n. 1. 1 a genus of birds comprising the mynas.
Syn. -- genus Acridotheres. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. [ From Gr. 'a`noplos unarmed ('an priv. + 'o`plon an implement, weapon) + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bothers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to bring down or raze; &unr_; down + &unr_; to take. ] (Med.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, now Cerigo, an island in the Ægean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus. ] Pertaining to the goddess Venus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dinotherium, fr. Gr. deino`s terrible + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) A large extinct proboscidean mammal from the miocene beds of Europe and Asia. It is remarkable for a pair of tusks directed downward from the decurved apex of the lower jaw. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to the hypothetical upper, purer air, or to the higher regions beyond the earth or beyond the atmosphere; celestial; as, ethereal space; ethereal regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, heavenly guest, ethereal messenger. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of ether; hence, exceedingly light or airy; tenuous; spiritlike; characterized by extreme delicacy, as form, manner, thought, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vast chain of being, which from God began,
Natures ethereal, human, angel, man. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, ether; as, ethereal salts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethereal oil. (Chem.) See Essential oil, under Essential. --
Ethereal oil of wine (Chem.), a heavy, yellow, oily liquid consisting essentially of etherin, etherol, and ethyl sulphate. It is the oily residuum left after etherification. Called also heavy oil of wine (distinguished from oil of wine, or œnanthic ether). --
Ethereal salt (Chem.), a salt of some organic radical as a base; an ester. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being ethereal; etherealness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something of that ethereality of thought and manner which belonged to Wordsworth's earlier lyrics. J. C. Shairp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ethereal or spiritlike state. J. H. Stirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To convert into ether, or into subtile fluid; to saturate with ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To render ethereal or spiritlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Etherealized, moreover, by spiritual communications with the other world. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ethereal manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Ethereality. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L.aethereus, Gr. &unr_; See Ether. ] 1. Formed of ether; ethereal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This ethereous mold whereon we stand. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or resembling, ether. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ethereous oil. See Ethereal oil, under Ethereal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Clothed, covered, or fitted with (or as with) feathers or wings; as, a feathered animal; a feathered arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rise from the ground like feathered Mercury. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nonsense feathered with soft and delicate phrases and pointed with pathetic accent. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with anything featherlike; ornamented; fringed; as, land feathered with trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Having a fringe of feathers, as the legs of certian birds; or of hairs, as the legs of a setter dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) Having feathers; -- said of an arrow, when the feathers are of a tincture different from that of the shaft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who furthers. or helps to advance; a promoter. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who gathers or collects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Sewing Machine) An attachment for making gathers in the cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iso- + Gr. &unr_; summer, &unr_; to heat. ] (Phys. Geog.) A line connecting points on the earth's surface having the same mean summer temperature. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Formerly, the head officer of a lathe. See 1st Lathe. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Leather + et, F. -ette. ] A material made in imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. megatherium, fr. Gr. me`gas great + qhri`on beast. ] (Paleon.) An extinct gigantic quaternary mammal, allied to the ant-eaters and sloths. Its remains are found in South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thick, like mother; viscid. [ 1913 Webster ]

They oint their naked limbs with mothered oil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A murderer. [ Obs. or Prov. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. paléothère. ] (Paleon.) Any species of Paleotherium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A female panther. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having part, or all, of the feathers imperfectly developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a pinna + &unr_; an animal. ] (Zool.) A crab of the genus pinnotheres. See Oyster crab, under Oyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Fragments; atoms; smithers. [ Colloq. ] W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Chess) Checkmate given when movement of the king is completely obstructed by his own men. This can only occur when an opponent moves a knight into a position to give a check to the king. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. One who collects taxes or revenues. -- Tax"gath`er*ing, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. [ OE. ther, AS. ð&aemacr_;r; akin to D. daar, G. da, OHG. dār, Sw. & Dan. der, Icel. & Goth. þar, Skr. tarhi then, and E. that. √184. See That, pron. ] 1. In or at that place. “[ They ] there left me and my man, both bound together.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden; and there he put the man whom he had formed. Ge. ii. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In distinction from here, there usually signifies a place farther off. “Darkness there might well seem twilight here.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In that matter, relation, etc.; at that point, stage, etc., regarded as a distinct place; as, he did not stop there, but continued his speech. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law that theaten'd death becomes thy friend
And turns it to exile; there art thou happy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To or into that place; thither. [ 1913 Webster ]

The rarest that e'er came there. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There is sometimes used by way of exclamation, calling the attention to something, especially to something distant; as, there, there! see there! look there! There is often used as an expletive, and in this use, when it introduces a sentence or clause, the verb precedes its subject. [ 1913 Webster ]

A knight there was, and that a worthy man. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a path which no fowl knoweth. Job xxviii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherever there is a sense or perception, there some idea is actually produced. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

There have been that have delivered themselves from their ills by their good fortune or virtue. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There is much used in composition, and often has the sense of a pronoun. See Thereabout, Thereafter, Therefrom, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There was formerly used in the sense of where. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spend their good there it is reasonable. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here and there, in one place and another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Thither. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ The latter spelling is less proper, but more commonly used. ] 1. Near that place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Near that number, degree, or quantity; nearly; as, ten men, or thereabouts. [ 1913 Webster ]

Five or six thousand horse . . . or thereabouts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some three months since, or thereabout. Suckling. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Concerning that; about that. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

What will ye dine? I will go thereabout. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

They were much perplexed thereabout. Luke xxiv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. ð&aemacr_;ræfter after that. See There, and After. ] 1. After that; afterward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. According to that; accordingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

I deny not but that it is of greatest concernment in the church and commonwealth to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of that sort. [ Obs. ] “My audience is not thereafter.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In opposition; against one's course. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If that him list to stand thereagain. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Concerning that. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. At that place; there. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Matt. vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At that occurrence or event; on that account. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every error is a stain to the beauty of nature; for which cause it blusheth thereat. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. Before that time; beforehand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Many a winter therebiforn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. By that; by that means; in consequence of that. [ 1913 Webster ]

Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace; thereby good shall come unto thee. Job xxii. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Annexed to that. “Thereby hangs a tale.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Thereabout; -- said of place, number, etc. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ There + for. Cf. Therefore. ] For that, or this; for it. [ 1913 Webster ]

With certain officers ordained therefore. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

conj. & adv. [ OE. therfore. See There, and Fore, adv., For, and cf. Therefor. ] 1. For that or this reason, referring to something previously stated; for that. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have married a wife, and therefore I can not come. Luke xiv. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? Matt. xix. 27. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consequently; by consequence. [ 1913 Webster ]

He blushes; therefore he is guilty. Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- See Then. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. From this or that. [ 1913 Webster ]

Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left. John. xxiii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In that or this place, time, or thing; in that particular or respect. Wyclif. [ 1913 Webster ]

He pricketh through a fair forest,
Therein is many a wild beast. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein. Gen. ix. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Therein our letters do not well agree. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Into that or this, or into that place. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not them . . . enter thereinto. Luke xxi. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Of that or this. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt surely die. Gen. ii. 17. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Therapeutios. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. &unr_;&unr_;ron. See There, and On. ] On that or this. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then the king said, Hang him thereon. Esther vii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Out of that or this. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall take thereout his handful of the flour. Lev. ii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On the outside; out of doors. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. To that or this. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Besides; moreover. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her mouth full small, and thereto soft and red. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Up to that time; before then; -- correlative with heretofore. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Under that or this. [ 1913 Webster ]