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chide hither chide from or chide awayChide Chide (ch[imac]d), v. t. [imp. Chid (ch[i^]d), or
Chode (ch[imac]d Obs.); p. p. Chidden, Chid; p. pr. &
vb. n. Chiding.] [AS. c[=i]dan; of unknown origin.]
1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.
Upbraided, chid, and rated at. --Shak.
2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against.
The sea that chides the banks of England. --Shak.
To chide hither, chide from, or chide away, to cause to
come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.
Syn: To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach;
reprehend; reprimand. Disclaim fromDisclaim Dis*claim", v. t.
To disavow or renounce all part, claim, or share.
--Blackstone.
Disclaim in, Disclaim from, to disown; to disavow. [Obs.]
``Nature disclaims in thee.' --Shak. Erucifrom
Erucifrom E*ru"ci*from, a. [Eruca + -form.] (Zo["o]l.)
Having the form of a caterpillar; -- said of insect larv[ae].
From bed and boardBed Bed, n. [AS. bed, bedd; akin to OS. bed, D. bed, bedde,
Icel. be?r, Dan. bed, Sw. b["a]dd, Goth. badi, OHG. betti, G.
bett, bette, bed, beet a plat of ground; all of uncertain
origin.]
1. An article of furniture to sleep or take rest in or on; a
couch. Specifically: A sack or mattress, filled with some
soft material, in distinction from the bedstead on which
it is placed (as, a feather bed), or this with the
bedclothes added. In a general sense, any thing or place
used for sleeping or reclining on or in, as a quantity of
hay, straw, leaves, or twigs.
And made for him [a horse] a leafy bed. --Byron.
I wash, wring, brew, bake, . . . make the beds.
--Shak.
In bed he slept not for my urging it. --Shak.
2. (Used as the symbol of matrimony) Marriage.
George, the eldest son of his second bed.
--Clarendon.
3. A plat or level piece of ground in a garden, usually a
little raised above the adjoining ground. ``Beds of
hyacinth and roses.' --Milton.
4. A mass or heap of anything arranged like a bed; as, a bed
of ashes or coals.
5. The bottom of a watercourse, or of any body of water; as,
the bed of a river.
So sinks the daystar in the ocean bed. --Milton.
6. (Geol.) A layer or seam, or a horizontal stratum between
layers; as, a bed of coal, iron, etc.
7. (Gun.) See Gun carriage, and Mortar bed.
8. (Masonry)
(a) The horizontal surface of a building stone; as, the
upper and lower beds.
(b) A course of stone or brick in a wall.
(c) The place or material in which a block or brick is
laid.
(d) The lower surface of a brick, slate, or tile.
--Knight.
9. (Mech.) The foundation or the more solid and fixed part or
framing of a machine; or a part on which something is laid
or supported; as, the bed of an engine.
10. The superficial earthwork, or ballast, of a railroad.
11. (Printing) The flat part of the press, on which the form
is laid.
Note: Bed is much used adjectively or in combination; as, bed
key or bedkey; bed wrench or bedwrench; bedchamber;
bedmaker, etc.
Bed of justice (French Hist.), the throne (F. lit bed)
occupied by the king when sitting in one of his
parliaments (judicial courts); hence, a session of a
refractory parliament, at which the king was present for
the purpose of causing his decrees to be registered.
To be brought to bed, to be delivered of a child; -- often
followed by of; as, to be brought to bed of a son.
To make a bed, to prepare a bed; to arrange or put in order
a bed and its bedding.
From bed and board (Law), a phrase applied to a separation
by partial divorce of man and wife, without dissolving the
bonds of matrimony. If such a divorce (now commonly called
a judicial separation) be granted at the instance of the
wife, she may have alimony. From farFar Far, adv.
1. To a great extent or distance of space; widely; as, we are
separated far from each other.
2. To a great distance in time from any point; remotely; as,
he pushed his researches far into antiquity.
3. In great part; as, the day is far spent.
4. In a great proportion; by many degrees; very much; deeply;
greatly.
Who can find a virtuous woman ? for her price is far
above rubies. --Prov. xxxi.
10.
As far as, to the extent, or degree, that. See As far as,
under As.
Far off.
(a) At a great distance, absolutely or relatively.
(b) Distant in sympathy or affection; alienated. ``But
now, in Christ Jesus, ye who some time were far off
are made nigh by the blood of Christ.' --Eph. ii. 13.
Far other, different by a great degree; not the same; quite
unlike. --Pope.
Far and near, at a distance and close by; throughout a
whole region.
Far and wide, distantly and broadly; comprehensively. ``Far
and wide his eye commands.' --Milton.
From far, from a great distance; from a remote place.
Note: Far often occurs in self-explaining compounds, such as
far-extended, far-reaching, far-spread. From pillar to postPillar Pil"lar, n. [OE. pilerF. pilier, LL. pilare, pilarium,
pilarius, fr. L. pila a pillar. See Pile a heap.]
1. The general and popular term for a firm, upright,
insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or
post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a
superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an
ornament.
Jacob set a pillar upon her grave. --Gen. xxxv.
20.
The place . . . vast and proud, Supported by a
hundred pillars stood. --Dryden.
2. Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in
appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay;
as, the Pillars of Hercules; a pillar of the state. ``You
are a well-deserving pillar.' --Shak.
