| art | noun (n.) The employment of means to accomplish some desired end; the adaptation of things in the natural world to the uses of life; the application of knowledge or power to practical purposes. |
| | noun (n.) A system of rules serving to facilitate the performance of certain actions; a system of principles and rules for attaining a desired end; method of doing well some special work; -- often contradistinguished from science or speculative principles; as, the art of building or engraving; the art of war; the art of navigation. |
| | noun (n.) The systematic application of knowledge or skill in effecting a desired result. Also, an occupation or business requiring such knowledge or skill. |
| | noun (n.) The application of skill to the production of the beautiful by imitation or design, or an occupation in which skill is so employed, as in painting and sculpture; one of the fine arts; as, he prefers art to literature. |
| | noun (n.) Those branches of learning which are taught in the academical course of colleges; as, master of arts. |
| | noun (n.) Learning; study; applied knowledge, science, or letters. |
| | noun (n.) Skill, dexterity, or the power of performing certain actions, acquired by experience, study, or observation; knack; as, a man has the art of managing his business to advantage. |
| | noun (n.) Skillful plan; device. |
| | noun (n.) Cunning; artifice; craft. |
| | noun (n.) The black art; magic. |
| | () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style. |
| cart | noun (n.) A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. |
| | noun (n.) A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles. |
| | noun (n.) A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, etc. |
| | noun (n.) An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage. |
| | verb (v. t.) To carry or convey in a cart. |
| | verb (v. t.) To expose in a cart by way of punishment. |
| | verb (v. i.) To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter. |
| chart | noun (n.) A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart. |
| | noun (n.) A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts. |
| | noun (n.) A written deed; a charter. |
| | verb (v. t.) To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast. |
| dart | noun (n.) A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow. |
| | noun (n.) Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart. |
| | noun (n.) A spear set as a prize in running. |
| | noun (n.) A fish; the dace. See Dace. |
| | verb (v. t.) To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch. |
| | verb (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams. |
| | verb (v. i.) To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart. |
| | verb (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket. |
| depart | noun (n.) Division; separation, as of compound substances into their ingredients. |
| | noun (n.) A going away; departure; hence, death. |
| | verb (v. i.) To part; to divide; to separate. |
| | verb (v. i.) To go forth or away; to quit, leave, or separate, as from a place or a person; to withdraw; -- opposed to arrive; -- often with from before the place, person, or thing left, and for or to before the destination. |
| | verb (v. i.) To forsake; to abandon; to desist or deviate (from); not to adhere to; -- with from; as, we can not depart from our rules; to depart from a title or defense in legal pleading. |
| | verb (v. i.) To pass away; to perish. |
| | verb (v. i.) To quit this world; to die. |
| | verb (v. t.) To part thoroughly; to dispart; to divide; to separate. |
| | verb (v. t.) To divide in order to share; to apportion. |
| | verb (v. t.) To leave; to depart from. |
| dispart | noun (n.) The difference between the thickness of the metal at the mouth and at the breech of a piece of ordnance. |
| | noun (n.) A piece of metal placed on the muzzle, or near the trunnions, on the top of a piece of ordnance, to make the line of sight parallel to the axis of the bore; -- called also dispart sight, and muzzle sight. |
| | verb (v. t.) To part asunder; to divide; to separate; to sever; to rend; to rive or split; as, disparted air; disparted towers. |
| | verb (v. i.) To separate, to open; to cleave. |
| | verb (v. t.) To make allowance for the dispart in (a gun), when taking aim. |
| | verb (v. t.) To furnish with a dispart sight. |
| heart | noun (n.) A hollow, muscular organ, which, by contracting rhythmically, keeps up the circulation of the blood. |
| | noun (n.) The seat of the affections or sensibilities, collectively or separately, as love, hate, joy, grief, courage, and the like; rarely, the seat of the understanding or will; -- usually in a good sense, when no epithet is expressed; the better or lovelier part of our nature; the spring of all our actions and purposes; the seat of moral life and character; the moral affections and character itself; the individual disposition and character; as, a good, tender, loving, bad, hard, or selfish heart. |
| | noun (n.) The nearest the middle or center; the part most hidden and within; the inmost or most essential part of any body or system; the source of life and motion in any organization; the chief or vital portion; the center of activity, or of energetic or efficient action; as, the heart of a country, of a tree, etc. |
| | noun (n.) Courage; courageous purpose; spirit. |
| | noun (n.) Vigorous and efficient activity; power of fertile production; condition of the soil, whether good or bad. |
| | noun (n.) That which resembles a heart in shape; especially, a roundish or oval figure or object having an obtuse point at one end, and at the other a corresponding indentation, -- used as a symbol or representative of the heart. |
| | noun (n.) One of a series of playing cards, distinguished by the figure or figures of a heart; as, hearts are trumps. |
| | noun (n.) Vital part; secret meaning; real intention. |
| | noun (n.) A term of affectionate or kindly and familiar address. |
| | verb (v. t.) To give heart to; to hearten; to encourage; to inspirit. |
| | verb (v. i.) To form a compact center or heart; as, a hearting cabbage. |
| quart | noun (n.) The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. |
| | noun (n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. |
| | noun (n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart. |
| | noun (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. |
| | noun (n.) The fourth part; a quarter; hence, a region of the earth. |
| | noun (n.) A measure of capacity, both in dry and in liquid measure; the fourth part of a gallon; the eighth part of a peck; two pints. |
| | noun (n.) A vessel or measure containing a quart. |
| | noun (n.) In cards, four successive cards of the same suit. Cf. Tierce, 4. |
| part | noun (n.) One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided, or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass, or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent. |
| | noun (n.) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided, or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient. |
| | noun (n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element. |
| | noun (n.) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense. |
| | noun (n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural. |
| | noun (n.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure. |
