

(n.) A symbol representing one thousand units.

   three

(a.) One more than two.

(n.) A symbol representing three units, as 3 or iii.

   through

(a.) Going or extending through.

(adv.) From beginning to end.

(prep.) Among or in the midst of.

   throw

(n.) A cast of dice.

(v. i.) To perform the act of throwing or casting.

(v. t.) To bring forth.

   thus

(adv.) In this or that manner.

(n.) The commoner kind of frankincense, or  that  obtained  from  the  Norway
spruce, the long-leaved pine, and other conifers.

   tie

(v. i.) To make a tie.

(v. t.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together.

   time

(n.) A  particular  period  or  part  of  duration,  whether  past,  present,
or future.

(v. i.) To keep or beat time.

(v. t.) To appoint the time for.

   tiny

(superl.) Very small.

   tire

(n.) A child's apron, covering the breast and having no sleeves.

(v. i.) To become weary.

(v. t.) To adorn.

   to

(prep.) Accompaniment.

(prep.) Apposition.

   together

(prep.) In company or association with respect to place or time.

   told

(imp. & p. p.) of Tell.

   tone

(n.) A mode or tune or plain chant.

(v. t.) To bring,  as  a  print,  to  a  certain  required  shade  of  color,
as by chemical treatment.

   too

(adv.) Likewise.

   took

(imp.) of Take.

   tool

(n.) A machine for cutting or shaping materials.

(v. t.) To drive, as a coach.

   top

(n.) A bundle or ball of slivers  of  combed  wool,  from  which  the  noils,
or dust, have been taken out.

(v. i.) To excel.

(v. t.) To cover on the top.

   total

(a.) Whole.

(n.) The whole.

   touch

(a.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease.

(n.) A boys' game.

(v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech
shakes.

(v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of.

(v.) A hint.

   town

(adv. & prep.) A farm or farmstead.

   track

(n.) A mark left by something that has passed along.

(v. t.) To draw along continuously, as a vessel, by a line,  men  or  animals
on shore being the motive power.

   trade

(v. i.) To barter, or to buy and sell.

(v. t.) To sell or exchange in commerce.

(v.) A company of men engaged in the same occupation.

   train

(v. i.) To be drilled in military exercises.

(v. t.) To break, tame, and accustom to draw, as oxen.

(v.) A connected line of cars or carriages on a railroad.

   travel

(n.) An account, by  a  traveler,  of  occurrences  and  observations  during
a journey.

(v. i.) To go or march on foot.

(v. t.) To force to journey.

   tree

(n.) A cross or gallows.

(v. t.) To drive to a tree.

   triangle

(n.) A draughtsman's square in the form of a right-angled triangle.

   trip

(n.) A brief or rapid journey.

   trouble

(a.) Troubled.

(v. t.) A fault or interruption in a stratum.

   truck

(n.) Commodities appropriate for barter, or for small trade.

(v. i.) A frame on low wheels or rollers.

(v. t.) To exchange.

   true

(adv.) In accordance with truth.

(n.) Actual.

   try

(n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

(v. i.) To do.

(v. t.) Refined.

   tube

(n.) A hollow cylinder, of any material, used for the conveyance  of  fluids,
and for various other purposes.

(v. t.) To furnish with a tube.

   turn

(n.) A change of condition.

(v. i.) Hence, to revolve as if upon a point of support.

(v. t.) Hence, to give form to.

   twenty

(a.) An indefinite number more or less that twenty.

(n.) A symbol representing twenty units, as 20, or xx.

   two

(n.) A symbol representing two units, as 2, II., or ii.

   type

(n.) A figure or representation of something to come.

(v. t.) To furnish an expression or copy of.

                                      U

   under

(a.) Lower in position, intensity, rank, or degree.

(adv.) In a lower, subject, or subordinate condition.

(prep.) Below or lower, in place or position, with the idea of being covered.

   unit

(n.) A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of twenty shillings.

   until

(conj.) As far as.

(prep.) To.

   up

(a.) Inclining up.

(adv.) Aloft.

(n.) The state of being up or above.

(prep.) From a lower to a higher place on, upon, or along.

   us

(pron.) The persons speaking, regarded as an object.

   use

(v. i.) To be accustomed to go.

(v. t.) A stab of iron welded to the side of a forging, as a shaft, near  the
end, and afterward drawn down, by hammering, so as to lengthen the forging.

   usual

(n.) Such as is in common use.

                                      V

   valley

(n.) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof.

   value

(n.) Esteem.

(v. t.) To be worth.

   vary

(n.) Alteration.

