n. One who abstains; esp., one who abstains from the use of intoxicating liquors. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Dull-witted; stupid. “The addle-brained Oberstein.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dull and addle-pated. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Corrupted fr. another-gates. ] Of another kind. [ Obs. ] Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ascertains. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. aubain an alien, fr. L. alibi elsewhere. ] Succession to the goods of a stranger not naturalized. Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

Droit d'aubaine the right, formerly possessed by the king of France, to all the personal property of which an alien died possessed. It was abolished in 1819. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. bargaigné, p. p. See Bargain, v. i. ] (Law) The party to a contract who receives, or agrees to receive, the property sold. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a bargain; -- sometimes in the sense of bargainor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a chemical substance obtainable as a white crystalline ester (H2N.C6H4.CO.O.C2H5) used as a local anesthetic. Chemically, it is 4-aminobenzoic acid ethyl ester.
Syn. -- ethyl p-aminobenzoate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From beta, generic name of the beet. ] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H11NO2, produced artificially, and also occurring naturally in beet-root molasses and its residues, from which it is extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- called also lycine and oxyneurine. It has a sweetish taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. stained with blood; as, a bloodstained shirt; a bloodstained carpet; a bloodstained sidewalk. [ PJC ]

p. a. Supplied with brains. [ 1913 Webster ]

If th' other two be brained like us. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a white crystalline ester (C18H30N2O2) that is applied to mucous membranes as a topical anesthetic. Chemically it is 3-(di-n-butylamino)-1-propanol 4-aminobenzoate (H2N.C6H4.CO.O.(CH2)3N(C4H9)2). It is usually used as the sulfate salt.
Syn. -- butacaine sulfate. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. bound with chains; as, prisoners chained together to prevent escape.
Syn. -- enchained, in chains(predicate). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. châtelaine the wife of a castellan, the mistress of a chateau, a chatelaine chain. ] An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written Lorraine). ] A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Stupid. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small-diameter cells.
Syn. -- fine-grained. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack. Most of the cacaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. Giddy; rash. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer. Beattie. [ 1913 Webster ]

Speechless complainer, I will learn thy thought. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who constrains. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, contains; particularly, an artifactual object that is designed to contain some fluid or solid material, object or objects, especially for convenience in transporting the contained objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a large metallic box designed to hold many smaller boxes or packages, and used for convenience in loading and unloading large quantities of freight, such as on ships, trains, or airplanes. [ PJC ]

n. the quantity that a container will hold. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. placed and transported in a container{ 2 }. [ PJC ]

n. a ship designed to hold containerized cargoes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. cordwaner, cordiner, fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier. ] A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [ Archaic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; extremely foolish; crazy; as, crackbrained notions. Pope.
Syn. -- idiotic. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. 1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely and irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing. [ 1913 Webster ]

If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perverse; untractable; contrary; difficult to deal with.
Syn. -- balky, contrarious. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. furnished or concealed with curtains or draperies; as, a curtained alcove. Opposite of curtainless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Muslin delaine, under Muslin. ] A kind of fabric for women's dresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

2. (Law) (a) The keeping possession of what belongs to another; detention of what is another's, even though the original taking may have been lawful. Forcible detainer is indictable at common law. (b) A writ authorizing the keeper of a prison to continue to keep a person in custody. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disdainful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Revenge the jeering and disdained contempt
Of this proud king. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Freed from restraint; unrestrained. [ Archaic ] E. A. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Distrainor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The missel thrush. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; -- of people; as, the day's events left her completely drained of strength. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having resources completely depleted.
Syn. -- depleted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. having no power remaining; -- of a battery.
Syn. -- run-down. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

to go down the drain 1. to be consumed in profitless activity; to be wasted; to become worthless. 2. to vanish or cease existing. [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, drains. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

{ or }, n. [ Gr. &unr_; olive oil, oil, from &unr_; the olive tree: cf. F. élaïne. ] (Chem.) Same as Olein. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. p. p. of entertain.
Syn. -- amused, diverted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who entertains; a host. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. one who amuses people, such as a singer, dancer, comedian, magician, etc., especially one who does so as a profession. [ PJC ]

n. One who explains; an expounder or expositor; a commentator; an interpreter.
Syn. -- explicator. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. OF. faineance. See Fainéant. ] Do-nothingness; inactivity; indolence.

The mask of sneering faineance was gone. C. Kingsley. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ a. [ F.; fait he does + néant nothing. ] Doing nothing; shiftless; disinclined to work or exertion.
Syn. -- bone-idle, bone-lazy, do-nothing(prenominal), indolent, lazy, otiose, shiftless, slothful, workshy, work-shy. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n. A do-nothing; an idle fellow; a sluggard. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A deity believed to be real but conceived as not acting in human affairs, hence not worshiped. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]