n. [ OE. aire, eire, air, nest, also origin, descent, OF. aire, LL. area, aera, nest of a bird of prey, perh. fr. L. area an open space (for birds of prey like to build their nests on flat and open spaces on the top of high rocks). Cf. Area. ] The nest of a bird of prey, as of an eagle or hawk; also a brood of such birds; eyrie. Shak. Also fig.: A human residence or resting place perched like an eagle's nest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a series of acyclic non-aromatic saturated hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH(2n+2). They include methane, ethane, propane, butane, and the paraffins.
Syn. -- methane series, alkane series, paraffin [ WordNet 1.5 PC ]

a. [ L. aperiens, p. pr. of aperire to uncover, open; ab + parire, parere, to bring forth, produce. Cf. Cover, Overt. ] (Med.) Gently opening the bowels; laxative. -- n. An aperient medicine or food. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The presence of bacteria in the blood; same as bacteremia. [ PJC ]

n. a small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. See Comrade. ] Comradeship and loyalty.

The spirit of camaraderie is strong among these riders of the plains. W. A. Fraser. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. causer to chat. ] Informal talk or discussion, as about literary matters; light conversation; chat. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. a delicatessen that specializes in dressed meats and meat dishes, particularly pork products. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the items typically sold in a charcuterie{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

n. See Chantry. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Penuriousness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. Caucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Chinese conduct, art, decoration, or the like; also, a specimen of Chinese manners, art, decoration, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a style in art reflecting Chinese influence, being elaborately decorated and intricately patterned. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. The office or lodge of a concierge or janitor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A celebrated prison, attached to the Palais de Justice in Paris. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. sing. & pl. [ L., fr. congerere. See Congest. ] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot. ] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. “The queen of your coterie.” Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. diablerie, fr. diable devil, L. diabolus. See Devil. ] Devilry; sorcery or incantation; a diabolical deed; mischief.

a. Covered or supplied with drapery. [ R. ] Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Scotch, fr. AS. earh timid. ] 1. Serving to inspire fear, esp. a dread of seeing ghosts; wild; weird; as, eerie stories. [ 1913 Webster ]

She whose elfin prancer springs
By night to eery warblings. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with fear; affrighted. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. expérience, L. experientia, tr. experiens, experientis, p. pr. of experiri, expertus, to try; ex out + the root of peritus experienced. See Peril, and cf. Expert. ] 1. Trial, as a test or experiment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

She caused him to make experience
Upon wild beasts. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The effect upon the judgment or feelings produced by any event, whether witnessed or participated in; personal and direct impressions as contrasted with description or fancies; personal acquaintance; actual enjoyment or suffering. “Guided by other's experiences.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. P. Henry [ 1913 Webster ]

To most men experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

When the consuls . . . came in . . . they knew soon by experience how slenderly guarded against danger the majesty of rulers is where force is wanting. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those that undertook the religion of our Savior upon his preaching, had no experience of it. Sharp. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An act of knowledge, one or more, by which single facts or general truths are ascertained; experimental or inductive knowledge; hence, implying skill, facility, or practical wisdom gained by personal knowledge, feeling or action; as, a king without experience of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whence hath the mind all the materials of reason and knowledge? To this I answer in one word, from experience. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Experience may be acquired in two ways; either, first by noticing facts without any attempt to influence the frequency of their occurrence or to vary the circumstances under which they occur; this is observation; or, secondly, by putting in action causes or agents over which we have control, and purposely varying their combinations, and noticing what effects take place; this is experiment. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Experienced p. pr. & vb. n. Experiencing ] 1. To make practical acquaintance with; to try personally; to prove by use or trial; to have trial of; to have the lot or fortune of; to have befall one; to be affected by; to feel; as, to experience pain or pleasure; to experience poverty; to experience a change of views. [ 1913 Webster ]

The partial failure and disappointment which he had experienced in India. Thirwall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exercise; to train by practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

The youthful sailors thus with early care
Their arms experience, and for sea prepare. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

To experience religion (Theol.), to become a convert to the doctrines of Christianity; to yield to the power of religious truth. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. Taught by practice or by repeated observations; skillful or wise by means of trials, use, or observation; as, an experienced physician, workman, soldier; an experienced eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ablest and most experienced statesmen. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. An experimenter. [ Obs. ] Sir. K. Digby. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Life Insurance) A table of mortality computed from the experience of one or more life-insurance companies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Experienced. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince now ripe and full experient. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Derived from, or pertaining to, experience. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is called empirical or experiential . . . because it is given to us by experience or observation, and not obtained as the result of inference or reasoning. Sir. W. Hamilton.

-- Ex*pe`ri*en"tial*ly, adv. Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]

n. (Philos.) The doctrine that experience, either that of ourselves or of others, is the test or criterion of general knowledge; -- opposed to intuitionalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Experientialism is in short, a philosophical or logical theory, not a psychological one. G. C. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who accepts the doctrine of experientialism. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A fairy. [ Archaic ] [ PJC ]

2. The land of the fairies, in fables; fairyland. [ PJC ]

n. [ OF. ferie, fr. L. ferie holidays. See 5th Fair. ] A holiday. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., compar. of Fere, fierce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Rhenus ferier than the cataract. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. flânerie. See Flaneur. ] Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimlessness; idleness; as, intellectual flânerie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gendarmerie. ] The French police force; the body of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively. [ Also spelled gendarmery. ]
Syn. -- gendarmery. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n. [ OE. See Gentry. ] Nobility of birth or of character; gentility. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Hery. ] To praise; to worship. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inexperientia, cf. F. inexpérience. See In- not, and Experience. ] Absence or lack of experience; lack of personal and experimental knowledge; as, the inexperience of youth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Failings which are incident to youth and inexperience. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not having experience; unskilled; naive. “Inexperienced youth.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The name given to a revolt of French peasants against the nobles in 1358, the leader assuming the contemptuous title, Jacques Bonhomme, given by the nobles to the peasantry. Hence, any revolt of peasants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Linen goods collectively; linen underwear or nightclothes, esp. of women; the clothing of linen and cotton with its lace, etc., worn by a women. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Wearing a livery. See Livery, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The liveried servants wait. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ] Flattery; deceit; trickery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. marqueterie, from marqueter to checker, inlay, fr. marque mark, sign; of German origin. See Mark a sign. ] Inlaid work; work inlaid with pieces of wood, shells, ivory, veneer, and the like, of several colors, fitted together to form a design or picture that is then used to ornament furniture. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Material. ] Those objects in a complex system which constitute the materials, or instruments employed, in distinction from the personnel, or men; for example, the buildings, libraries, and apparatus of a college, in distinction from its officers; -- used in a collective sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically: (Military) The arms, munitions, baggage, equipment, provisions, etc., of an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ménagerie, fr. ménager to keep house, ménage household. See Menial, Mansion. ] 1. A place where animals are kept and trained. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of wild or exotic animals, kept for exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the inhabitants of Niger.
Syn. -- Nigerian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A native or inhabitant of Niger. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., paper manufacture, fr. papier paper. ] A case or box containing paper and materials for writing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] Trimmings, esp. of braids, cords, gimps, beads, or tinsel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ n. [ F. pâtisserie. See Pate. ] 1. Pastry. Sterne. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a shop selling mostly pastries; a pastry shop. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ See 1st Peer, 2. ] Inquisitive; suspicious; sharp. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] “Two peery gray eyes.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]