a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cadaveric alkaloid, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ From Cadaver and amine. ] (Chem.) A sirupy, nontoxic ptomaine, H2N.(CH2)5.NH2 (chemically pentamethylene diamine), formed in putrefaction of flesh, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. chevrel, F. chevreau, kid, dim. of chevre goat, fr. L. capra. See Caper, v. i. ] Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of cheveril; pliant. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat clever. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. coulevrine, prop. fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr. L. coluber, colubra. ] A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the process of freeing from silver; also, the condition resulting from the removal of silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive, or free from, silver; to remove silver from. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Impoverish. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. [ OE. see Every. ] each one; every one; each of two. See Every. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

{ } pron. [ OE. everich + oon, on, one. See Every, and One. ] Every one. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a fever; suffering from, or affected with, a moderate degree of fever; showing increased heat and thirst; as, the patient is feverish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indicating, or pertaining to, fever; characteristic of a fever; as, feverish symptoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hot; sultry. “The feverish north.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Disordered as by fever; excited; restless; as, the feverish condition of the commercial world.
Syn. -- fevered. [ 1913 Webster ]

Strive to keep up a frail and feverish being. Milton.

-- Fe"ver*ish*ly, adv. -- Fe"ver*ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Hanover or its people, or to the House of Hanover in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or naturalized inhabitant of Hanover; one of the House of Hanover. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hovering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Impoverished p. pr. & vb. n. Impoverishing. ] [ OF. empovrir; pref. em- (L. in) + povre poor, F. pauvre; cf. OF. apovrir, F. appauvrir, where the prefix is a-, L. ad. Cf. Empoverish, and see Poor, and -ish. ] 1. To make poor; to reduce to poverty or indigence; as, misfortune and disease impoverish families. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To exhaust the strength, richness, or fertility of; to make sterile; as, to impoverish land. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Cf. OF. empoverissement, and F. appauvrissement. ] The act of impoverishing, or the state of being impoverished; reduction to poverty. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lack of verisimilitude or likelihood; improbability. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

The liveried servants wait. Parnell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of pudding or sausage made of liver or pork. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To take a maverick. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A brand originated by a dishonest cattleman, who, without owning any stock, gradually accumulates a herd by finding mavericks. [ Western U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Eng. Hist.) An adherent of Oliver Cromwell. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To influence in an excessive degree; to have undue influence over. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To inform, fill, or animate, excessively. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An excessive issue; an issue, as of notes or bonds, exceeding the limit of capital, credit, or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

An overissue of government paper. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To issue in excess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium. It has a weaker therapeutic action than morphine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Characterized by perseverance; persistent. -- Per`se*ver"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ It. polverino, fr. polvere &unr_;ust, L. pulvis, -veris. See Powder. ] Glassmaker's ashes; a kind of potash or pearlash, brought from the Levant and Syria, -- used in the manufacture of fine glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder; cf. F. pulvérin. ] Ashes of barilla. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admitting of being pulverized; pulverable. Barton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pulvérisation. ] The action of reducing to dust or powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pulverized p. pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing ] [ F. pulvériser, L. pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder. ] To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other methods must be pursued. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. The mercury and foil on the back of a looking-glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With quivering motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Reveries [ F. réverie, fr. rêver to dream, rave, be light-headed. Cf. Rave. ] 1. A loose or irregular train of thought occurring in musing or mediation; deep musing; daydream. “Rapt in nameless reveries.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An extravagant conceit of the fancy; a vision. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There are infinite reveries and numberless extravagancies pass through both [ wise and foolish minds ]. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Severities [ L. severitas: cf. F. sévérité. ] The quality or state of being severe. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) Gravity or austerity; extreme strictness; rigor; harshness; as, the severity of a reprimand or a reproof; severity of discipline or government; severity of penalties. “Strict age, and sour severity.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The quality or power of distressing or paining; extreme degree; extremity; intensity; inclemency; as, the severity of pain or anguish; the severity of cold or heat; the severity of the winter. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) Exactness; rigorousness; strictness; as, the severity of a test. [ 1913 Webster ]

Confining myself to the severity of truth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a shivering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. (Metal.) The art or process of covering metals, wood, paper, glass, etc., with a thin film of metallic silver, or a substance resembling silver; also, the firm do laid on; as, the silvering of a glass speculum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who favors the use or establishment of silver as a monetary standard; -- so called by those who favor the gold standard. [ Colloq. or Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]