(v. i.) To wander; to roam; to stray.

(v. i.) To deviate from the true course; to miss the thing aimed at.

(v. i.) To miss intellectual truth; to fall into error; to mistake in judgment or opinion; to be mistaken.

(v. i.) To deviate morally from the right way; to go astray, in a figurative sense; to do wrong; to sin.

(v. i.) To offend, as by erring.

(a.) Major; in the major mode; as, C dur, that is, C major.

(n.) A mongrel or inferior dog.

(n.) A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.

(n.) The organ of hearing; the external ear.

(n.) The sense of hearing; the perception of sounds; the power of discriminating between different tones; as, a nice ear for music; -- in the singular only.

(n.) That which resembles in shape or position the ear of an animal; any prominence or projection on an object, -- usually one for support or attachment; a lug; a handle; as, the ears of a tub, a skillet, or dish. The ears of a boat are outside kneepieces near the bow. See Illust. of Bell.

(n.) Same as Acroterium.

(n.) Same as Crossette.

(n.) Privilege of being kindly heard; favor; attention.

(v. t.) To take in with the ears; to hear.

(n.) The spike or head of any cereal (as, wheat, rye, barley, Indian corn, etc.), containing the kernels.

(v. i.) To put forth ears in growing; to form ears, as grain; as, this corn ears well.

(v. t.) To plow or till; to cultivate.

(a. & adv.) Far.

(n.) A tower; a turret.

(n.) High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.

(a.) Ware; aware.

(n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities.

(n.) A condition of belligerency to be maintained by physical force. In this sense, levying war against the sovereign authority is treason.

(n.) Instruments of war.

(n.) Forces; army.

(n.) The profession of arms; the art of war.

(n.) a state of opposition or contest; an act of opposition; an inimical contest, act, or action; enmity; hostility.

(v. i.) To make war; to invade or attack a state or nation with force of arms; to carry on hostilities; to be in a state by violence.

(v. i.) To contend; to strive violently; to fight.

(v. t.) To make war upon; to fight.

(v. t.) To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

(n.) A turn. [Only in phrase.]

(n.) A deep, broad-mouthed vessel of earthenware or glass, for holding fruit, preserves, etc., or for ornamental purposes; as, a jar of honey; a rose jar.

(n.) The measure of what is contained in a jar; as, a jar of oil; a jar of preserves.

(v. i.) To give forth a rudely quivering or tremulous sound; to sound harshly or discordantly; as, the notes jarred on my ears.

(v. i.) To act in opposition or disagreement; to clash; to interfere; to quarrel; to dispute.

(v. t.) To cause a short, tremulous motion of, to cause to tremble, as by a sudden shock or blow; to shake; to shock; as, to jar the earth; to jar one's faith.

(v. t.) To tick; to beat; to mark or tell off.

(n.) A rattling, tremulous vibration or shock; a shake; a harsh sound; a discord; as, the jar of a train; the jar of harsh sounds.

(n.) Clash of interest or opinions; collision; discord; debate; slight disagreement.

(n.) A regular vibration, as of a pendulum.

(n.) In deep well boring, a device resembling two long chain links, for connecting a percussion drill to the rod or rope which works it, so that the drill is driven down by impact and is jerked loose when jammed.

(n.) A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer.

(n.) A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.

(n.) A trick, joke, or deception.

(v. t.) To make a fool of; to deceive.

(n.) The short, fine, soft hair of certain animals, growing thick on the skin, and distinguished from the hair, which is longer and coarser.

(n.) The skins of certain wild animals with the fur; peltry; as, a cargo of furs.

(n.) Strips of dressed skins with fur, used on garments for warmth or for ornament.

(n.) Articles of clothing made of fur; as, a set of furs for a lady (a collar, tippet, or cape, muff, etc.).

(n.) Any coating considered as resembling fur

(n.) A coat of morbid matter collected on the tongue in persons affected with fever.

(n.) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

(n.) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

(n.) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures. There are nine in all, or, according to some writers, only six.

(a.) Of or pertaining to furs; bearing or made of fur; as, a fur cap; the fur trade.

(v. t.) To line, face, or cover with fur; as, furred robes.

(v. t.) To cover with morbid matter, as the tongue.

(v. t.) To nail small strips of board or larger scantling upon, in order to make a level surface for lathing or boarding, or to provide for a space or interval back of the plastered or boarded surface, as inside an outer wall, by way of protection against damp.

(n.) Air.

(pl. ) of I

(prep.) Ere; before.

(pron. & a.) The form of the objective and the possessive case of the personal pronoun she; as, I saw her with her purse out.

(pron. pl.) Alt. of Here

(pron.) See Here, pron.

(prep.) Through; by means of; through the agency of; by; for; for each; as, per annum; per capita, by heads, or according to individuals; per curiam, by the court; per se, by itself, of itself. Per is also sometimes used with English words.

(n) An implement for impelling a boat, being a slender piece of timber, usually ash or spruce, with a grip or handle at one end and a broad blade at the other. The part which rests in the rowlock is called the loom.

(n) An oarsman; a rower; as, he is a good oar.

(n) An oarlike swimming organ of various invertebrates.

(v. t. & i.) To row.

(possessive pron.) Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as, our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I.

(conj.) A negative connective or particle, introducing the second member or clause of a negative proposition, following neither, or not, in the first member or clause (as or in affirmative propositions follows either). Nor is also used sometimes in the first member for neither, and sometimes the neither is omitted and implied by the use of nor.

(v. i.) To utter a low, murmuring, continued sound, as a cat does when pleased.

(v. t.) To signify or express by purring.

(n.) The low, murmuring sound made by a cat to express contentment or pleasure.