{ ‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'an priv. + &unr_; thorny, fr. &unr_; thorn. ] (Zool.) A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An earthquake. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ AS. friðstōl. See Fred, and Stool. ] A seat in churches near the altar, to which offenders formerly fled for sanctuary. [ Written variously fridstool, freedstool, etc. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wholesome; salubrious. [ R. ] “Healthsome air.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stone forming the hearth; hence, the fireside; home. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone. A. Lincoln. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. pl.; sing. Klamath (Ethnol.) A collective name for the Indians of several tribes formerly living along the Klamath river, in California and Oregon, but now restricted to a reservation at Klamath Lake; -- called also Clamets and Hamati. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fitted to cause loathing; exciting disgust; disgusting; as, a loathsome disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

The most loathsome and deadly forms of infection. Macaulay.

-- Loath"some*ly. adv. -- Loath"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a., a. & adv., a., See Loath, Loathly, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. or conj. [ Originally the participle of withstand, with not prefixed. ] Nevertheless; however; although; as, I shall go, notwithstanding it rains. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant. Notwithstanding, in thy days I will not do it. 1 Kings xi. 11, 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

They which honor the law as an image of the wisdom of God himself, are, notwithstanding, to know that the same had an end in Christ. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

You did wisely and honestly too, notwithstanding
She is the greatest beauty in the parish. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

Notwithstanding that, notwithstanding; although. [ 1913 Webster ]

These days were ages to him, notwithstanding that he was basking in the smiles of the pretty Mary. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. Without prevention, or obstruction from or by; in spite of. [ 1913 Webster ]

We gentil women bee
Loth to displease any wight,
Notwithstanding our great right. Chaucer's Dream. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those on whom Christ bestowed miraculous cures were so transported that their gratitude made them, notwithstanding his prohibition, proclaim the wonders he had done. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Notwithstanding was, by Johnson and Webster, viewed as a participle absolute, an English equivalent of the Latin non obstante. Its several meanings, either as preposition, adverb, or conjunction, are capable of being explained in this view. Later grammarians, while admitting that the word was originally a participle, and can be treated as such, prefer to class it as a preposition or disjunctive conjunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- In spite of; despite. -- Notwithstanding, In spite of, Despite. Of these, only notwithstanding can be used postpositively; as, I will go, the weather notwithstanding. With respect to meaning, these words and phrases are often interchanged, but there is a difference between them, chiefly in strength. Notwithstanding is the weaker term, and simply points to some obstacle that may exist; as, I shall go, notwithstanding the rain. In spite or despite of has reference primarily to active opposition to be encountered from others; as, “I'll be, in man's despite, a monarch; ” “I'll keep mine own, despite of all the world.” Shak. Hence, these words, when applied to things, suppose greater opposition than notwithstanding. We should say. ”He was thrust rudely out of doors in spite of his entreaties, ” rather than “notwithstanding”. On the other hand, it would be more civil to say, “Notwithstanding all you have said, I must still differ with you.” [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Pithy; robust. [ R. ] “Pithsome health and vigor.” R. D. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ G., also ratskeller, prop., town-hall cellar. ] Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Englishman J. L. M. Smithson, or to the national institution of learning which he endowed at Washington, D. C.; as, the Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Reports. -- n. The Smithsonian Institution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Smithsonian. ] (Min.) Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Sooth + say; properly to say truth, tell the truth. ] To foretell; to predict. “You can not soothsay.” Shak. “Old soothsaying Glaucus' spell.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A true saying; a proverb; a prophecy. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Omen; portent. Having [ 1913 Webster ]

God turn the same to good soothsay. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who foretells events by the art of soothsaying; a prognosticator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A mantis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A true saying; truth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of one who soothsays; the foretelling of events; the art or practice of making predictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

A damsel, possessed with a spirit of divination . . . which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying. Acts xvi. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prediction; a prophecy; a prognostication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Divinations and soothsayings and dreams are vain. Eclus. xxxiv. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. See Soothsay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ So called from the district of Strath Spey in Scotland. ] A lively Scottish dance, resembling the reel, but slower; also, the tune. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. Suiones (a Teutonic tribe in what is now Sweeden) + E. Goth. ] The Scandinavian Goths. See the Note under Goths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any species of Dentalium and allied genera having a tooth-shaped shell. See Dentalium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Grateful to the taste; palatable. -- Tooth"some*ly, adv. -- Tooth"some*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though less toothsome to me, they were more wholesome for me. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

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[ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To contradict; to gainsay; to deny; to renounce. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

If that he his Christendom withsay. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To set against; to oppose. [ Obs. ] “Their way he them withset.” R. of Brunne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Withstood p. pr. & vb. n. Withstanding. ] [ AS. wiðstandan. See With, prep., and Stand. ] To stand against; to oppose; to resist, either with physical or moral force; as, to withstand an attack of troops; to withstand eloquence or arguments. Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

I withstood him to the face. Gal. ii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some village Hampden, that, with dauntless breast.
The little tyrant of his fields withstood. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. o&unr_; Withstand. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Youthful. [ Obs. ] Pepys. [ 1913 Webster ]