a. Resembling Achilles, the hero of the Iliad; invincible. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. aculeus, dim. of acus needle. ] A small spiny outgrowth on the wings of certain insects. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle. ] 1. (Zool.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + gleam. ] Gleaming; as, faces agleam. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + leak. ] In a leaking condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die. ] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Aristotle; Aristotelian. Aristotelean logic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Azaleas [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; dry, -- so called because supposed to grow best in dry ground. ] (Bot.) A genus of showy flowering shrubs, mostly natives of China or of North America; false honeysuckle. The genus is scarcely distinct from Rhododendron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Balearicus, fr. Gr. baliarei^s the Balearic Islands. ] Of or pertaining to the isles of Majorca, Minorca, Ivica, etc., in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Valencia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Balearic crane. (Zool.) See Crane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The leader of a dance band. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

See under 3d Bay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Beleaguered p. pr. & vb. n. Beleaguering. ] [ D. belegeren (akin to G. belagern, Sw. belägra, Dan. beleire); pref. be- = E. be- + leger bed, camp, army, akin to E. lair. See Lair. ] To surround with an army so as to preclude escape; to besiege; to blockade. [ 1913 Webster ]

The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To block up; environ; invest; encompass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who beleaguers. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Beleft ] To leave or to be left. [ Obs. ] May. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + nuclear, nucleate. ] (Biol.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

Plumbago; graphite. It leaves a blackish mark somewhat like lead. See Graphite. [ 1913 Webster ]

, v. t. To coat or to polish with black lead (graphite). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The part of a tree which lies immediately under the bark; the alburnum or sapwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Blaeberry. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bleached p. pr. & vb. n. Bleaching. ] [ OE. blakien, blechen, v. t. & v. i., AS. blācian, bl&unr_;can, to grow pale; akin to Icel. bleikja, Sw. bleka, Dan. blege, D. bleeken, G. bleichen, AS. blāc pale. See Bleak, a. ] To make white, or whiter; to remove the color, or stains, from; to blanch; to whiten. [ 1913 Webster ]

The destruction of the coloring matters attached to the bodies to be bleached is effected either by the action of the air and light, of chlorine, or of sulphurous acid. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Immortal liberty, whose look sublime
Hath bleached the tyrant's cheek in every varying clime. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow white or lose color; to whiten. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Whitened; make white. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let their bleached bones, and blood's unbleaching stain,
Long mark the battlefield with hideous awe. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who whitens, or whose occupation is to whiten, by bleaching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bleacheries A place or an establishment where bleaching is done. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or process of whitening, by removing color or stains; esp. the process of whitening fabrics by chemical agents. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bleaching powder, a powder for bleaching, consisting of chloride of lime, or some other chemical or chemicals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. blac, bleyke, bleche, AS. blāc, bl&aemacr_;c, pale, wan; akin to Icel. bleikr, Sw. blek, Dan. bleg, OS. blēk, D. bleek, OHG. pleih, G. bleich; all from the root of AS. blīcan to shine; akin to OHG. blīchen to shine; cf. L. flagrare to burn, Gr. fle`gein to burn, shine, Skr. bhrāj to shine, and E. flame. √98. Cf. Bleach, Blink, Flame. ] 1. Without color; pale; pallid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

When she came out she looked as pale and as bleak as one that were laid out dead. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wastes too bleak to rear
The common growth of earth, the foodful ear. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

At daybreak, on the bleak sea beach. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cold and cutting; cheerless; as, a bleak blast. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Bleak"ish, a. -- Bleak"ly, adv. -- Bleak"ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ From Bleak, a., cf. Blay. ] (Zool.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinidæ; the blay. [ Written also blick. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. Baird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bleak. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Blear, v. ] 1. Dim or sore with water or rheum; -- said of the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

His blear eyes ran in gutters to his chin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing or caused by dimness of sight; dim. [ 1913 Webster ]

Power to cheat the eye with blear illusion. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bleared p. pr. & vb. n. Blearing. ] [ OE. bleren; cf. Dan. plire to blink, Sw. plira to twinkle, wink, LG. plieren; perh. from the same root as E. blink. See Blink, and cf. Blur. ] To make somewhat sore or watery, as the eyes; to dim, or blur, as the sight. Figuratively: To obscure (mental or moral perception); to blind; to hoodwink. [ 1913 Webster ]

That tickling rheums
Should ever tease the lungs and blear the sight. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

To blear the eye of, to deceive; to impose upon. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Dimmed, as by a watery humor; affected with rheum. -- Blear"ed*ness n. [1913 Webster]

Dardanian wives,
With bleared visages, come forth to view
The issue of the exploit. Shak. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, consisting in chronic inflammation of the margins, with a gummy secretion of sebaceous matter. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having sore eyes; having the eyes dim with rheum; dim-sighted. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blear-eyed Crispin. Drant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking in perception or penetration; short-sighted; as, a blear-eyed bigot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being blear-eyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat blear. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having eyes sore or unfocused, due to weariness or excessive drinking; same as blear-eyed{ 1 }.
Syn. -- blear, bleary. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. same as teary. [ R. ] [ PJC ]

n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleating. ] [ OE. bleten, AS. bl&unr_;tan; akin to D. blaten, bleeten, OHG. blāzan, plāzan; prob. of imitative origin. ] To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then suddenly was heard along the main,
To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]

The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bleats; a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain
Of gouty ails. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crying as a sheep does. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of, or as of, a sheep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Versed in books; having knowledge derived from books. [ Often in a disparaging sense. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whate'er these book-learned blockheads say,
Solon's the veriest fool in all the play. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A tree (Terminalia latifolia) of Jamaica, the wood of which is used for boards, scantling, shingles, etc; -- sometimes called the almond tree, from the shape of its fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Having broad, or relatively broad, leaves, in contrast to needlelike or scalelike leaves. Keats. [ Narrower terms: deciduous (vs. evergreen) ] [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

. (Railroads) (a) Car miles collectively. (b) The amount paid by one road for the use of cars of another road. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. caeruleus. ] Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall [ 1913 Webster ]

A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Chile or its inhabitants; as, Chilean volcanoes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A native or resident of Chile; Chilian. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Bot.) Same as Monkey-puzzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]