Search the Dictionary

Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

98,828 entries. Headwords are matched first, then definition text.

1,551 words match “E-”

SPINDLE-LEGGED a.
Having long, slender legs.
SPINDLE-SHANKED a.
Having long, slender legs. Addison.
SPINDLE-SHAPED a. 2 definitions
Having the shape of a spindle.
SPINE-FINNED a.
Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.
SPINE-TAILED a.
Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine- tailed swift. (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).
SPOUSE-BREACH n.
Adultery. [Obs.]
SQUARE-RIGGED a.
sails extended upon yards suspended horizontally by the middle, as distinguished from fore-and-aft sails; thus, a ship and a brig are square-rigged vessels.
SQUARE-TOED n.
Having the toe square. Obsolete as fardingales, ruffs, and square-toed shoes. V. Knox.
SQUARE-TOES n.
A precise person; -- used contemptuously or jocularly. Thackeray.
STAGE-STRUCK a.
Fascinated by the stage; seized by a passionate desire to become an actor.
STAKE-DRIVER n.
The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); -- so called because one of its notes resembles the sound made in driving a stake into the mud. Called also meadow hen, and Indian hen.
STEEPLE-CROWNED a. 2 definitions
Bearing a steeple; as, a steeple-crowned building.
STONE-BLIND a.
As blind as a stone; completely blind.
STONE-COLD a.
Cold as a stone. Stone-cold without, within burnt with love's flame. Fairfax.
STONE-DEAD a.
As dead as a stone.
STONE-DEAF a.
As deaf as a stone; completely deaf.
STONE-HEARTED a.
Hard-hearted; cruel; pitiless; unfeeling.
STONE-HORSE n.
Stallion. [Obs.] Mortimer.
STONE-STILL a.
As still as a stone. Shak.
SUPPLE-CHAPPED a.
Having a limber tongue. [R.] "A supple-chapped flatterer." Marston.
← Previous Page 21 of 78 Next →