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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)



518 words match “COLE”

BANQUET v.
nment of food; to feast. Just in time to banquet The illustrious company assembled there. Coleridge.
BEAUTY n.
l, was, "multitude in unity;" and there is no doubt that such is the principle of beauty. Coleridge.
BECOME v.
to convert it, at length, into their proper self, and thus actually to become the dress. Coleridge.
BEETLE n.
Any insect of the order Coleoptera, having four wings, the outer pair being stiff cases for covering the others when they are folded up. See Coleoptera. Beetle mite (Zoöl.), one of many species of mites, of the family Oribatidæ, parasitic on beetles. -- Black beetle, the common large black cockroach (Blatta orientalis…
BEND v.
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission. While each to his great Father bends. Coleridge.
BEST adv.
t befits thee." Milton. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small. Coleridge.
BETUTOR v.
To tutor; to instruct. Coleridge.
BIBLIOLATRY n.
Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divine Coleridge. F. W. Newman.
BIFURCOUS a.
See Bifurcate, a. [R.] Coles.
BINDINGNESS n.
The condition or property of being binding; obligatory quality. Coleridge.
BLADE n.
d of somewhat indefinite meaning. He saw a turnkey in a trice Fetter a troublesome blade. Coleridge.
BOLE n.
A bolus; a dose. Coleridge. Armenian bole. See under Armenian. -- Bole Armoniac, or Armoniak, Armenian bole. [Obs.] Chaucer.
BOMBYCINOUS a.
Silken; made of silk. [Obs.] Coles.
BOUGHTEN a.
Purchased; not obtained or produced at home. Coleridge.
BRACHYPTERA n.
A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.
BRASSICA n.
iflowers, etc.; the wild turnip (B. campestris); the common turnip (B. rapa); the rape of coleseed (B. napus), etc.
BREECHES n.
vering the hips and thighs; smallclothes. His jacket was red, and his breeches were blue. Coleridge.
BREEZY a.
Characterized by, or having, breezes; airy. "A breezy day in May." Coleridge. 'Mid lawns and shades by breezy rivulets fanned. Wordsworth.
BRIM n.
anything. Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim I would remove it with an anxious pity. Coleridge.
BRIMSTONE a.
, brimstone matches. From his brimstone bed at break of day A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge.
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