a. Swallowing, engrossing; as, an absorbing pursuit. -- Ab*sorb"ing, adv. [1913 Webster]

adj. 1. seizing the attention attention-getting demonstration
Syn. -- eye-catching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 likely to attract interest.
Syn. -- catchy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Dr. Babbington. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in triclinic crystals approaching pyroxene in angle, and of a greenish black color. It is a silicate of iron, manganese, and lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Malay. ] The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideæ or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. [ Written also blimbi and blimbing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. bingr, Sw. binge, G. beige, beuge. Cf. Prov. E. bink bench, and bench coal the uppermost stratum of coal. ] A heap or pile; as, a bing of wood. “Potato bings.” Burns. “A bing of corn.” Surrey. [ Obs. or Dial. Eng. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a game commonly used for low-stakes gambling, in which numbered balls or slips are drawn at random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards, called Bingo cards, which have square arrangement of such numbers. Each card has a different arrangement of the numbers, and the first player to cover all numbers in one row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) is the winner, usually announcing that fact by a cry of “Bingo!” Variants of the game may require that all peripheral numbers are covered, to form a box, or other figure. The numbers usually have one letter from the group “B”, “I”, “N”, “G”, and “O”, plus two digits. The “cards” may be disposable sheets of paper on which the numbers are printed.
Syn. -- lotto, beano, keno. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. See Bilimbi, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Climbing fern. See under Fern. --
Climbing perch. (Zool.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [ Obs. ] Withals (1608). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. Jer. Taylor.

(c) (Naut.) See Coamings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or art of catching crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Falconry) The fighting of hawks with each other. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Woolen Manuf.) A process of scouring cloth between rolls in a machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of dubbing, as a knight, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of rubbing, smoothing, or dressing; a dressing off smooth with an adz. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A dressing of flour and water used by weavers; a mixture of oil and tallow for dressing leather; daubing. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The body substance of an angler's fly. Davy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. capable of absorbing energy; as, energy-absorbing bumpers reduce injury and damage in vehicle collisions. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In a gibing manner; scornfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Gob. ] (Mining) (a) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal. It is called also gob stuff. Brande & C.

(b) The process of packing with waste rock; stowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. herbergeour, OF. herbergeor one who provides lodging, fr. herbergier to provide lodging, F. héberger, OF. herberge lodging, inn, F. auberge; of German origin. See Harbor. ] 1. One who provides lodgings; especially, the officer of the English royal household who formerly preceded the court when traveling, to provide and prepare lodgings. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A forerunner; a precursor; a messenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

I knew by these harbingers who were coming. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Harbingered p. pr. & vb. n. Harbingering. ] To usher in; to be a harbinger of. “Thus did the star of religious freedom harbinger the day.” Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Depriving of thought; ecstatic. “Heart-robbing gladness.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stealing the heart or affections; winning. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Doing chance work or odd jobs; as, a jobbing carpenter. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Using opportunities of public service for private gain; as, a jobbing politician. London Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jobbing house, a mercantile establishment which buys from importers, wholesalers or manufacturers, and sells to retailers. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Stone Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art of casting and working in lead, and applying it to building purposes; especially, the business of furnishing, fitting, and repairing pipes for conducting water, sewage, etc. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The lead or iron pipes, and other apparatus, used in conveying water, sewage, etc., in a building. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An assemblage or arrangement of ribs, as the timberwork for the support of an arch or coved ceiling, the veins in the leaves of some plants, ridges in the fabric of cloth, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of putting on a robe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Robing room, a room where official robes are put on, as by judges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Rub, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See 1st Slab. ] Adapted for forming slabs, or for dressing flat surfaces. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slabbing machine, a milling machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Slub. [ 1913 Webster ]

Slubbing billy, or
Slubbing machine, the machine by which slubs are formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A series of short, convulsive inspirations, the glottis being suddenly closed so that little or no air enters into the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By stabbing; with intent to injure covertly. Bp. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of dealing in stocks; the business of a stockjobber. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Secret entrance. [ R. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The forming of a tub; also, collectively, materials for tubs. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A lining of timber or metal around the shaft of a mine; especially, a series of cast-iron cylinders bolted together, used to enable those who sink a shaft to penetrate quicksand, water, etc., with safety. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of making tubes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A series of tubes; tubes, collectively; a length or piece of a tube; material for tubes; as, leather tubing. [ 1913 Webster ]

