‖n. [ F. battue, fr. battre to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Battuta. ] (Hunting) (a) The act of beating the woods, bushes, etc., for game. (b) The game itself. (c) The wanton slaughter of game. Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Constituencies A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. constituens, -entis, p. pr. See Constitute. ] 1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component. [ 1913 Webster ]

Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the power of electing or appointing. [ 1913 Webster ]

A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. Junius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance. Sir M. Hale [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element. [ 1913 Webster ]

We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative. [ 1913 Webster ]

The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents. Abbot. [ 1913 Webster ]

To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. destituens, p. pr. of destituere. ] Deficient; wanting; as, a destituent condition. [ Obs. ] Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Fescue. ] A straw; a fescue. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., p. p. of habituer. See Habituate. ] One who habitually frequents a place; as, an habitué of a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A form of betting where winners share the total amount wagered, in proporation to their bets, and less a portion for the management; -- used commonly in betting at horse racing track. In parimutuel betting, the payoff for a bet does not have fixed odds, but depends on the amount bet on each outcome. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖a. [ F. ] Of the nature, or having the appearance, of a spirit; pure; refined; ethereal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. statua (akin to stativus standing still), fr. stare, statum, to stand. See Stand. ] 1. The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will raise her statue in pure gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A portrait. [ Obs. ] Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Statued p. pr. & vb. n. Statuing. ] To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue. “The whole man becomes as if statued into stone and earth.” Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adorned with statues. “The statued hall.” Longfellow. “Statued niches.” G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like a statue; motionless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their characters are mostly statuesque even in this respect, that they have no background. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a statuesque manner; in a way suggestive of a statue; like a statue. [ 1913 Webster ]

A character statuesquely simple in its details. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., cf. It. statuetta. ] A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. substituens, p. pr. See Substitute. ] (Chem.) Any atom, group, or radical substituted for another, or entering a molecule in place of some other part which is removed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Textual. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The parson bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) See To-fall. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Tuyère. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. A pair of blacksmith's tongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. Tewesday, AS. Tiwes dæg the day of Tiw the god of war; akin to OHG. Zio, Icel. T&ymacr_;r, L. Jupiter, Gr. Zey`s;, cf. OHG. Ziostac Tuesday, G. Dienstag, Icel. T&ymacr_;sdagr. √244. See Deity, Day, and cf. Jovial. ] The third day of the week, following Monday and preceding Wednesday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The lapwing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. vertu, F. vertu, L. virtus strength, courage, excellence, virtue, fr. vir a man. See Virile, and cf. Virtu. ] 1. Manly strength or courage; bravery; daring; spirit; valor. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Built too strong
For force or virtue ever to expugn. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Active quality or power; capacity or power adequate to the production of a given effect; energy; strength; potency; efficacy; as, the virtue of a medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about. Mark v. 30. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man was driven to depend for his security against misunderstanding, upon the pure virtue of his syntax. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The virtue of his midnight agony. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Energy or influence operating without contact of the material or sensible substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

She moves the body which she doth possess,
Yet no part toucheth, but by virtue's touch. Sir. J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth. [ 1913 Webster ]

I made virtue of necessity. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the Greek poets, . . . the economy of poems is better observed than in Terence, who thought the sole grace and virtue of their fable the sticking in of sentences. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Specifically, moral excellence; integrity of character; purity of soul; performance of duty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virtue only makes our bliss below. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

If there's Power above us,
And that there is all nature cries aloud
Through all her works, he must delight in virtue. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A particular moral excellence; as, the virtue of temperance, of charity, etc. “The very virtue of compassion.” Shak. “Remember all his virtues.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Specifically: Chastity; purity; especially, the chastity of women; virginity. [ 1913 Webster ]

H. I believe the girl has virtue.
M. And if she has, I should be the last man in the world to attempt to corrupt it. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. pl. One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a. --
In virtue of, or
By virtue of, through the force of; by authority of. “He used to travel through Greece by virtue of this fable, which procured him reception in all the towns.” Addison. “This they shall attain, partly in virtue of the promise made by God, and partly in virtue of piety.” Atterbury. --
Theological virtues, the three virtues, faith, hope, and charity. See 1 Cor. xiii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. [ 1913 Webster ]

Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday. [ 1913 Webster ]