a. [ L. acclivis and acclivus. ] Sloping upward; rising as a hillside; -- opposed to declivous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ambo both + laevus left. ] Left-handed on both sides; clumsy; -- opposed to ambidexter. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bivalvular. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord; -- abbreviated CNS.
Syn. -- CNS. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Coeval [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concavus. ] Concave. Abp. potter.

-- Con*ca"vous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae. [ 1913 Webster ]

Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. Rare; excellent; costly. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. enervis, enervus. ] Lacking nerve or force; enervated. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Festive. ] Pertaining to a feast; festive. [ R. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flavus. ] Yellow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. fulvus. ] Tawny; dull yellow, with a mixture of gray and brown. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. grandaevus; grandig grand+ aevum lifetime, age. ] Of great age; aged; longlived. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. grevous, grevos, LL. gravosus. See Grief. ] 1. Causing grief or sorrow; painful; afflictive; hard to bear; offensive; harmful. [ 1913 Webster ]

The famine was grievous in the land. Gen. xii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

The thing was very grievous in Abraham's sight. Gen. xxi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Characterized by great atrocity; heinous; aggravated; flagitious; as, a grievous sin. Gen. xviii. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Full of, or expressing, grief; showing great sorrow or affliction; as, a grievous cry. -- Griev"ous*ly, adv. -- Griev"ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. longaevus; longus long + aevum lifetime, age. See Long, and Age. ] Living a long time; of great age. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing mischief; harmful; hurtful; -- now often applied where the evil is done carelessly or in sport; as, a mischievous child. “Most mischievous foul sin.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

This false, wily, doubling disposition is intolerably mischievous to society. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Harmful; hurtful; detrimental; noxious; pernicious; destructive. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Mis"chie*vous*ly, adv. -- Mis"chie*vous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. multicavus; multus much, many + cavum, cavus, a cavity, hole, fr. cavus hollow. ] Having many cavities. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nervosus sinewy, vigorous: cf. F. nerveux. See Nerve. ] 1. Possessing nerve; sinewy; strong; vigorous. “Nervous arms.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Possessing or manifesting vigor of mind; characterized by strength in sentiment or style; forcible; spirited; as, a nervous writer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to the nerves; seated in the nerves; as, nervous excitement; a nervous fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Having the nerves weak, diseased, or easily excited; subject to, or suffering from, undue excitement of the nerves; easily agitated or annoyed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Poor, weak, nervous creatures. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Sensitive; excitable; timid. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Apprehensive; as, a child nervous about his mother's reaction to his bad report card. [ PJC ]

Our aristocratic class does not firmly protest against the unfair treatment of Irish Catholics, because it is nervous about the land. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nervous fever (Med.), a low form of fever characterized by great disturbance of the nervous system, as evinced by delirium, or stupor, disordered sensibility, etc. --
Nervous system (Anat.), the specialized coordinating apparatus which endows animals with sensation and volition. In vertebrates it is often divided into three systems: the central, brain and spinal cord; the peripheral, cranial and spinal nerves; and the sympathetic. See Brain, Nerve, Spinal cord, under Spinal, and Sympathetic system, under Sympathetic, and Illust. in Appendix. --
Nervous temperament, a condition of body characterized by a general predominance of mental manifestations. Mayne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a nervous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being nervous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Plenteous. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Primeval. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. proclivus. See Proclive. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Inclined; tending by nature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the incisor teeth directed forward. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. recidivus, fr. recidere to fall back. ] Tending or liable to backslide or relapse to a former condition or habit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. recurvus; pref. re- re + curvus curved. ] Recurved. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Rendezvouses [ Rare in the plural. ] [ F. rendez-vous, properly, render yourselves, repair to a place. See Render. ] 1. A place appointed for a meeting, or at which persons customarily meet. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inn, the free rendezvous of all travelers. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, the appointed place for troops, or for the ships of a fleet, to assemble; also, a place for enlistment. [ 1913 Webster ]

The king appointed his whole army to be drawn together to a rendezvous at Marlborough. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A meeting by appointment. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Retreat; refuge. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Rendezvoused p. pr. & vb. n. Rendezvousing ] To assemble or meet at a particular place. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To bring together at a certain place; to cause to be assembled. Echard. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salivosus: cf. F. saliveux. ] Pertaining to saliva; of the nature of saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. saxum rock + cavare to make hollow, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. saxicave. ] (Zool.) Boring, or hollowing out, rocks; -- said of certain mollusks which live in holes which they burrow in rocks. See Illust. of Lithodomus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. torvus. ] Sour of aspect; of a severe countenance; stern; grim. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That torvous, sour look produced by anger. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., akin to voûte an arch, a vault. ] (Arch.) One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

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