(v. i.) To alter or change in succession.

(v. t.) To change the aspect of.

   verb

(n.) A word which affirms or predicates something of some person or thing.

   very

(adv.) In a high degree.

(v. t.) True.

   view

(n.) Appearance.

(v. t.) To see.

   village

(n.) A small assemblage of houses in the country, less than a town or city.

   visit

(v. i.) To make a visit or visits.

(v. t.) The act of going to view or inspect.

   voice

(n.) A particular mode of inflecting or conjugating verbs,  or  a  particular
form of a verb, by means of which is indicated the relation  of  the  subject
of the verb to the action which the verb expresses.

(v. i.) To clamor.

(v. t.) To fit for producing the proper sounds.

   vowel

(a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel.

(n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by  resonance  in  the
oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each  case  giving  to  each  several
vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech.

                                      W

   wait

(v. i.) Ambush.

(v. t.) To attend as a consequence.

   walk

(n.) A frequented track.

(v. i.) To be in motion.

(v. t.) To cause to walk.

   wall

(n.) A defense.

(v. t.) To close or fill with a wall, as a doorway.

   want

(v. i.) A depression in coal  strata,  hollowed  out  before  the  subsequent
deposition took place.

(v. t.) To be without.

   war

(a.) Ware.

(n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In  this
sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.

(v. i.) To contend.

(v. t.) To carry on, as a contest.

   warm

(a.) To communicate a moderate degree of heat to.

(n.) The act of warming, or the state of being warmed.

(superl.) Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances.

(v. i.) To become ardent or animated.

   was

(imp.) of Be.

(v.) The first and third persons singular of the verb be, in  the  indicative
mood, preterit (imperfect) tense.

   wash

(a.) Capable of being washed without injury.

(n.) A liquid cosmetic for the complexion.

(v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water,  as  by  a  running
or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea.

(v. t.) To cleanse by ablution, or dipping or rubbing in water.

   watch

(n.) An allotted portion of time,  usually  four  hour  for  standing  watch,
or being on deck ready for duty.

(v. i.) A small timepiece, or chronometer, to be carried  about  the  person,
the machinery of which is moved by a spring.

(v. t.) To give heed to.

   water

(n.) A body of water, standing or flowing.

(v. i.) To get or take in water.

(v. t.) An addition to the shares representing the capital of a stock company
so that the aggregate par value of the shares is increased while their  value
for investment is diminished, or diluted.

   wave

(n.) Woe.

(v. i.) A vibration propagated from  particle  to  particle  through  a  body
or elastic medium, as in the transmission of sound.

   way

(adv.) Away.

(n.) A moving.

(v. i.) To move.

(v. t.) To go or travel to.

   we

(obj.) The plural nominative case of the pronoun of the first person.

   wear

(n.) A dam in  a  river  to  stop  and  raise  the  water,  for  the  purpose
of conducting it to a mill, forming a fish pond, or the like.

(v. i.) To be wasted, consumed, or diminished, by being used.

(v. t.) To carry or bear upon the person.

   weather

(a.) Being toward the wind, or windward opposed to lee.

(n.) A light rain.

(v. i.) To undergo or endure the action of the atmosphere.

(v. t.) Hence, to sustain the trying effect of.

   week

(n.) A period of seven days, usually that reckoned from one Sabbath or Sunday
to the next.

   weight

(v. t.) A definite mass of iron, lead, brass, or other metal, to be used  for
ascertaining the weight of other bodies.

   well

(a.) Being in favor.

(v. i.) A compartment in the middle of the hold of  a  fishing  vessel,  made
tight at the sides, but having holes perforated in the bottom to let in water
for the preservation of fish alive while they are transported to market.

(v. t.) Considerably.

   went

(imp.) of Go.

(n.) Course.

   were

(n.) A fine for slaying a man.

(v. t. & i.) To wear.

(v. t.) To guard.

   west

(a.) Lying toward the west.

(adv.) Westward.

(n.) A country, or region of  country,  which,  with  regard  to  some  other
country or region, is situated in the direction toward the west.

(v. i.) To pass to the west.

   what

(interrog. adv.) Why? For what purpose? On what account?

(n.) Something.

(pron., a., & adv.) As a relative pronoun.

   wheel

(n.) A bicycle or a tricycle.

(v. i.) To change direction, as if revolving upon an axis or pivot.

(v. t.) To convey on wheels, or in a wheeled vehicle.

   when

(adv.) At what time.

   where

(adv.) At or in what place.

(conj.) Whereas.

(n.) Place.

