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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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ASPIRING a.
That aspires; as, an Aspiring mind. -- As*pir"ing*ly, adv. -- As*pir"ing*ness, n.
ASSURING a.
That assures; tending to assure; giving confidence. -- As*sur"ing*ly, adv.
ASTRINGE v. 2 definitions
ct; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress. Which contraction . . . astringeth the moistuBacon.
ASTRINGENCY n.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
ASTRINGENT a. 3 definitions
Drawing together the tissues; binding; contracting; -- opposed to laxative; as, astringent medicines; a butter and astringent taste; astringent fruit.
ASTRINGENTLY adv.
In an astringent manner.
ASTRINGER n.
A falconer who keeps a goschawk. [Obs.] Shak. Cowell. [Written also austringer.]
BADGERING n. 2 definitions
The act of one who badgers.
BANXRING n.
An East Indian insectivorous mammal of the genus Tupaia.
BARRINGOUT n.
The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift.
BATTERING TRAIN n.
A train of artillery for siege operations.
BATTERING-RAM n. 2 definitions
1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.
BEARING n. 14 definitions
in which one bears or conducts one's self; mien; behavior; carriage. I know him by his bearing. Shak.
BEARING CLOTH n.
A cloth with which a child is covered when carried to be baptized. Shak.
BEARING REIN n.
A short rein looped over the check hook or the hames to keep the horse's head up; -- called in the United States a checkrein.
BEARING RING n.
In a balloon, the braced wooden ring attached to the suspension ropes at the bottom, functionally analogous to the keel of a ship.
BEFRINGE v.
To furnish with a fringe; to form a fringe upon; to adorn as with fringe. Fuller.
BERING SEA CONTROVERSY n.
he right of Canadians not licensed by the United States to carry on seal fishing in the Bering Sea, over which the United States claimed jurisdiction as a mare clausum. A court of arbitration, meeting in Paris in 1893, decided against the claim of the United States, but established regulations for the preservation of t…
BEWILDERING a.
Causing bewilderment or great perplexity; as, bewildering difficulties. -- Be*wil"der*ing*ly, adv.
BICKERING n. 2 definitions
A skirmishing. "Frays and bickerings." Milton.
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