n. (Agric.) One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An old spelling of Camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hind. chirāītā. ] A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Epichiremata [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to attempt to prove. ] (Rhet. & Logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. [ Written also epicheirema. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pron. [ Obs. ] See Here, pron. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hire, hure, AS. h&ymacr_;r; akin to D. huur, G. heuer, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. ] 1. The price, reward, or compensation paid, or contracted to be paid, for the temporary use of a thing or a place, for personal service, or for labor; wages; rent; pay. [ 1913 Webster ]

The laborer is worthy of his hire. Luke x. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law.) A bailment by which the use of a thing, or the services and labor of a person, are contracted for at a certain price or reward. Story.

Syn. -- Wages; salary; stipend; allowance; pay. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hired p. pr. & vb. n. Hiring. ] [ OE. hiren, huren, AS. h&ymacr_;rian; akin to D. huren, G. heuern, Dan. hyre, Sw. hyra. See Hire, n. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To procure (any chattel or estate) from another person, for temporary use, for a compensation or equivalent; to purchase the use or enjoyment of for a limited time; as, to hire a farm for a year; to hire money. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To engage or purchase the service, labor, or interest of (any one) for a specific purpose, by payment of wages; as, to hire a servant, an agent, or an advocate. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To grant the temporary use of, for compensation; to engage to give the service of, for a price; to let; to lease; -- now usually with out, and often reflexively; as, he has hired out his horse, or his time. [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . have hired out themselves for bread. 1 Sam. ii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or, more fully, or }. (Law) A contract (more fully called contract of hire with an option of purchase) in which a person hires goods for a specified period and at a fixed rent, with the added condition that if he shall retain the goods for the full period and pay all the installments of rent as they become due the contract shall determine and the title vest absolutely in him, and that if he chooses he may at any time during the term surrender the goods and be quit of any liability for future installments upon the contract. In the United States such a contract is generally treated as a conditional sale, and the term hire purchase is also sometimes applied to a contract in which the hirer is not free to avoid future liability by surrender of the goods. In England, however, if the hirer does not have this right the contract is a sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. performing work for pay; as, hired hands. used in contrast with the owner or family members who work in an enterprise [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Without hire. Davenant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. h&ymacr_;reling. See Hire, n., and -ling. ] One who is hired, or who serves for wages; esp., one whose motive and interest in serving another are wholly gainful; a mercenary. “Lewd hirelings.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Serving for hire or wages; venal; mercenary. “Hireling mourners.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who hires.

, pron. Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A steam boiler having two flues which contain the furnaces and extend through the boiler from end to end. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. makro`s long + &unr_; hand. ] (Zool.) A division of birds including the swifts and humming birds. So called from the length of the distal part of the wing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hire out. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To hire again. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. l'herbe de Saint Pierre. See Saint, and Petrel. ] (Bot.) (a) A fleshy, suffrutescent, umbelliferous European plant (Crithmum maritimum). It grows among rocks and on cliffs along the seacoast, and is used for pickles. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hangs one that gathers samphire, dreadful trade! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) The species of glasswort (Salicornia herbacea); -- called in England marsh samphire. (c) A seashore shrub (Borrichia arborescens) of the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

Golden samphire. See under Golden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. saphir, F. saphir, L. sapphirus, Gr. &unr_;, of Oriental origin; cf. Heb. sappīr. ] 1. (Min.) Native alumina or aluminium sesquioxide, Al2O3; corundum; esp., the blue transparent variety of corundum, highly prized as a gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of rubies, sapphires, and of pearlés white. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Sapphire occurs in hexagonal crystals and also in granular and massive forms. The name sapphire is usually restricted to the blue crystals, while the bright red crystals are called Oriental rubies (see under Ruby), the amethystine variety Oriental amethyst (see under Amethyst), and the dull massive varieties corundum (a name which is also used as a general term to include all varieties). See Corundum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The color of the gem; bright blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any humming bird of the genus Hylocharis, native of South America. The throat and breast are usually bright blue. [ 1913 Webster ]

Star sapphire, or
Asteriated sapphire (Min.), a kind of sapphire which exhibits asterism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or resembling sapphire; sapphirine; blue. “The sapphire blaze.” Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. scīre, scīr, a division, province, county. Cf. Sheriff. ] 1. A portion of Great Britain originally under the supervision of an earl; a territorial division, usually identical with a county, but sometimes limited to a smaller district; as, Wiltshire, Yorkshire, Richmondshire, Hallamshire. [ 1913 Webster ]

An indefinite number of these hundreds make up a county or shire. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A division of a State, embracing several contiguous townships; a county. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Shire is commonly added to the specific designation of a county as a part of its name; as, Yorkshire instead of York shire, or the shire of York; Berkshire instead of Berks shire. Such expressions as the county of Yorkshire, which in a strict sense are tautological, are used in England. In the United States the composite word is sometimes the only name of a county; as, Berkshire county, as it is called in Massachusetts, instead of Berks county, as in Pensylvania. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Tyne, Tees, Humber, Wash, Yare, Stour, and Thames separate the counties of Northumberland, Durham, Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, etc. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Knight of the shire. See under Knight. --
Shire clerk, an officer of a county court; also, an under sheriff. [ Eng. ] --
Shire mote (Old. Eng. Law), the county court; sheriff's turn, or court. [ Obs. ] Cowell. Blackstone. --
Shire reeve (Old Eng. Law), the reeve, or bailiff, of a shire; a sheriff. Burrill. --
Shire town, the capital town of a county; a county town. --
Shire wick, a county; a shire. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

. One of an English breed of heavy draft horses believed to be descended largely from the horses used in war in the days of heavy armor. They are the largest of the British draft breeds, and have long hair on the back of the cannons and fetlocks. Brown or bay with white on the face and legs is now the commonest color. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Shropshire, country of England. ] An English breed of black-faced hornless sheep similar to the Southdown, but larger, now extensively raised in many parts of the world. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ , n. (Zool.) The common guillemot. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Equiv. to F. saphir d'eau. ] (Min.) A deep blue variety of iolite, sometimes used as a gem; -- called also saphir d'eau. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A county in the north of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yorkshire grit, a kind of stone used for polishing marble, and copperplates for engravers. Simmonds. --
Yorkshire pudding, a batter pudding baked under meat. [ 1913 Webster ]