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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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3,122 words match “TIL”

CASTILIAN n. 2 definitions

An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

CATILINARIAN a.

Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

CENTILITER; CENTILITRE n.

The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

A work divided into a hundred parts. [R.] Burton.

Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.

COMPRESSION PROJECTILE n.

A projectile constructed so as to take the grooves of a rifle by means of a soft copper band firmly attached near its base or, formerly, by means of an envelope of soft metal. In small arms the modern projectile, having a soft core and harder jacket, is subjected to compression throughout the entire cylindrical part.…

operty of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues. The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke. Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley. Contractile vacuole (Zoöl.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in…

CONTRACTILITY n. 2 definitions

The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.

COTILLON; COTILLION n. 3 definitions

A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.

A low rhamnaceous shrub (Karwinskia humboldtiana) of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Its berries are said to be poisonous to the coyote.

With craft; artfully; cunningly.

CROSS-FERTILIZE v.

To fertilize, as the stigmas of a flower or plant, with the pollen from another individual of the same species.

In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill.

In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.

A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.

DENTILABIAL a. 2 definitions

A dentilabial sound or letter.