n. One who, or that which, abates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Caterer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. ala wing + terni three each. ] (Bot.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., fostering mother. ] A college or seminary where one is educated. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'amfi` + &unr_; theater: cf. F. amphithéâtre. See Theater. ] 1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who animates. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna. [ 1913 Webster ]

An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archiatrus, Gr. &unr_;; pref. &unr_; + &unr_; physician, &unr_; to heal. ] Chief physician; -- a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of princes and to the first physician of some cities. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A worshiper of the stars. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Back, a. or adv. + -water. ] 1. Water turned back in its course by an obstruction, an opposing current, or the flow of the tide, as in a sewer or river channel, or across a river bar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An accumulation of water overflowing the low lands, caused by an obstruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Water thrown back by the turning of a waterwheel, or by the paddle wheels of a steamer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, beats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds especially on bees. The European species (Merops apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors. (b) An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hlāf&aemacr_;ta servant, properly a loaf eater. ] 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See. Bibliolatry. ] A worshiper of books; especially, a worshiper of the Bible; a believer in its verbal inspiration. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + lateral: cf. F. bilatéral. ] 1. Having two sides; arranged upon two sides; affecting two sides or two parties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to the two sides of a central area or organ, or of a central axis; as, bilateral symmetry in animals, where there is a similarity of parts on the right and left sides of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being bilateral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several human or animal diseases characterized by dark urine resulting from rapid breakdown of red blood cells; -- used especially of
blackwater fever, a severe form of malaria caused by the blood parasite Plasmodium falciparum. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

. Nebraska; -- a nickname alluding to the dark color of the water of its rivers, due to the presence of a black vegetable mold in the soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who bleats; a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain
Of gouty ails. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A distemper incident to cattle, in which their livers are affected. Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bloat, Blote. ] The common herring, esp. when of large size, smoked, and half dried; -- called also bloat herring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any structure or contrivance, as a mole, or a wall at the mouth of a harbor, to break the force of waves, and afford protection from their violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cut diagonally. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious. ] A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Catered p. pr. & vb. n. Catering. ] [ From Cater, n. ] 1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] providently caters for the sparrow. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. quatre four. ] The four of cards or dice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. ceatharnach. Cf. Kern Irish foot soldier. ] A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Cater to cut diagonally. ] Diagonal. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A remote relation. See Quater-cousin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who caters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who caters. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr. OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte, she-cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F. pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See Cat, and Pile hair. ] 1. (Zool.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars. [ 1913 Webster ]

Caterpillar catcher, or
Caterpillar eater (Zool.), a bird belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on caterpillars. The name is also given to several other birds. --
Caterpillar hunter (Zool.), any species of beetles of the genus Callosoma and other allied genera of the family Carabidæ which feed habitually upon caterpillars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an endless belt looped over several wheels, used in pairs in place of wheels to propel vehicles, such as tractors or military tanks, over rough ground. [ PJC ]

adj. having caterpillar treads or tracks on the wheels; as, a caterpillar-tracked earthmover.
Syn. -- caterpillar. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caterwauled p. pr. & vb. n. Caterwauling. ] [ Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat. ] To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A caterwauling. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cater, n. ] The place where provisions are deposited. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cheats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An escheator. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral. ] 1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. “Collateral light.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Acting in an indirect way. [ 1913 Webster ]

If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . .
To you in satisfaction. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues. [ 1913 Webster ]

That he [ Attebury ] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet the attempt may give
Collateral interest to this homely tale. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above the deed itself. --
Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed. --
Collateral issue. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question. --
Collateral security, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security. --
collateral damage, (Mil.) damage caused by a military operation, such as a bombing, to objects or persons not themselves the intended target of the attack. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. A collateral relative. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Side by side; by the side. [ 1913 Webster ]

These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In collateral relation; not lineally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being collateral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who combats. Sherwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of the same material. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. compaternitas, fr. compater godfather; com- + pater father. ] The relation of a godfather to a person. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the canon law is a spiritual affinity. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A confederate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Confraternities /plu>. [ LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternité. See Fraternity. ] A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

These live in one society and confraternity. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]