See accommodating.
See aching.
See ailing.
See aiming.
See alarming.
See altering.
See appreciating.
See approving.
See aspiring.
See assisting.
See attempting.
See attending.
See bearing.
See befitting.
See beginning.
See believing.
See bleaching.
See bleeding.
See blemishing.
See blenching.
See blossoming.
See blushing.
See boding.
See branching.
See breathing.
See burning.
See calculating.
See ceasing.
See changing.
See charming.
See communicating.
See complaining.
See complying.
See conceiving.
See conducing.
See confessing.
See conniving.
See consenting.
See considering.
See conspiring.
See consulting.
See consuming.
See contending.
See contriving.
See conversing.
See convincing.
See dawning.
See decaying.
See delaying.
See depending.
See derogating.
See deserving.
See desiring.
See despairing.
See detesting.
See deviating.
See differencing.
See discerning.
See discording.
See discriminating.
See disobliging.
See dispensing.
See dissembling.
See dissolving.
See distinguishing.
See distracting.
See disturbing.
See doubting.
See dreading.
See drooping.
See ebbing.
See echoing.
See edifying.
See ending.
See enduring.
See engaging.
See enjoying.
See entering.
See enterprising.
See entertaining.
See envying.
See existing.
See fadging.
See fading.
See fainting.
See faltering.
See fearing.
See feigning.
See fighting.
See fitting.
See flagging.
See flattering.
See flinching.
See folding.
See forbearing.
See foreboding.
See foreseeing.
See forgiving.
See giving.
See grudging.
See harming.
See heeding.
See hesitating.
See hoping.
See hurting.
See importing.
See imposing.
See improving.
See interesting.
See intermitting.
See intoxicating.
See inviting.
See jarring.
See laboring.
See lingering.
See listening.
See loving.
See meddling.
See meriting.
See mistrusting.
See moving.
See murmuring.
See obliging.
See observing.
See offending.
See opening.
See pardoning.
See paying.
See perceiving.
See performing.
See perishing.
See pitying.
See pleasing.
See possessing.
See preaching.
See prepossessing.
See presuming.
See pretending.
See prevailing.
See prevaricating.
See profiting.
See promising.
See proving.
See quailing.
See questioning.
See reasoning.
See recalling.
See reclining.
See recurring.
See referring.
See reflecting.
See refunding.
See refusing.
See rejoicing.
See relaxing.
See relishing.
See remembering.
See repenting.
See repining.
See reproving.
See repulsing.
See resisting.
See resolving.
See resting.
See returning.
See rewarding.
See sanctifying.
See satisfying.
See searching.
See seeing.
See setting.
See shrinking.
See sinking.
See sleeping.
See slipping.
See slumbering.
See speaking.
See stinting.
See stirring.
See stooping.
See submitting.
See sufficing.
See suiting.
See surging.
See suspecting.
See sweating.
See swerving.
See sympathizing.
See tasting.
See thriving.
See tiring.
See toiling.
See trading.
See trembling.
See trespassing.
See trifling.
See vacillating.
See varying.
See walking.
See wandering.
See waning.
See wasting.
See wavering.
See weeping.
See winking.
See winning.
See withdrawing.
See withering.
See wondering.
See working.
See writing.
See yielding.
----- and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

The above classes of words are unlimited in extent, and such compounds may be formed by any writer or speaker at will from almost all the adjectives or participles in the language, excepting those which have a recognized and usual negative correspondent with the prefix -in. No attempt will be made, therefore, to define them all in this Dictionary; many will be omitted from its Vocabulary which are negations of the simple word, and are readily explained by prefixing a not to the latter. Derivatives of these words in -ly and -ness will also, for the most part, be omitted for the same or similar reasons. [ 1913 Webster ]

There will be inserted as separate articles with definitions, the following: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Those which have acquired an opposed or contrary, instead of a merely negative, meaning; as, unfriendly, ungraceful, unpalatable, unquiet, and the like; or else an intensive sense more than a prefixed not would express; as, unending, unparalleled, undisciplined, undoubted, unsafe, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Those which have the value of independent words, inasmuch as the simple words are either not used at all, or are rarely, or at least much less frequently, used; as, unavoidable, unconscionable, undeniable, unspeakable, unprecedented, unruly, and the like; or inasmuch as they are used in a different sense from the usual meaning of the primitive, or especially in one of the significations of the latter; as, unaccountable, unalloyed, unbelieving, unpretending, unreserved, and the like; or inasmuch as they are so frequently and familiarly used that they are hardly felt to be of negative origin; as, uncertain, uneven, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Those which are anomalous, provincial, or, for some other reason, not desirable to be used, and are so indicated; as, unpure for impure, unsatisfaction for dissatisfaction, unexpressible for inexpressible, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

II. Un- is prefixed to nouns to express the absence of, or the contrary of, that which the noun signifies; as, unbelief, unfaith, unhealth, unrest, untruth, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Compounds of this last class are given in full in their proper order in the Vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woven band of cotton or flax, used for reins, girths, bed bottoms, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]