adj. 1. provided with necessary articles of equipment for a specialized purpose especially military; as, troops accoutered for battle [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Formed fr. the verb adulter, with the E. ending -er. See Advoutrer. ] 1. A man who commits adultery; a married man who has sexual intercourse with a woman not his wife. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) A man who violates his religious covenant. Jer. ix. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fem. from L. adulter. Cf. Advoutress. ] 1. A woman who commits adultery. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) A woman who violates her religious engagements. James iv. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To look after. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ F. austère, L. austerus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to parch, dry. Cf. Sear. ] 1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity; as, an austere crab apple; austere wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid; rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life. [ 1913 Webster ]

From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous; strict. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Severely; rigidly; sternly. [ 1913 Webster ]

A doctrine austerely logical. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Severity; strictness; austerity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The presence of bacteria in the blood.
Syn. -- bacteriemia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Of or pertaining to bacteremia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having balusters. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who banters or rallies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who barters. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. In deplorable condition; as, the battered old Ford station wagon.
Syn. -- beat-up, beaten-up, bedraggled, broken-down, dilapidated, ramshackle, tumble-down, unsound. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hit or pounded repeatedly and violently with heavy blows; as, a battered old car; antomyn of unbattered. [ Narrower terms: buffeted; storm-tossed, tempest-tossed, tempest-tost, tempest-swept ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. Damaged especially by hard usage. his battered old hat [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. beaten repeatedly; -- of people; as, a battered child; the battered woman syndrome; a battered wife.
Syn. -- beaten. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

n. [ Beg + -ster. ] A beggar. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who blatters; a babbler; a noisy, blustering boaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Blood + Prov. E. bolter to mat in tufts. Cf. Balter. ] Having the hair matted with clotted blood. [ Obs. & R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The blood-boltered Banquo smiles upon me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Supported; upheld. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Swelled out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A supporter. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Brachyptera. ] (Zool.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

p.a. [ See Besmut. ] Bespotted with mud or dirt. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who caters. [ 1913 Webster ]

The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman who caters. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>adj. 1. being or placed in the center. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. concentrated on or clustered around a central point or purpose.
Syn. -- centred, centralized, focused. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. centistère; centi- (l. centum) + stère. ] The hundredth part of a stere, equal to 0.353 cubic feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey. [ 1913 Webster ]

The air, a chartered libertine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A prater; an idle talker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A bird of the family Ampelidæ -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who clatters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. “Cloistered friars and vestal nuns.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell,
Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Furnished with cloisters. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. cloistier. ] One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. growing close together but not in dense mats; -- of plants. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. occurring close together in bunches or clusters.
Syn. -- bunched, bunchy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. clustered together but not coherent.
Syn. -- agglomerate, agglomerated, agglomerative, aggregate. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of New World botflies.
Syn. -- family Cuterebridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. décastère; Gr. de`ka ten + F. stère a stere. ] (Metric System) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. décistère; pref. déci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + stère a stere. ] (Metric System) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Decastere. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. désintéresser to deprive of interest in; pref. dés- (L. dis-) + intéresser to interest, fr. L. interesse to import, concern. See Interest, and cf. Disinterest. ] To deprive or rid of interest in, or regard for; to disengage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. désintéressement. ] Disinterestedness; impartiality; fairness. [ Obs. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. a. Disinterested. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The measures they shall walk by shall be disinterest and even. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. What is contrary to interest or advantage; disadvantage. [ Obs. ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Indifference to profit; want of regard to private advantage; disinterestedness. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divest of interest or interested motives. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Disinteressed. ] Not influenced by regard to personal interest or advantage; free from selfish motive; having no relation of interest or feeling; not biased or prejudiced; as, a disinterested decision or judge. [ 1913 Webster ]

The happiness of disinterested sacrifices. Channing.

Syn. -- Unbiased; impartial; uninterested; indifferent. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a disinterested manner; without bias or prejudice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being disinterested; impartiality. [ 1913 Webster ]

That perfect disinterestedness and self-devotion of which man seems to be incapable, but which is sometimes found in woman. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Uninteresting. [ Obs. ] “Disinteresting passages.” Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + terebene. ] (Chem.) See Colophene.

a. [ Cf. Dottard. ] Decayed. “Some old dotterel trees.” [ Obs. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]