(pron. & conj.) Whether.

   whether

(conj.) In case.

(pron.) Which (of two).

   which

(a.) A interrogative pronoun, used both substantively  and  adjectively,  and
in direct and indirect questions, to ask for,  or  refer  to,  an  individual
person or thing among several of a class.

(pron.) A compound relative or  indefinite  pronoun,  standing  for  any  one
which, whichever, that which, those which, the.

   while

(conj.) During the time that.

(n.) Space of time, or continued duration, esp. when short.

(prep.) Until.

(v. i.) To loiter.

(v. t.) To cause to pass away pleasantly or without irksomeness or disgust.

   white

(n.) A person with a white skin.

(superl.) Characterized by freedom from that which disturbs, and the like.

(v. t.) To make white.

   who

(object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun,  later,  a  relative  pronoun
also.

(pron.) One.

   whole

(a.) Complete.

(n.) A regular combination of parts.

   whose

(pron.) The possessive case of who or which.

   why

(adv.) For what cause, reason, or purpose.

(n.) A young heifer.

   wide

(adv.) So as to be or  strike  far  from,  or  on  one  side  of,  an  object
or purpose.

(n.) That which goes wide, or to one side of the mark.

(superl.) Far from truth, from propriety, from necessity, or the like.

   wife

(n.) A woman.

   wild

(adv.) Wildly.

(n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region.

(superl.) Desert.

   will

(adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to  denote  futurity  dependent  on  the
verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise.

(n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition.

(v. i.) To be willing.

(v.) Arbitrary disposal.

   win

(a.) To allure to kindness.

(v. i.) To gain the victory.

   wind

(n.) A direction from which the wind may blow.

(v. i.) To go to the one side or the other.

(v. t.) To blow.

   wing

(n.) A side building, less than the main edifice.

(v. t.) To cut off the wings of.

   winter

(n.) The period of decay, old age, death, or the like.

(v. i.) To keep, feed or manage, during the winter.

   wire

(n.) A telegraph wire or cable.

(v. i.) To pass like a wire.

(v. t.) To bind with wire.

   wish

(n.) A thing desired.

(v. t.) To desire.

   with

(prep.) To denote a close or direct relation of opposition or hostility.

   woman

(n.) A female attendant or servant.

(v. t.) To act the part of a woman in.

   women

(n.) pl. of Woman.

   won

(imp. & p. p.) of Win.

(n.) Dwelling.

(v. i.) To dwell or abide.

   wonder

(a.) Wonderful.

(adv.) Wonderfully.

(n.) A cause of wonder.

(v. i.) To be affected with surprise or admiration.

   wood

(a.) Mad.

(n.) A large and thick collection of trees.

(v. i.) To grow mad.

(v. t.) To supply with wood, or get supplies of wood for.

   word

(n.) A brief remark or observation.

(v. i.) To use words, as in discussion.

(v. t.) To express in words.

   work

(n.) Exertion of strength or faculties.

(v. t.) To cause to ferment, as liquor.

   world

(n.) Any planet or heavenly body, especially when  considered  as  inhabited,
and as the scene of interests analogous with human interests.

   would

(imp.) of Will.

(v. t.) Commonly used  as  an  auxiliary  verb,  either  in  the  past  tense
or in the conditional or optative present.

   write

(v. i.)  To  be  regularly  employed  or  occupied   in   writing,   copying,
or accounting.

(v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

   written

(p. p.) of Write.

   wrong

(a.) Designed to be worn or placed inward.

(adv.) In a wrong manner.

(v. t.) To impute evil to unjustly.

   wrote

(imp.) of Write.

(v. i.) To root with the snout.

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   yard

(n.) An inclosure within which any work or business is carried on.

(v. i.) A branch.

(v. t.) To confine (cattle) to the yard.

   year

(n.) Age, or old age.

   yellow

(n.) A bright golden color, reflecting  more  light  than  any  other  except
white.

(superl.) Being of a bright saffronlike color.

(v. i.) To become yellow or yellower.

(v. t.) To make yellow.

   yes

(adv.) Ay.

   yet

(adv.) At the same time.

(conj.) Before some future time.

(n.) Any one of several species of large marine gastropods belonging  to  the
genus Yetus, or Cymba.

   you

(dat. & obj.) The pronoun of the second person, in  the  nominative,  dative,
and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed.

   young

(n.) The  offspring  of  animals,  either  a  single  animal   or   offspring
collectively.

(superl.) Being in the first part, pr period, of growth.

   your

(pron. & a.) The form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun you.

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