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Possessive form of the pronoun it. See It.

The neuter reciprocal pronoun of It; as, the thing is good in itself; it stands by itself. Borrowing of foreigners, in itself, makes not the kingdom rich or poor. Locke.

A stock or handle for holding and rotating a bit; a brace.

The Chinese name for a highly prized variety of pale green jade. See Jade.

See Grit, n., 4.

defense without weapons, now widely used as a system of physical training. It depends for its efficiency largely upon the principle of making use of an opponent's strength and weight to disable or injure him, and by applying pressure so that his opposing movement will throw him out of balance, dislocate or break a join…

Small particles of ore. Raymond.

A woman who knits. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Connecticut; -- a nickname alluding to the moral character of its inhabitants, implied by the rigid laws (see Blue laws) of the early period.

See the Note under Quit, a.

Spitchcocked.

A sail formerly hung under the bowsprit, from the spritsail yard.

The varnish tree of Burmah (Melanorrhoea usitatissima).

The title of the empress of Russia. See Czarina.

An African plant (Welwitschia mirabilis) belonging to the order Gnetaceæ. It consists of a short, woody, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.

See Whitsun. [Obs.]

A sort of apple.

A whitener; a bleacher; a whitester. [Obs.] The whitsters in Datchet mead. Shak.

Of, pertaining to, or observed at, Whitsuntide; as, Whitsun week; Whitsun Tuesday; Whitsun pastorals.

The seventh Sunday, and the fiftieth day, after Easter; a festival of the church in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the day of Pentecost; Pentecost; -- so called, it is said, because, in the primitive church, those who had been newly baptized appeared at church between Easter and Pentecost in white g…