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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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6,487 words match “SIN”

ASINEGO; ASSINEGO n.

A stupid fellow. [Obs.] Shak.

Of or belonging to, or having the qualities of, the ass, as stupidity and obstinacy. "Asinine nature." B. Jonson. "Asinine feast." Milton.

The quality of being asinine; stupidity combined with obstinacy.

ASSASSIN v. 2 definitions

To assassinate. [Obs.] Stillingfleet.

ASSASSINATE v. 4 definitions

Help, neighbors, my house is broken open by force, and I am ravished, and like to be assassinated. Dryden.

ASSASSINATION n.

The act of assassinating; a killing by treacherous violence.

ASSASSINATOR n.

Murderous. Milton.

BASIN n. 7 definitions

The quantity contained in a basin.

Inclosed in a basin. "Basined rivers." Young.

Same as Bascinet.

BASSINET n. 2 definitions

A wicker basket, with a covering or hood over one end, in which young children are placed as in a cradle.

BAWSIN; BAWSON n. 2 definitions

A badger. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

A dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones.

BLESSING n. 5 definitions

avor on some or something; a benediction; a wish of happiness pronounces. This is the blessing, where with Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel. Deut. xxxiii. 1.

A sort of fine buckram.

Same as Bombazine.

Bear's-breech, or Acanthus.

The state, conditions, or quality of being brassy. [Colloq.]