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Any object, act, state, event, or fact whatever; thing of any kind; something or other; aught; as, I would not do it for anything. Did you ever know of anything so unlucky A. Trollope. They do not know that anything is amiss with them. W. G. Sumner.

One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.

of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach.

The arched part of a structure.

See Arshine.

A Russian measure of length = 2 ft. 4.246 inches.

Shining; radiant.

Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.

To repent; to displease; to disgust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's.

Act of taking a bath or baths. Bathing machine, a small room on wheels, to be driven into the water, for the convenience of bathers, who undress and dress therein.

e front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill. A tall Brabanter, behind whom I stood. Bp. Hall.

as to what should have been accomplished; not equally forward with some other person or thing; dilatory; backward; late; tardy; as, behindhand in studies or in work. In this also [dress] the country are very much behindhand. Addison.

The planking outside of a vessel, above the sheer strake. Smyth.

Entreating urgently; imploring; as, a beseeching look. -- Be*seech"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*seech"ing*ness, n.

To shine upon; to ullumine.

To call to mind; to recall or bring to recollection, reflection, or consideration; to think; to consider; -- generally followed by a reflexive pronoun, often with of or that before the subject of thought. I have bethought me of another fault. Shak. The rest . . . may . . . bethink themselves, and recover. Milton. We be…

Having power to bewitch or fascinate; enchanting; captivating; charming. -- Be*witch"ing*ly, adv. -- Be*witch"ing*ness, n.

The art, act, or occupation or catching birds or wild fowls.