n. [ See Arrest, v. ] (Scots Law) The person in whose hands is the property attached by arrestment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who arrests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Scots Law) The person at whose suit an arrestment is made. [ Also written arrestor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. Brast; p. p. Brusten, Borsten, Bursten. ] To burst. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a crest. [ 1913 Webster ]

But laced crested helm. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. “The crested bird.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Disinteressed. ] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. covered with forest; as, efforts to protect forested lands of the northwest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. forestier, LL. forestarius. ] 1. One who has charge of the growing timber on an estate; an officer appointed to watch a forest and preserve the game. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An inhabitant of a forest. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A forest tree. [ R. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) A lepidopterous insect belonging to Alypia and allied genera; as, the eight-spotted forester (A. octomaculata), which in the larval state is injurious to the grapevine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Hinderest. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Interest, v. t. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having the attention engaged; having emotion or passion excited; as, an interested listener. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having an interest; concerned in a cause or in consequences; liable to be affected or prejudiced; as, an interested witness; an interested party. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being interested; selfishness. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mere boundary + stead place. ] The land within the boundaries of a farm; a farmstead or farm. [ Archaic. ] Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to kindle or burn, and &unr_; to blow up, swell out by blowing. ] 1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. prestre. See Priest. ] A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) The anterior segment of the sternum; the manubrium. -- Pre*ster"nal a. [1913 Webster]

v. t. 1. To force back against the current; as, to restem their backward course. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To stem, or move against; as, to restem a current. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Particularly concerned for one's own interest or happiness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Threste; p. p. Threst. ] To thrust. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Not interested; not having any interest or property in; having nothing at stake; as, to be uninterested in any business. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not having the mind or the passions engaged; as, uninterested in a discourse or narration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who wrests. [ 1913 Webster ]