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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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2,586 words match “WAY”

AWK adv.
Perversely; in the wrong way. L'Estrange.
AXLE BOX n.
The journal box of a rotating axle, especially a railway axle.
AXLE GUARD n.
The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England.
AYE; AY adv.
Always; ever; continually; for an indefinite time. For his mercies aye endure. Milton. For aye, always; forever; eternally.
BABBLE v.
To utter in an indistinct or incoherent way; to repeat,as words, in a childish way without understanding. These [words] he used to babble in all companies. Arbuthnot.
BACK n. 2 definitions
attacked.). [Colloq.] -- To see the back of, to get rid of. -- To turn the back, to go away; to flee. -- To turn the back on one, to forsake or neglect him.
BACK DOOR n.
A door in the back part of a building; hence, an indirect way. Atterbury.
BACK STAIRS n.
ack part of a house, as distinguished from the front stairs; hence, a private or indirect way.
BACKHEEL n. 2 definitions
heel on the outside and pulling forward while pushing his body back; a throw made in this way. -- v. t.
BACKSLIDE v.
To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
BACKWARD; BACKWARDS adv. 2 definitions
By way of reflection; reflexively. Sir J. Davies.
BADIAGA n.
r sponge (Spongilla), common in the north of Europe, the powder of which is used to take away the livid marks of bruises.
BAG n.
A sort of silken purse formerly tied about men's hair behind, by way of ornament. [Obs.]
BAGGAGE MASTER n.
One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. [U.S.]
BAGGILY adv.
In a loose, baggy way.
BALANCE v.
To arrange accounts in such a way that the sum total of the debits is equal to the sum total of the credits; as, to balance a set of books.
BALKER n.
minence to espy the shoals of herring, etc., and to give notice to the men in boats which way they pass; a conder; a huer.
BALTIC a.
Of or pertaining to the sea which separates Norway and Sweden from Jutland, Denmark, and Germany; situated on the Baltic Sea.
BAN n.
ich political rights and privileges, as those of a prince, city, or district, were taken away.
BAND v.
To bandy; to drive away. [Obs.]
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