n. 1. a relatively well-defined prevailing wind. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the flow of air that is driven backwards by an aircraft propeller.
Syn. -- slipstream, race, backwash, wash [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + treasurer. ] A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To streak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Pref. dis- (intens.) + stream. ] To flow. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet o'er that virtuous blush distreams a tear. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Down the stream; as, floating downstream. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Entreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Entreating. ] [ OE. entreten to treat, request, OF. entraiter to treat of; pref. en- (L. in) + traitier to treat. See Treat. ] 1. To treat, or conduct toward; to deal with; to use. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Fairly let her be entreated. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well. Jer. xv. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To treat with, or in respect to, a thing desired; hence, to ask earnestly; to beseech; to petition or pray with urgency; to supplicate; to importune. “Entreat my wife to come.” “I do entreat your patience.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must entreat of you some of that money. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Isaac entreated the Lord for his wife. Gen. xxv. 21. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beseech or supplicate successfully; to prevail upon by prayer or solicitation; to persuade. [ 1913 Webster ]

It were a fruitless attempt to appease a power whom no prayers could entreat. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To invite; to entertain. [ Obs. ] “Pleasures to entreat.” Spenser.

Syn. -- To beseech; beg; solicit; crave; implore; supplicate. See Beseech. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To treat or discourse; hence, to enter into negotiations, as for a treaty. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of which I shall have further occasion to entreat. Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alexander . . . was first that entreated of true peace with them. 1 Mac. x. 47. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make an earnest petition or request. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Janizaries entreated for them as valiant men. Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Ford. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be entreated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of entreaty. [ R. ] See Intreatful. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an entreating manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Used in entreaty; pleading. [ R. ] “Entreative phrase.” A. Brewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty; invitation. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Entreaties 1. Treatment; reception; entertainment. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of entreating or beseeching; urgent prayer; earnest petition; pressing solicitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fair entreaty, and sweet blandishment. Spenser.

Syn. -- Solicitation; request; suit; supplication; importunity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a province of N Ethiopia on the Red Sea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Eritrea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Eritrea; as, Eritrean civil war. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Eritrea; as, Eritrean story tellers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. estraite, prop., an extract, fr. p. p. of estraire to extract, F. extraire, fr. L.extrahere. See Extract. ] (Law) A true copy, duplicate, or extract of an original writing or record, esp. of amercements or penalties set down in the rolls of court to be levied by the bailiff, or other officer. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estreat of a recognizance, the extracting or taking out a forfeited recognizance from among the other records of the court, for the purpose of a prosecution in another court, or it may be in the same court. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Estreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Estreating. ] (Law) (a) To extract or take out from the records of a court, and send up to the court of exchequer to be enforced; -- said of a forfeited recognizance. (b) To bring in to the exchequer, as a fine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Estreat, Extract. ] Extraction. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To tread down; to trample upon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In hell shall they be all fortroden of devils. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A butterfly of the genus Thecla; as, the green hairstreak (Thecla rubi). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat cruelly or improperly; to ill use; to maltreat.
Syn. -- mistreat, maltreat, abuse, ill-use. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. physically abused. [ Narrower terms: assaulted, molested, raped ; battered, beaten ; misunderstood ]
Syn. -- abused, maltreated, mistreated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. cruel or inhumane treatment.
Syn. -- maltreatment, ill-usage, abuse. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To lay up, as in a treasury; to hoard. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Entreat. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + treatable. ] Not to be entreated; inexorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Entreaty. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of entreaty. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Made with boards whose edges lap one over another; clinker-built; -- said of boats. Contrasted with carvel-built.
Syn. -- lap-jointed, overlapping. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The prevailing opinion or practise; as, the doctor avoided using therapies outside the mainstream of modern medical practice. [ PJC ]

v. t. (Education) TO place (a student) in regular school classes; -- used especially of mentally or physically handicapped children. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Education) Placed in regular school classes; -- of the handicapped. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. See Maltreat. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Maltreated; p. pr. & vb. n. Maltreating. ] [ Mal- + treat: cf. F. maltraiter. ] To treat ill; to abuse; to treat roughly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; [ Cf. F. maltraitement. ] Cruel or inhumane treatment; ill usage; abuse.
Syn. -- ill-treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the middle of a stream; as, don't change horses in midstream. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To treat wrongfully. [ Obs. ] Grafton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Misstep; misbehavior. “To punish my mistreadings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat amiss; to abuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. physically abused. [ Narrower terms: assaulted, molested, raped; battered, beaten; misunderstood ]
Syn. -- abused, ill-treated, maltreated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Wrong treatment. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) Orig., a method of therapeutic treatment administered, esp. for chronic diseases of the curculatory system, at Bad Nauheim, Germany, by G. Schott, consisting in baths in the natural mineral waters of that place, which are charged with carbonic acid, and the use of a graduated course of rest, physical exercises, massage, etc.; hence, any similar treatment using waters artificially charged with the essential ingredients of the natural mineral waters of Bad Nauheim. Hence, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., an oyster. ] (Zool.) A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ostrea an oyster. See Oyster. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The crustaceous or ostreaceous body. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The artificial cultivation of oysters. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reach beyond. [ 1913 Webster ]