v. t. [ L. ablaqueatus, p. p. of. ablaqueare; fr. ab + laqueus a noose. ] To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ablaqueatio. ] The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., without this. ] (Law) The technical words of denial used in traversing what has been alleged, and is repeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. aquest, F. acquêt, fr. LL. acquestum, acquisītum, for L. acquisītum, p. p. (used substantively) of acquirere to acquire. See Acquire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Acquisition; the thing gained. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Property acquired by purchase, gift, or otherwise than by inheritance. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Zool.) Hooked; as, a parrot has an adunc bill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Made or decorated after the fanciful style of the ornamentation in the Alhambra, which affords an unusually fine exhibition of Saracenic or Arabesque architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lofty speech; pompous language. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. altus (adv. alte) high + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak. ] High-sounding; pompous in speech. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. “Antique words.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's “Castle of Indolence.” [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Odd; fantastic. [ In this sense, written antic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Antique, a. ] In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. [ 1913 Webster ]

Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an antique manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. appliquer to put on. ] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aqueduc, OF. aqueduct (Cotgr.), fr. L. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. See Aqua, Duke. ] 1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wateriness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose. ] 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aqueous vapor of the air. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Made from, or by means of, water. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aqueous deposit. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. --
Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) --
Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wateriness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arabesque, fr. It. arabesco, fr. Arabo Arab. ] A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It was employed in Roman imperial ornamentation, and appeared, without the animal figures, in Moorish and Arabic decorative art. (See Moresque.) The arabesques of the Renaissance were founded on Greco-Roman work. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Arabian. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ornamented in the style of arabesques. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. resembling a tree in form and branching structure.
Syn. -- arboreal, arboreous, arborescent, arboriform, dendriform, dendroid, dendroidal, treelike, tree-shaped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. arquebusade shot of an arquebus; eau d'arquebusade a vulnerary for gunshot wounds. ] 1. The shot of an arquebus. Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A distilled water from a variety of aromatic plants, as rosemary, millefoil, etc.; -- originally used as a vulnerary in gunshot wounds. Parr. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. arquebuse, OF. harquebuse, fr. D. haak-bus; cf. G. hakenbüchse a gun with a hook. See Hagbut. ] A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention. [ Written also harquebus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arquebusier. ] A soldier armed with an arquebus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Soldiers armed with guns, of whatsoever sort or denomination, appear to have been called arquebusiers. E. Lodge. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to W. H. Auden. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ [ L., the complaint having been heard. ] (Law) A writ which lies for a party against whom judgment is recovered, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a feast, prop. a dim. of banc bench; cf. It. banchetto, dim. of banco a bench, counter. See Bank a bench, and cf. Banquette. ] 1. A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dessert; a course of sweetmeats; a sweetmeat or sweetmeats. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We'll dine in the great room, but let the music
And banquet be prepared here. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Banqueted; p. pr. & vb. n. Banqueting. ] To treat with a banquet or sumptuous entertainment of food; to feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Just in time to banquet
The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To regale one's self with good eating and drinking; to feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Were it a draught for Juno when she banquets,
I would not taste thy treasonous offer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To partake of a dessert after a feast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Where they did both sup and banquet. Cavendish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Eating an elaborate meal (often accompanied by entertainment).
Syn. -- feasting. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A bench or seat for passengers on the top of a diligence or other public vehicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

My brother-in-law . . . took refuge in the banquette. Mrs. Howe. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. See Banquet, n. ] 1. (Fort.) A raised way or foot bank, running along the inside of a parapet, on which musketeers stand to fire upon the enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A narrow window seat; a raised shelf at the back or the top of a buffet or dresser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who banquets; one who feasts or makes feasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Barbaric in form or style; as, barbaresque architecture. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F.; cf. It. barocco. ] (Arch.) 1. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of, an artistic style common in the 17th century, characterized by the use of complex and elaborate ornamentation, curved rather than straight lines, and, in music a high degree of embellishment. [ PJC ]

2. Hence, overly complicated, or ornamented to excess; in bad taste; grotesque; odd. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. Irregular in form; -- said esp. of a pearl. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. barque, fr. Sp. or It. barca, fr. LL. barca for barica. See Barge. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Formerly, any small sailing vessel, as a pinnace, fishing smack, etc.; also, a rowing boat; a barge. Now applied poetically to a sailing vessel or boat of any kind. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A three-masted vessel, having her foremast and mainmast square-rigged, and her mizzenmast schooner-rigged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as 3d Bark, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. ] Pertaining to Biscay, its people, or their language. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] 1. One of a race, of unknown origin, inhabiting a region on the Bay of Biscay in Spain and France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The language spoken by the Basque people. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A part of a lady's dress, resembling a jacket with a short skirt; -- probably so called because this fashion of dress came from the Basques. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Physics) Radiations first observed by the French physicist Henri Becquerel, in working with uranium and its compounds. They consist of a mixture of alpha, beta, and gamma rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bequeathed p. pr. & vb. n. Bequeathing. ] [ OE. biquethen, AS. becweðan to say, affirm, bequeath; pref. be- + cweðan to say, speak. See Quoth. ] 1. To give or leave by will; to give by testament; -- said especially of personal property. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hand down; to transmit. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bequeath posterity somewhat to remember it. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To give; to offer; to commit. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To whom, with all submission, on my knee
I do bequeath my faithful services
And true subjection everlastingly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To Bequeath, Devise. Both these words denote the giving or disposing of property by will. Devise, in legal usage, is property used to denote a gift by will of real property, and he to whom it is given is called the devisee. Bequeath is properly applied to a gift by will or legacy; i. e., of personal property; the gift is called a legacy, and he who receives it is called a legatee. In popular usage the word bequeath is sometimes enlarged so as to embrace devise; and it is sometimes so construed by courts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being bequeathed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. biquest, corrupted fr. bequide; pref. be- + AS. cwide a saying, becweðan to bequeath. The ending -est is probably due to confusion with quest. See Bequeath, Quest. ] 1. The act of bequeathing or leaving by will; as, a bequest of property by A. to B. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is left by will, esp. personal property; a legacy; also, a gift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bequeath, or leave as a legacy. [ Obs. ] “All I have to bequest.” Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

old p. p. of Bequeath. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bésigue. ] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The toy called cup and ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ A corruption of biscuit. ] Unglazed white porcelain. [ 1913 Webster ]