By day a cloud, by night a pillar of fire. --Milton.
3. (R. C. Ch.) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried
before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the
church. [Obs.] --Skelton.
4. (Man.) The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground,
around which a horse turns.
From pillar to post, hither and thither; to and fro; from
one place or predicament to another; backward and forward.
[Colloq.]
Pillar saint. See Stylite.
Pillars of the fauces. See Fauces, 1. From stem to sternStem Stem, n. [AS. stemn, stefn, st[ae]fn; akin to OS. stamn
the stem of a ship, D. stam stem, steven stem of a ship, G.
stamm stem, steven stem of a ship, Icel. stafn, stamn, stem
of a ship, stofn, stomn, stem, Sw. stam a tree trunk, Dan.
stamme. Cf. Staff, Stand.]
1. The principal body of a tree, shrub, or plant, of any
kind; the main stock; the part which supports the branches
or the head or top.
After they are shot up thirty feet in length, they
spread a very large top, having no bough nor twig in
the trunk or the stem. --Sir W.
Raleigh.
The lowering spring, with lavish rain, Beats down
the slender stem and breaded grain. --Dryden.
2. A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf
with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as,
the stem of an apple or a cherry.
3. The stock of a family; a race or generation of
progenitors. ``All that are of noble stem.' --Milton.
While I do pray, learn here thy stem And true
descent. --Herbert.
4. A branch of a family.
This is a stem Of that victorious stock. --Shak.
5. (Naut.) A curved piece of timber to which the two sides of
a ship are united at the fore end. The lower end of it is
scarfed to the keel, and the bowsprit rests upon its upper
end. Hence, the forward part of a vessel; the bow.
6. Fig.: An advanced or leading position; the lookout.
Wolsey sat at the stem more than twenty years.
--Fuller.
7. Anything resembling a stem or stalk; as, the stem of a
tobacco pipe; the stem of a watch case, or that part to
which the ring, by which it is suspended, is attached.
8. (Bot.) That part of a plant which bears leaves, or
rudiments of leaves, whether rising above ground or wholly
subterranean.
9. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The entire central axis of a feather.
(b) The basal portion of the body of one of the
Pennatulacea, or of a gorgonian.
10. (Mus.) The short perpendicular line added to the body of
a note; the tail of a crotchet, quaver, semiquaver, etc.
11. (Gram.) The part of an inflected word which remains
unchanged (except by euphonic variations) throughout a
given inflection; theme; base.
From stem to stern (Naut.), from one end of the ship to the
other, or through the whole length.
Stem leaf (Bot.), a leaf growing from the stem of a plant,
as contrasted with a basal or radical leaf. From the jumpJump Jump, n.
1. The act of jumping; a leap; a spring; a bound. ``To
advance by jumps.' --Locke.
2. An effort; an attempt; a venture. [Obs.]
Our fortune lies Upon thisjump. -- Shak.
3. The space traversed by a leap.
4. (Mining) A dislocation in a stratum; a fault.
5. (Arch.) An abrupt interruption of level in a piece of
brickwork or masonry.
From the jump, from the start or beginning. [Colloq.]
Jump joint.
(a) A butt joint.
(b) A flush joint, as of plank in carvel-built vessels.
Jump seat.
(a) A movable carriage seat.
(b) A carriage constructed with a seat which may be
shifted so as to make room for second or extra seat.
Also used adjectively; as, a jump-seat wagon. From top to toeTop Top, n. (Golf)
(a) A stroke on the top of the ball.
(b) A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near
the top.
From top to toe, from head to foot; altogether. fromage de BrieBrie cheese Brie" cheese"
A kind of soft French cream cheese; -- so called from the
district in France where it is made; -- called also fromage
de Brie. FromwardFromward From"ward, Fromwards From"wards, prep. [AS.
framweard about to depart. Cf. Froward]
A way from; -- the contrary of toward. [Obs.]
Towards or fromwards the zenith. --Cheyne. FromwardsFromward From"ward, Fromwards From"wards, prep. [AS.
framweard about to depart. Cf. Froward]
A way from; -- the contrary of toward. [Obs.]
Towards or fromwards the zenith. --Cheyne. Fugitive from justiceFugitive Fu"gi*tive, n.
1. One who flees from pursuit, danger, restraint, service,
duty, etc.; a deserter; as, a fugitive from justice.
2. Something hard to be caught or detained.
Or Catch that airy fugitive called wit. --Harte.
Fugitive from justice (Law), one who, having committed a
crime in one jurisdiction, flees or escapes into another
to avoid punishment. Irrefromable
Irrefromable Ir`re*from"a*ble, a.
Incapable of being reformed; incorrigible. --Joseph Cook.
Thencefrom
Thencefrom Thence`from", adv.
From that place. [Obs.]
Therefrom
Therefrom There*from", adv.
From this or that.
Turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the
left. --John. xxiii.
6.
To bless from Bless me! Bless us! an exclamation of surprise. --Milton.
To bless from, to secure, defend, or preserve from. ``Bless
me from marrying a usurer.' --Shak.
To bless the doors from nightly harm. --Milton.
To bless with, To be blessed with, to favor or endow
with; to be favored or endowed with; as, God blesses us
with health; we are blessed with happiness. Unifromness
Unifromness U"ni*from`ness, n.
The quality or state of being uniform; uniformity.
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