v. t. [ L. adpressus, p. p. of adprimere. ] See Appressed. -- Ad*pressed", a. [1913 Webster]

n. 1. A baldheaded person. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The American widgeon (Anas Americana). [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Destitute of hair on the head; baldheaded. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A pan for warming beds. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A shallow chamber vessel, so constructed that it can be used by a sick person in bed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Bed + AS. fera a companion. ] A bedfellow. [ Obs. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bedfere. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Mach.) The foundation framing or piece, by which the other parts are supported and held in place; the bed; -- called also baseplate and soleplate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One of the four standards that support a bedstead or the canopy over a bedstead. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anciently, a post or pin on each side of the bed to keep the clothes from falling off. See Bedstaff. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An old English gold coin, broader than a guinea, as a Carolus or Jacobus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blockhead; a dolt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid; dull; doltish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Clod + poll head. ] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [ Written also clodpole. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cod, n., &unr_; + piece. ] A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small black and white ladder-backed woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) of Central and Eastern U. S. and Canada. It strongly resembles the hairy woodpecker, but is smaller (6 1/2"), compared with about 9-1/2" for the hairy. It is common in suburban backyards. [ PJC ]

n. 1. Doctor of Philosophy, a British doctorate.
Syn. -- Doctor of Philosophy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A point of termination or completion.
Syn. -- end point. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A cannon mounted on wheels, for the use of a marching army; a piece of field artillery; -- called also field gun. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A grandfather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The hard substratum. Same as Hard pan, under Hard, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. heáfodpanne. ] The brainpan. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Head. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his headpiece he felt a sore pain. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A cap of defense; especially, an open one, as distinguished from the closed helmet of the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Understanding; mental faculty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Eumenes had the best headpiece of all Alexander's captains. Prideaux. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An engraved ornament at the head of a chapter, or of a page. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bowling) n. The front pin in the triangular arrangement of ten pins.
Syn. -- kingpin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A shrub (Amorpha canescens) of sandy woodlands and streambanks of the Western U. S. having hoary pinnate flowers and dull-colored racemose flowers; it is thought to indicate the presence of lead ore.
Syn. -- lead plant, Amorpha canescens. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Pale, like a sick girl. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Same as Redpoll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) Any one of several species of small northern finches of the genus Acanthis (formerly Aegiothus), native of Europe and America. The adults have the crown red or rosy. The male of the most common species (Acanthis linarius) has also the breast and rump rosy. Called also redpoll linnet. See Illust. under Linnet. (b) The common European linnet. (c) The American redpoll warbler (Dendroica palmarum). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Paper covered on one side with sand glued fast, -- used for smoothing and polishing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To smooth or polish with sandpaper; as, to sandpaper a door. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin (Tringa alpina); the purple sandpiper (Tringa maritima: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (Tringa canutus); the semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucus syn. Tringoides hypoleucus), called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. --
Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pit or excavation from which sand is or has been taken. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The purple sandpiper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Skid, n., 1. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Engin.) A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level at a distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Steam Boiler) A supply pipe of sufficient elevation to enable the water to flow into the boiler, notwithstanding the pressure of the steam. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. standpunkt. ] A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fencing; a sword fight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. tadde toad (AS. tādie, tādige) + poll; properly, a toad that is or seems all head. See Toad, and Poll. ] 1. (Zool.) The young aquatic larva of any amphibian. In this stage it breathes by means of external or internal gills, is at first destitute of legs, and has a finlike tail. Called also polliwig, polliwog, porwiggle, or purwiggy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The hooded merganser. [ Local, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tadpole fish. (Zool.) See Forkbeard (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The passage for the breath from the larynx to the lungs; the trachea; the weasand. See Illust. under Lung. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A woodpecker. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of scansorial birds belonging to Picus and many allied genera of the family Picidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These birds have the tail feathers pointed and rigid at the tip to aid in climbing, and a strong chisellike bill with which they are able to drill holes in the bark and wood of trees in search of insect larvae upon which most of the species feed. A few species feed partly upon the sap of trees (see Sap sucker, under Sap), others spend a portion of their time on the ground in search of ants and other insects. [ 1913 Webster ] The most common European species are the greater spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus major), the lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopus minor), and the green woodpecker, or yaffle (see Yaffle). [ 1913 Webster ] The best-known American species are the pileated woodpecker (see under Pileated), the ivory-billed woodpecker (Campephilus principalis), which is one of the largest known species, the red-headed woodpecker, or red-head (Melanerpes erythrocephalus), the red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes Carolinus) (see Chab), the superciliary woodpecker (Melanerpes superciliaris), the hairy woodpecker (Dryobates villosus), the downy woodpecker (Dryobates pubescens), the three-toed, woodpecker (Picoides Americanus), the golden-winged woodpecker (see Flicker), and the sap suckers. See also Carpintero. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woodpecker hornbill (Zool.), a black and white Asiatic hornbill (Buceros pica) which resembles a woodpecker in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A more or less subtle playing upon the meaning of words. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]