| | noun (n.) That which belongs to one, or which is assumed by one, or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office. |
| | noun (n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction. |
| | noun (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act. |
| | noun (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. |
| | noun (n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever. |
| | noun (n.) To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share. |
| | noun (n.) To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder. |
| | noun (n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants. |
| | noun (n.) To separate by a process of extraction, elimination, or secretion; as, to part gold from silver. |
| | noun (n.) To leave; to quit. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle. |
| | verb (v. i.) To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from. |
| | verb (v. i.) To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from. |
| | verb (v. i.) To have a part or share; to partake. |
| | adverb (adv.) Partly; in a measure. |
| start | noun (n.) The act of starting; a sudden spring, leap, or motion, caused by surprise, fear, pain, or the like; any sudden motion, or beginning of motion. |
| | noun (n.) A convulsive motion, twitch, or spasm; a spasmodic effort. |
| | noun (n.) A sudden, unexpected movement; a sudden and capricious impulse; a sally; as, starts of fancy. |
| | noun (n.) The beginning, as of a journey or a course of action; first motion from a place; act of setting out; the outset; -- opposed to finish. |
| | verb (v. i.) To leap; to jump. |
| | verb (v. i.) To move suddenly, as with a spring or leap, from surprise, pain, or other sudden feeling or emotion, or by a voluntary act. |
| | verb (v. i.) To set out; to commence a course, as a race or journey; to begin; as, to start business. |
| | verb (v. i.) To become somewhat displaced or loosened; as, a rivet or a seam may start under strain or pressure. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cause to move suddenly; to disturb suddenly; to startle; to alarm; to rouse; to cause to flee or fly; as, the hounds started a fox. |
| | verb (v. t.) To bring onto being or into view; to originate; to invent. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cause to move or act; to set going, running, or flowing; as, to start a railway train; to start a mill; to start a stream of water; to start a rumor; to start a business. |
| | verb (v. t.) To move suddenly from its place or position; to displace or loosen; to dislocate; as, to start a bone; the storm started the bolts in the vessel. |
| | verb (v. t.) To pour out; to empty; to tap and begin drawing from; as, to start a water cask. |
| | verb (v. i.) A tail, or anything projecting like a tail. |
| | verb (v. i.) The handle, or tail, of a plow; also, any long handle. |
| | verb (v. i.) The curved or inclined front and bottom of a water-wheel bucket. |
| | verb (v. i.) The arm, or level, of a gin, drawn around by a horse. |
| thwart | noun (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat. |
| | adjective (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. |
| | adjective (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. |
| | adjective (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. |
| | verb (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. |
| | verb (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. |
| | verb (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. |
| | verb (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. |
| | prep (prep.) Across; athwart. |
| wild | noun (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa. |
| | superlative (superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat. |
| | superlative (superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey. |
| | superlative (superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land. |
| | superlative (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America. |
| | superlative (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy. |
| | superlative (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead. |
| | superlative (superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look. |
| | superlative (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel. |
| | adverb (adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild. |
| will | noun (n.) To form a distinct volition of; to determine by an act of choice; to ordain; to decree. |
| | noun (n.) To enjoin or command, as that which is determined by an act of volition; to direct; to order. |
| | noun (n.) To give or direct the disposal of by testament; to bequeath; to devise; as, to will one's estate to a child; also, to order or direct by testament; as, he willed that his nephew should have his watch. |
| | verb (v.) The power of choosing; the faculty or endowment of the soul by which it is capable of choosing; the faculty or power of the mind by which we decide to do or not to do; the power or faculty of preferring or selecting one of two or more objects. |
| | verb (v.) The choice which is made; a determination or preference which results from the act or exercise of the power of choice; a volition. |
| | verb (v.) The choice or determination of one who has authority; a decree; a command; discretionary pleasure. |
| | verb (v.) Strong wish or inclination; desire; purpose. |
| | verb (v.) That which is strongly wished or desired. |
| | verb (v.) Arbitrary disposal; power to control, dispose, or determine. |
| | verb (v.) The legal declaration of a person's mind as to the manner in which he would have his property or estate disposed of after his death; the written instrument, legally executed, by which a man makes disposition of his estate, to take effect after his death; testament; devise. See the Note under Testament, 1. |
| | adverb (adv.) To wish; to desire; to incline to have. |
| | adverb (adv.) As an auxiliary, will is used to denote futurity dependent on the verb. Thus, in first person, "I will" denotes willingness, consent, promise; and when "will" is emphasized, it denotes determination or fixed purpose; as, I will go if you wish; I will go at all hazards. In the second and third persons, the idea of distinct volition, wish, or purpose is evanescent, and simple certainty is appropriately expressed; as, "You will go," or "He will go," describes a future event as a fact only. To emphasize will denotes (according to the tone or context) certain futurity or fixed determination. |
| | verb (v. i.) To be willing; to be inclined or disposed; to be pleased; to wish; to desire. |
| | verb (v. i.) To exercise an act of volition; to choose; to decide; to determine; to decree. |
| willow | noun (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. "A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight." Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow. |
| | noun (n.) A machine in which cotton or wool is opened and cleansed by the action of long spikes projecting from a drum which revolves within a box studded with similar spikes; -- probably so called from having been originally a cylindrical cage made of willow rods, though some derive the term from winnow, as denoting the winnowing, or cleansing, action of the machine. Called also willy, twilly, twilly devil, and devil. |
| | verb (v. t.) To open and cleanse, as cotton, flax, or wool, by means of a willow. See Willow, n., 2. |
