n.; pl. Abbeys [ OF. abaïe, abbaïe, F. abbaye, L. abbatia, fr. abbas abbot. See Abbot. ] 1. A monastery or society of persons of either sex, secluded from the world and devoted to religion and celibacy; also, the monastic building or buildings. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The men are called monks, and governed by an abbot; the women are called nuns, and governed by an abbess. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The church of a monastery. [ 1913 Webster ]

In London, the Abbey means Westminster Abbey, and in Scotland, the precincts of the Abbey of Holyrood. The name is also retained for a private residence on the site of an abbey; as, Newstead Abbey, the residence of Lord Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Monastery; convent; nunnery; priory; cloister. See Cloister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. abeance expectation, longing; a (L. ad) + baer, beer, to gape, to look with open mouth, to expect, F. bayer, LL. badare to gape. ] 1. (Law) Expectancy; condition of being undetermined. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When there is no person in existence in whom an inheritance (or a dignity) can vest, it is said to be in abeyance, that is, in expectation; the law considering it as always potentially existing, and ready to vest whenever a proper owner appears. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Suspension; temporary suppression. [ 1913 Webster ]

Keeping the sympathies of love and admiration in a dormant state, or state of abeyance. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Abeyance. [ R. ] Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Being in a state of abeyance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An A-B-C book; a primer. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To look after. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Aside; askew. [ Scotch ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. Hey; ho. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of a breed of cattle raised in Alderney, one of the Channel Islands. Alderneys are of a dun or tawny color and are often called Jersey cattle. See Jersey, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Alleys [ OE. aley, alley, OF. alée, F. allée, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar. ] 1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know each lane and every alley green. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Alleys [ A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made. ] A choice taw or marble. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. “An alleyed walk.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An alley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Russ. archieréi, fr. Gr. 'archierey`s; pref. 'archi- (E. arch-) + "ierey`s priest.] The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, and bishops. Pinkerton. [1913 Webster]

a. Extremely observant; watchful; sharp-sighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. pale gray; ash-colored.
Syn. -- ash-gray, ashy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. the winged seed of the ash tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Attorneys [ OE. aturneye, OF. atorné, p. p. of atorner: cf. LL. atturnatus, attornatus, fr. attornare. See Attorn. ] 1. A substitute; a proxy; an agent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And will have no attorney but myself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) (a) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact. (b) A legal agent qualified to act for suitors and defendants in legal proceedings; an attorney at law. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ An attorney is either public or private. A private attorney, or an attorney in fact, is a person appointed by another, by a letter or power of attorney, to transact any business for him out of court; but in a more extended sense, this class includes any agent employed in any business, or to do any act in pais, for another. A public attorney, or attorney at law, is a practitioner in a court of law, legally qualified to prosecute and defend actions in such court, on the retainer of clients. Bouvier. -- The attorney at law answers to the procurator of the civilians, to the solicitor in chancery, and to the proctor in the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts, and all of these are comprehended under the more general term lawyer. In Great Britain and in some states of the United States, attorneys are distinguished from counselors in that the business of the former is to carry on the practical and formal parts of the suit. In many states of the United States however, no such distinction exists. In England, since 1873, attorneys at law are by statute called solicitors. [ 1913 Webster ]

A power,
letter, or
warrant,
of attorney, a written authority from one person empowering another to transact business for him. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perform by proxy; to employ as a proxy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; (pl. Attorney-generals or Attorneys-general). (Law) The chief law officer of the state, empowered to act in all litigation in which the law-executing power is a party, and to advise this supreme executive whenever required. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The practice or peculiar cleverness of attorneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or profession of an attorney; agency for another. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. delicate California annual having blue flowers marked with dark spots.
Syn. -- baby blue-eyes, Nemophila menziesii [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ The same word as bail line of palisades; cf. LL. ballium bailey, OF. bail, baille, a palisade, baillier to inclose, shut. ] 1. The outer wall of a feudal castle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A prison or court of justice; -- used in certain proper names; as, the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester. [ Eng. ] Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ Believed to be derived form balogna, but perhaps also influenced by blarney. ] nonsense; foolishness; bunk; -- also used as an interjection. [ Also spelled boloney. ] [ slang ] [ PJC ]

No matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney! Al Smith. [ PJC ]

2. informal variant of bologna{ 2 }, for bologna sausage. [ informal ] [ PJC ]

n. [ OE. barli, barlich, AS. bærlic; bere barley + līc (which is prob. the same as E. like, adj., or perh. a form of AS. leāc leek). AS. bere is akin to Icel, barr barley, Goth. barizeins made of barley, L. far spelt; cf. W. barlys barley, bara bread. &unr_;92. Cf. Farina, 6th Bear. ] (Bot.) A valuable grain, of the family of grasses, genus Hordeum, used for food, and for making malt, from which are prepared beer, ale, and whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barley bird (Zool.), the siskin. --
Barley sugar, sugar boiled till it is brittle (formerly with a decoction of barley) and candied. --
Barley water, a decoction of barley, used in medicine, as a nutritive and demulcent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An ancient rural game, commonly played round stacks of barley, or other grain, in which some of the party attempt to catch others who run from a goal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lit. barley broth. See Brew. ] Liquor made from barley; strong ale. [ Humorous ] [ Scot. ] Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Corn. ] 1. A grain or “corn” of barley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly , a measure of length, equal to the average length of a grain of barley; the third part of an inch. [ 1913 Webster ]

John Barleycorn, a humorous personification of barley as the source of malt liquor or whisky. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having eyes that gleam with malice. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An instrument for tightening the parts of a bedstead. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bishop George Berkeley; b. 1685, d. 1753. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of North American spring wildflowers.
Syn. -- genus Besseya. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Beg a bey. ] A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Turk. ] The territory ruled by a bey. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. biyonde, bi&yogh_;eonde, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder. ] 1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. “Beyond expectation.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. --
To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent. [ 1913 Webster ]

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A fish of the genus Priacanthus, remarkable for the large size of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quick-sighted; catching a glance as one goes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Seen from above, as if by a flying bird; embraced at a glance; hence, general; not minute, or entering into details; as, a bird's-eye view. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Marked with spots resembling bird's eyes; as, bird's-eye diaper; bird's-eye maple. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant with a small bright flower, as the Adonis or pheasant's eye, the mealy primrose (Primula farinosa), and species of Veronica, Geranium, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Maple. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Besee. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Evil biseye, ill looking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bewray; to reveal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having black eyes. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) (a) The coneflower, or yellow daisy (Rudbeckia hirta). (b) The bladder ketmie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blarneyed p. pr. & vb. n. Blarneying. ] To influence by blarney; to wheedle with smooth talk; to make or accomplish by blarney. “Blarneyed the landlord.” Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had blarneyed his way from Long Island. S. G. Goodrich. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in Ireland. ] Smooth, wheedling talk; flattery. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Blarney stone, a stone in Blarney castle, Ireland (built in 1446), said to make those who kiss it proficient in the use of blarney. The origin of the stone is uncertain. In order to kiss the Blarney stone, which is located in the side of the castle, one must be held upside-down by the feet and lowered into the proper position from an opening in an overhang in the parapet. It is an experience eschewed by some tourists. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blear-eyed Crispin. Drant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]