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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



75 words match “DOST”

MASTERLY adv.
With the skill of a master. Thou dost speak masterly. Shak.
MOGUL n.
nd a two-wheeled truck. Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; -- sometimes only mogul. Dryden.
MUDDY a.
upid; also, immethodical; incoherent; vague. Cold hearts and muddy understandings. Burke. Dost think I am so muddy, so unsettled. Shak.
MUSK n.
- Musk root (Bot.), the name of several roots with a strong odor, as that of the nard (Nardostachys Jatamansi) and of a species of Angelica. -- Musk rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa moschata), having peculiarly fragrant white blossoms. -- Musk seed (Bot.), the seed of a plant of the Mallow family (Hibiscus moscha…
NARD n.
An East Indian plant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.
NEPAULESE a.
Of or pertaining to Nepaul, a kingdom in Northern Hindostan. -- n. sing. & pl.
OSTOSIS n.
Bone formation; ossification. See Ectostosis, and Endostosis.
OVER prep.
t be over my house. Gen. xli. 40. I will make thee rules over many things. Matt. xxv. 23. Dost thou not watch over my sin Job xiv. 16. His tender mercies are over all his works. Ps. cxlv. 9.
OVERTAKE v.
urse, pursuit, progress, or motion; to catch up with. Follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say . . . Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good. Gen. xliv. 4. He had him overtaken in his flight. Spenser.
OWE v.
To possess; to have, as the rightful owner; to own. [Obs.] Thou dost here usurp The name thou ow'st not. Shak.
OXHEAD n.
Literally, the head of an ox (emblem of cuckoldom); hence, a dolt; a blockhead. Dost make a mummer of me, oxhead Marston.
PARAPHRAGMA n.
One of the outer divisions of an endosternite of Crustacea. -- Par`a*phrag"mal, a.
POLITICIAN n.
n intriguer; as, a mere politician. Like a scurvy politician, seem To see the things thou dost not. Shak. The politician . . . ready to do anything that he apprehends for his advantage. South.
PTEROBRANCHIA n.
a bilobed lophophore and an axial cord. The genus Rhabdopleura is the type. Called also Podostomata. See Rhabdopleura.
PUNKA n.
with canvas, and suspended from the ceiling. It is kept in motion by pulling a cord. [Hindostan] [Written also punkah.] Malcom.
QUENCH v.
To become extinguished; to go out; to become calm or cool. [R.] Dost thou think in time She will not quench! Shak.
RAVISH v.
To seize and carry away by violence; to snatch by force. These hairs which thou dost ravish from my chin Will quicken, and accuse thee. Shak. This hand shall ravish thy pretended right. Dryden.
REPAIR v.
quivalent; to indemnify for; as, to repair a loss or damage. I 'll repair the misery thou dost bear. Shak.
RHABDOPLEURA n.
tacles are borne on a bilobed lophophore. It is the type of the order Pterobranchia, or Podostomata
SEPULCHER; SEPULCHRE v.
To bury; to inter; to entomb; as, obscurely sepulchered. And so sepulchered in such pomp dost lie That kings for such a tomb would wish to die. Milton.
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