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2,244 words match “EATH”

EATH a.
Easy or easily. [Obs.] "Eath to move with plaints." Fairfax.
ANEATH prep.
Beneath. [Scot.]
AWEATHER adv.
On the weather side, or toward the wind; in the direction from which the wind blows; -- opposed to alee; as, helm aweather ! Totten.
BEATH v.
To bathe; also, to dry or heat, as unseasoned wood. [Obs.] Spenser.
BENEATH prep. 5 definitions
Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii. 19. Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies. Pope.
BEQUEATH v. 3 definitions
ament; -- said especially of personal property. My heritage, which my dead father did bequeath to me. Shak.
BEQUEATHABLE a.
Capable of being bequeathed.
BEQUEATHAL n.
The act of bequeathing; bequeathment; bequest. Fuller.
BEQUEATHMENT n.
The act of bequeathing, or the state of being bequeathed; a bequest.
BLACK DEATH n.
A pestilence which ravaged Europe and Asia in the fourteenth century.
BREATH n. 10 definitions
arted with oxygen and has received carbonic acid, aqueous vapor, warmth, etc. Melted as breath into the wind. Shak.
BREATHABLE a.
Such as can be breathed.
BREATHABLENESS n.
State of being breathable.
BREATHE v. 13 definitions
To respire; to inhale and exhale air; hence;, to live. "I am in health, I breathe." Shak. Breathes there a man with soul so dead Sir W. Scott.
BREATHER n. 2 definitions
One who breathes. Hence: (a) One who lives.(b) One who utters. (c) One who animates or inspires.
BREATHFUL a.
Full of breath; full of odor; fragrant. [Obs.]
BREATHING n. 10 definitions
Respiration; the act of inhaling and exhaling air. Subject to a difficulty of breathing. Melmoth.
BREATHLESS a. 3 definitions
Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
BREATHLESSLY adv.
In a breathless manner.
BREATHLESSNESS n.
The state of being breathless or out of breath.
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