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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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1,040 words match “ASTER”

A genus of sea urchins, similar to Spatangus, abounding in the chalk formation; -- from the starlike disposal of the ambulacral furrows.

The master or superintendent of a mint. Also used figuratively.

Of or pertaining to monastery, or to monastic life. -- Mon`as*te"ri*al*ly, adv.

A house of religious retirement, or of secusion from ordinary temporal concerns, especially for monks; -- more rarely applied to such a house for females.

A storm, strong wind, or gale, coming from the northeast.

NORTHEASTERLY a. 2 definitions

Pertaining to the northeast; toward the northeast, or coming from the northeast.

NORTHEASTERN a.

Of or pertaining to the northeast; northeasterly.

OLEASTER n. 2 definitions

The wild olive tree (Olea Europea, var. sylvestris).

Of the color of the olive; tawny. Sir T. Herbert.

OPINIASTER; OPINIATRE a.

Opinionated. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

To overpower; to subdue; to vanquish; to govern.

PASTER n. 2 definitions

One who pastes; as, a paster in a government department.

PASTERN n. 3 definitions

The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

One who pays; one who compensates, rewards, or requites; specifically, an officer or agent of a government, a corporation, or an employer, whose duty it is to pay salaries, wages, etc., and keep account of the same.

PAYMASTER-GENERAL n.

In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.

PHILOSOPHASTER n.

A pretender to philosophy. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

A silver coin of Spain and various other countries. See Peso. The Spanish piaster (commonly called peso, or peso duro) is of about the value of the American dollar. The Italian piaster, or scudo, was worth from 80 to 100 cents. The Turkish and Egyptian piasters are now worth about four and a half cents.…

An upright architectural member right-angled in plan, constructionally a pier (See Pier, 1 (b)), but architecturally corresponding to a column, having capital, shaft, and base to agree with those of the columns of the same order. In most cases the projection from the wall is one third of its width, or less.…

Furnished with pilasters.

A species of pine (Pinus Pinaster) growing in Southern Europe.