a. [ L. adeps, adipis, fat + -escent. ] Becoming fatty. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ OF. agrappe, F. agrafe; a + grappe (see Grape) fr. OHG. krāpfo hook. ] Hooks and eyes for armor, etc. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Alpestris. ] 1. Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Growing on the elevated parts of mountains, but not above the timber line; subalpine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. anapaestus, Gr. &unr_; an anapest, i.e., a dactyl reserved, or, as it were, struck back; fr. &unr_;; 'ana` back + &unr_; to strike. ] 1. (Pros.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (˘ ˘ -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d&ebreve_;-&ibreve_;-tās, and in English in-ter-vene&bprime_;, are examples of anapests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A verse composed of such feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anapaesticus, Gr. 'anapaistiko`s. ] Pertaining to an anapest; consisting of an anapests; as, an anapestic meter, foot, verse. -- n. Anapestic measure or verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anapestic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_; to be quite silent. ] (Rhet.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, “I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here.” [ 1913 Webster ]

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Hungary. Population (2000) = 2, 008, 546. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. campester, fr. campus field. ] Relating to an open field; growing in a field, or open ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. compescere. ] To hold in check; to restrain. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as copacetic.
Syn. -- copacetic, copasetic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A stone for coping. See Coping. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. or . [ F. ] n. A rolled or folded crepe{ 3 }, heated in an orange-flavored liqueur (or in a hot orange-butter sauce and moistened with a liqueur) and set on fire when served. [ PJC ]

n. See as the gapes, under gape, n.. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Any strange sight. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who looks or stares gapingly. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

To buy gapeseed, or
To sow gapeseed, to stare idly or in idle wonderment, instead of attending to business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mil.) A cluster, usually nine in number, of small iron balls, put together by means of cast-iron circular plates at top and bottom, with two rings, and a central connecting rod, in order to be used as a charge for a cannon. Formerly grapeshot were inclosed in canvas bags. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seed of the grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. "e`rphs, fr. "e`rpein to creep. ] (Med.) An eruption of the skin, taking various names, according to its form, or the part affected, caused by a herpesvirus infection; especially, an eruption of vesicles in small distinct clusters, accompanied with itching or tingling, including shingles, ringworm, and the like; -- so called from its tendency to creep or spread from one part of the skin to another. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Med.) either of two forms of herpesvirus infection, distinguished as being caused by herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1), which causes mostly sores and eruptions around the mouth (cold sores and fever blisters) and at other points above the waist, and herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2), causing genital herpes. HSV-1 is also known in some cases to cause genital herpes infections. [ PJC ]

n. A genus of carnivores including the mongooses.
Syn. -- genus Herpestes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Med.) any of several dozen DNA-containing virus of the family Herpetoviridae, including among them such human-disease-causing agents as Herpes simplex virus causing oral and genital herpes, varicella-zoster virus (Herpes zoster virus) causing shingles and chickenpox (varicella), Epstein-Barr virus (EB virus) causing infectious mononucleosis, and Cytomegalovirus. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) same as shingles; -- a form of herpes caused by the varicella-zoster virus. [ PJC ]

n. (Med.) same as varicella-zoster virus. [ PJC ]

a. An unexplained epithet used by Chaucer in reference to ships. By some it is defined as “dancing (on the wave)”; by others as “opposing, ” “warlike.” T. R. Lounsbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Pester. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. intempestivus: cf. F. intempestif. See In- not, and Tempestive. ] Out of season; untimely. [ Obs. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unseasonably. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intempestivitas: cf. F. intempestivité. ] Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For Jack o' (= of) apes; prop., a man who exhibits apes. ] [ Written also jackanape. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A monkey; an ape. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coxcomb; an impertinent or conceited fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young upstart jackanapes. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A silly, pert girl; -- corresponding to jackanapes. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard. ] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also lance corporal. [ Obsolete ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To pester exceedingly or excessively. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl., A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Pap soft food. ] Containing or producing pap; like pap. [ R. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. papesse. ] A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perpessio, fr. perpeti, perpessus, to bear steadfastly; per + pati to bear. ] Suffering; endurance. [ Obs. ] Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pedes . [ L., the foot. ] (Anat.) The distal segment of the hind limb of vertebrates, including the tarsus and foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Man.) The motion of a horse when, raising his fore quarters, he keeps his hind feet on the ground without advancing; rearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. peser to weigh. ] A fee, or toll, paid for the weighing of merchandise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anc. Armor.) See Pusane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. pesant heavy. ] Made heavy or dull; debased. [ Obs. ] “Pesanted to each lewd thought's control.” Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Peshito. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pea. ] A pea. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A Spanish silver coin, and money of account, equal to about nineteen cents (ca. 1900), and divided into 100 centesimos. Now replaced by the euro. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

{ } n. [ Syriac peshîtâ simple. ] The earliest Syriac version of the Old Testament, translated from Hebrew; also, the incomplete Syriac version of the New Testament. [ Written also peschito. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] Pestering; vexatious; troublesome. Used also as an intensive. [ Colloq. & Low, U.S. ] Judd. [ 1913 Webster ]