‖n. [ D, earth-wolf ] (Zool.) A carnivorous, striped, quadruped mammal (Proteles cristata, formerly Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. It feeds chiefly on insects. See Proteles. [ 1913 Webster WordNet 1.5 ]

‖r /mhw>, n. A plant (Macrochloa tenacissima) of North Africa; also, its fiber, used in paper making. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. ] (Bot.) The lucern (Medicago sativa), a leguminous plant having bluish purple cloverlike flowers, and cultivated for fodder; -- so called in California, Texas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Metal.) An alloy of nickel and silver electroplated with silver. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., fr. Ar. al-fārs knight. ] An ensign; a standard bearer. [ Obs. ] J. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. alfetum, fr. AS. ālfæt a pot to boil in; āl burning + fæt vat. ] A caldron of boiling water into which an accused person plunged his forearm as a test of innocence or guilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ ‖ } n. [ Mex. Sp., fr. Sp. alfiler pin. ] Same as Alfilaria. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Zool.) An edible marine fish of California (Rhacochilus toxotes). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Also alfarga, alforge. ] [ Sp. ] A saddlebag. [ Sp. Amer. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖adv. & a. [ It. al fresco in or on the fresh. ] In the open-air. Smollett. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ All + four (cards). ] A game at cards, called “High, Low, Jack, and the Game.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A blackish fish (Hyperglyphe perciformis) of New England waters.
Syn. -- black rudderfish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quantity that a barrel (of any size) will hold.
Syn. -- barrel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. on-behalve in the name of, bihalven by the side of, fr. AS. healf half, also side, part: akin to G. halb half, halber on account of. See Be-, and Half, n. ] Advantage; favor; stead; benefit; interest; profit; support; defense; vindication. [ 1913 Webster ]

In behalf of his mistress's beauty. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Against whom he had contracted some prejudice in behalf of his nation. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

In behalf of, in the interest of. --
On behalf of, on account of; on the part of. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the capital of Northern Ireland; -- the center of Irish Protestantism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. berfray movable tower used in sieges, OF. berfreit, berfroit, F. beffroi, fr. MHG. bervrit, bercvrit, G. bergfriede, fr. MHG. bergen to protect (G. bergen to conceal) + vride peace, protection, G. friede peace; in compounds often taken in the sense of security, or place of security; orig. therefore a place affording security. G. friede is akin to E. free. See Burg, and Free. ] 1. (Mil. Antiq.) A movable tower erected by besiegers for purposes of attack and defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bell tower, usually attached to a church or other building, but sometimes separate; a campanile. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A room in a tower in which a bell is or may be hung; or a cupola or turret for the same purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Naut.) The framing on which a bell is suspended. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell-shaped flowers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower. ] A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [ Written also bellefleur. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus longirostris, or Belone longirostris) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus). [ 1913 Webster ]

A small, thin, flat container, usually made of leather or imitation leather, having a pocket of a size just large enough to hold paper currency and folded over once to fit in the pocket of one's clothing; it is a type of wallet, but having fewer compartments than the typical wallet. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) The European bullfinch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bookshelves A shelf to hold books. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the quantity contained in a bowl.
Syn. -- bowl. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having a large face. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Bullfight. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. G. bofist, AS. wulfes fist puffball, E. fizz, foist. ] (Bot.) A kind of fungus. See Puffball. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. a sport of great antiquity, in which men torment, and fight with, a bull or bulls in an arena, for public amusement, -- still popular in Spain, Portugal and Latin American. In the Spanish version a matador kills the bull with a sword after the bull has been weakened by wounds from small barbed rods, and after he has displayed courage and artistic skill in causing the bull to charge many times while he stands still or nearly still. In some versions the bull is not killed. Occasionally the matador is wounded or killed by the bull. -- Bull"fight`er n.
Syn. -- corrida. [1913 Webster +PJC]

n. the activity at a bullfight. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the Pyrrhula vulgaris or Pyrrhula rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As a cage bird it is highly valued for its remarkable power of learning to whistle correctly various musical airs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crimson-fronted bullfinch. (Zool.) See Burion. --
Pine bullfinch, the pine finch. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } n. (Zool.) Any large fly troublesome to cattle, as the gadflies and breeze flies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A very large species of frog (Rana Catesbiana), found in North America; -- so named from its loud bellowing in spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Calves [ OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. kālfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalbō; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, Skr grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. √222. ] 1. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Some silly, doting, brainless calf. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. [ Cf. Icel. kālfi. ] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. cho`ndros cartilage. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, mucopolysaccharide having N-acetyl chondrosine as the repeating unit with one sulfate group per disaccharide. Typical preparations have a molecular weight of about 50, 000. Preparations are sold over-the-counter, often referred to as chondroitin, with the putative ability to relieve pain in joints and assist joint cartilage growth or regeneration; such claims are, as of 2001, yet unproven. [ PJC ]

n. [ Named from the dark color of the back. ] (Zool.) (a) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock. (b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. (c) The cobia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A crafty fox. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Delve. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small brilliantly colored tropical marine fishes of coral reefs.
Syn. -- demoiselle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a slender nonstinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From deal a long, narrow plank. ] (Zool.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. delf a delving, digging. See Delve. ] A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [ Written also delft, and delve. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Delftware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Delftware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (a) Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence: (b) Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A half wolf; a mongrel dog, between a dog and a wolf. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A huge ray (Manta birostris or Cephaloptera vampyrus) of the Gulf of Mexico and Southern Atlantic coasts. Several other related species take the same name. See Cephaloptera. (b) A large cephalopod, especially the very large species of Octopus and Architeuthis. See Octopus. (c) The gray whale of the Pacific coast. See Gray whale. (d) The goosefish or angler (Lophius), and other allied fishes. See Angler. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bookbinding) Calf stained dark brown and worked without gilding, often used for theological books. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. performed or made by an end-user who is without professional training in the relevant techniques; as, their house was a do-it-yourself project. Contrasted with factory-made and professional. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a person who often makes objects typically made by professionals, or performs repairs typically performed by professionals, though not having professional training in the relevant art. The term is used mostly to refer to activities related to maintaining a home. [ PJC ]