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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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55,995 words match “OF”

ALOFT adv. 3 definitions

On high; in the air; high above the ground. "He steers his flight aloft." Milton.

ALOOF adv. 4 definitions

rom a distance, but within view, or at a small distance; apart; away. Our palace stood aloof from streets. Dryden.

State of being aloof. Rogers (1642). The . . . aloofness of his dim forest life. Thoreau.

ANGLE OF ENTRY n.

The angle between the tangent to the advancing edge (of an aërocurve) and the line of motion; -- contrasted with angle of trail, which is the angle between the tangent to the following edge and the line of motion.

ANGLE OF INCIDENCE n.

The angle between the chord of an aërocurve and the relative direction of the undisturbed air current.

ANOMALOFLOROUS a.

Having anomalous flowers.

APPROOF n. 2 definitions

Trial; proof. [Archaic] Shak.

ASTROFEL; ASTROFELL n.

A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort. Spenser.

AUTOFECUNDATION n.

Self-impregnation. Darwin.

Incapable of being penetrated by balls from firearms.

BEAD PROOF n. 2 definitions

Among distillers, a certain degree of strength in alcoholic liquor, as formerly ascertained by the floating or sinking of glass globules of different specific gravities thrown into it; now ascertained by more accurate meters.

Advantage; profit; benefit; interest; use. No mean recompense it brings To your behoof. Milton.

BELL SYSTEM OF CONTROL n.

BIRD OF PARADISE n.

The name of several very beautiful birds of the genus Paradisea and allied genera, inhabiting New Guinea and the adjacent islands. The males have brilliant colors, elegant plumes, and often remarkable tail feathers.

BLOW-OFF n. 3 definitions

A blowing off steam, water, etc.; -- Also, adj.

BOMBPROOF a. 2 definitions

Secure against the explosive force of bombs. -- n.

BOOKING OFFICE n. 2 definitions

An office where passengers, baggage, etc., are registered for conveyance, as by railway or steamship.

BOROFLUORIDE n.

A double fluoride of boron and hydrogen, or some other positive element, or radical; -- called also fluoboride, and formerly fluoborate.

3, having an agreeable odor and sweetish taste. It is produced by the simultaneous action of bromine and caustic potash upon wood spirit, alcohol, or acetone, as also by certain other reactions. In composition it is the same as chloroform, with the substitution of bromine for chlorine. It is somewhat similar to chlorof…

BULLET-PROOF a.

Capable of resisting the force of a bullet. Bullet tree. See Bully tree. -- Bullet wood, the wood of the bullet tree.