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The quality or state of being touchy peevishness; irritability; irascibility.

The quality or state of being trashy.

To perforate with a trephine; to trepan.

An automatic machine gun in which the mechanism is worked by the recoil, assisted by the pressure of gases from the muzzle, which expand in a gas chamber against a disk attached to the end of the barrel, thus moving the latter to the rear with increased recoil, and against the front wall of the gas chamber, checking th…

The quality or state of being washy, watery, or weak.

The quality or state of being wealthy, or rich; richness; opulence.

oming, but with a whining accent, craving liberty. Sir P. Sidney. Dost thou come here to whine Shak.

One who, or that which, whines.

nity; virtue; worth. Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness Donne. She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. Sir P. Sidney. The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthiness accepted. Hooker.

alled because it leaves a yellow residue when evaporated to dryness with nitric acid. Xanthine is closely related to uric acid.

down or reduce low or lower, as in rank, office, condition in life, or estimation of worthiness; to depress; to humble; to degrade. Whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased. Luke xiv. ll.

tuberant belly; pot-bellied. Gorgonius sits, abdominous and wan, Like a fat squab upon a Chinese fan. Cowper.

A weeding machine.

suffix now usually in a passive sense; able to be; fit to be; expressing capacity or worthiness in a passive sense; as, movable, able to be moved; amendable, able to be amended; blamable, fit to be blamed; salable.

r violence to the person. Pick out mirth, like stones out of thy ground, Profaneness, filthiness, abusiveness. Herbert.

One who, or that which, adds; esp., a machine for adding numbers.

ment but not of manipulation, for preserving lateral balance in an aëroplane or flying machine.

erving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things. "An admirable machine." "Admirable fortitude." Macaulay.

A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine.

A flying machine, or a small plane for experiments on flying, which floats in the air only when propelled through it.