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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,932 words match “RAIN”

HOT-BRAINED a.
Ardent in temper; violent; rash; impetuous; as, hot-brained youth. Dryden.
INGRAIN a. 6 definitions
Dyed with grain, or kermes. [Obs.]
INTERBRAIN n.
See Thalamencephalon.
KEFIR GRAINS n.
Small hard yellowish aggregations found in the Caucasus region, and containing various yeasts and bacteria. They are used as a ferment in preparing kefir.
LACKBRAIN n.
One who is deficient in understanding; a witless person. Shak.
MADBRAIN a. 2 definitions
Hot-headed; rash. Shak. -- n.
MADBRAINED a.
Disordered in mind; hot-headed. Shak.
MIDBRAIN n.
The middle segment of the brain; the mesencephalon. See Brain.
MIGRAINE n.
Same as Megrim. -- Mi*grain"ous, a.
MISTRAIN v.
To train amiss.
MORAINE n.
An accumulation of earth and stones carried forward and deposited by a glacier. Lyell.
MORAINIC a.
Of or pertaining to a moranie.
MURRAIN n. 2 definitions
An infectious and fatal disease among cattle. Bacon. A murrain on you, may you be afflicted with a pestilent disease. Shak.
OVERSTRAIN v. 2 definitions
To strain one's self to excess. Dryden.
QUATRAIN n.
A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden.
QUENOUILLE TRAINING n.
A method of training trees or shrubs in the shape of a cone or distaff by tying down the branches and pruning.
RATTLE-BRAINED a.
Giddy; rattle-headed.
REDISTRAINER n.
One who distrains again.
REFRAIN v. 4 definitions
To hold back; to restrain; to keep within prescribed bounds; to curb; to govern. His reson refraineth not his foul delight or talent. Chaucer. Refrain thy foot from their path. Prov. i. 15.
REFRAINER n.
One who refrains.
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