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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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274 words match “SEASON”

Goddess of the seasons, or of the hours of the day. Lo! where the rosy-blosomed Hours, Fair Venus' train, appear. Gray.

HUMPBACKED SALMON n.

he Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws.

Inopportune; unseasonable. [Obs.]

etched from the inclement sky. Pope. Teach us further by what means to shun The inclement seasons, rain, ice, hail, and snow! Milton.

INCONVENIENTLY adv.

In an inconvenient manner; incommodiously; unsuitably; unseasonably.

Not opportune; inconvenient; unseasonable; as, an inopportune occurrence, remark, etc. No visit could have been more inopportune. T. Hook.

INOPPORTUNELY adv.

Not opportunely; unseasonably; inconveniently.

INOPPORTUNITY n.

Want of opportunity; unseasonableness; inconvenience. [R.]

Gognizant; aware; communicate. [Obs.] Intelligent of seasons. Milton. Which are to France the spies and speculations Intelligent of our state. Shak.

INTEMPERATENESS n.

Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle. By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. Sir M. Hale.

INTEMPESTIVE a.

Out of season; untimely. [Obs.] Burton. Intempestive bashfulness gets nothing. Hales.

INTEMPESTIVELY adv.

Unseasonably. [Obs.]

INTEMPESTIVITY n.

Unseasonableness; untimeliness. [Obs.] Hales.

INTERCHANGEABLE a.

Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons. Holder. -- In`ter*change"a*ble*ness, n. -- In`ter*change"a*bly, adv.

ous crops in alternate rows; as, to intercrop an orchard. Also, to use for catch crops at seasons when the ground is not covered by crops of the regular rotation.

INTERCURRENT a.

Not belonging to any particular season.

es do interpose themselves Betwixt your eyes and night Shak. The common Father of mankind seasonably interposed his hand, and rescues miserable man. Woodward.

tation, permission, or welcome; to encroach; to trespass; as, to intrude on families at unseasonable hours; to intrude on the lands of another. Thy wit wants edge And manners, to intrude where I am graced. Shak. Some thoughts rise and intrude upon us, while we shun them; others fly from us, when we would hold them. I.…

ork for hire; to work by the piece; to do petty work. Authors of all work, to job for the season. Moore.

A season of general joy. The town was all a jubilee of feasts. Dryden.