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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



1,669 words match “NET”

BASENET n.
See Bascinet. [Obs.]
BASINET n.
Same as Bascinet.
BASNET n.
Same as Bascinet.
BASSINET n. 2 definitions
See Bascinet. Lord Lytton.
BAYONET n. 4 definitions
e to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. Bayonet clutch. See Clutch. -- Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight.
BENET v.
To catch in a net; to insnare. Shak.
BENNET n.
The common yellow-flowered avens of Europe (Geum urbanum); herb bennet. The name is sometimes given to other plants, as the hemlock, valerian, etc.
BIGGON; BIGGONNET n.
A cap or hood with pieces covering the ears.
BIOGENETIC a.
Pertaining to biogenesis.
BIOMAGNETIC a.
Relating to biomagnetism.
BIOMAGNETISM n.
Animal magnetism.
BLUE BONNET; BLUE-BONNET n. 3 definitions
A broad, flat Scottish cap of blue woolen, or one waring such cap; a Scotchman.
BOBBINET n.
d of cotton lace which is wrought by machines, and not by hand. [Sometimes written bobbin net.]The English machine-made net is now confined to point net, warp net, and bobbin net, so called from the peculiar construction of the machines by which they are produced. Tomlinsom.
BONETTA n.
See Bonito. Sir T. Herbert.
BONNET n. 12 definitions
y durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland. And pbonnets waving high. Sir W. Scott.
BONNET ROUGE n.
The red cap adopted by the extremists in the French Revolution, which became a sign of patriotism at that epoch; hence, a revolutionist; a Red Republican.
BONNETED a. 2 definitions
Wearing a bonnet. "Bonneted and shawled." Howitt.
BONNETLESS a.
Without a bonnet.
BOW NET n. 3 definitions
A net for catching birds. J. H. Walsh.
BRAMBLE NET n.
A net to catch birds.
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