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In a keen manner.

The quality or state of being keen.

A cloth colored green by dye obtained from the woad-waxen, formerly used by Flemish weavers at Kendal, in Westmoreland, England. J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). How couldst thou know these men in Kendal green Shak.

(Zoöl.) An antelope (Cerphalopus pygmæus), found in South Africa. It is of very small size, being but one foot high at shoulder. It is remarkable for its activity, and for its mild and timid disposition. Called also guevi, and pygmy antelope.

he Mediterranean and adjacent waters, esp. on the northern coast of Africa. See below. Lateen sail. Etym: [F. voile latine a sail in the shape of a right- angled triangle; cf. It. & Sp. vela latina; properly Latin sail. See Latin.] (Naut.) A triangular sail, extended by a long yard, which is slung at about one fourth o…

. A color of cloth formerly made in Lincoln, England; the cloth itself.

e East Indies of the genus Garcinia (G. Mangostana). The tree grows to the height of eighteen feet, and bears fruit also called mangosteen, of the size of a small apple, the pulp of which is very delicious food.

My darling; -- an Irish term of endearment for a girl or woman. "Erin mavournin." Campbell.

To ween amiss; to misjudge; to distrust; to be mistaken. [Obs.] Spenser.

A pigment of a green color, the chief constituent of which is oxide of chromium.

A thick woolen fabric, watered or with embossed figures; -- used in upholstery, for curtains, etc.

Trousers made of nankeen. Ld. Lytton. Nankeen bird (Zoöl.), the Australian night heron (Nycticorax Caledonicus); -- called also quaker.

Nine and ten; eighteen and one more; one less than twenty; as, nineteen months.

Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.

gotistic, arrogant, or rash, in opinion; to think conceitedly; to presume. They that overween, And at thy growing virtues fret their spleen. Milton.

One who overweens. [R.] The conceits of warmed or overweening brain. Locke.

Unduly confident; arrogant; presumptuous; conceited. -- O`ver*ween"ingly, adv. Milton. -- O`ver*ween"ing*ness, n. Here's an overweening rogue. Shak.

A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.

To draw, bend, or straighten, as metal, by blows with the peen of a hammer or sledge.

To complain. [Scot.]