Word List - Vocabulator

(v. i.) To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; -- usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart.

(v. t.) To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc.

(v. t.) To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid.

(v. t.) To hunt with a hawk.

(v. i.) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly.

(v. i.) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.

(v. i.) A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing.

(v. i.) A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant.

(v. i.) A parasite.

(v. i.) A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse.

(v. i.) The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.

(v. i.) The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

(v. i.) That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.

(v. i.) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.

(v. i.) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).

(v. i.) The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.

(v. i.) The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

(v. i.) A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.

(v. i.) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press.

(v. i.) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.

(v. i.) The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.

(v. i.) One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.

(v. i.) The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.

(v. i.) A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly.

(a.) Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.

(pron.) Of thee, or belonging to thee; the more common form of thine, possessive case of thou; -- used always attributively, and chiefly in the solemn or grave style, and in poetry. Thine is used in the predicate; as, the knife is thine. See Thine.

(v. t.) To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.

(v. t.) To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.

(v. i.) To negotiate or treat about a purchase.

(v. t.) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful; cautious; shrewd; knowing; -- in a good sense.

(v. t.) Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

(v. t.) Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle; as, a sly trick.

(v. t.) Light or delicate; slight; thin.

(adv.) Slyly.

(n.) A friend.

(a.) Any.

(a.) Reddish brown; of the color of a chestnut; -- applied to the color of horses.

(n.) An inlet of the sea, usually smaller than a gulf, but of the same general character.

(n.) A small body of water set off from the main body; as a compartment containing water for a wheel; the portion of a canal just outside of the gates of a lock, etc.

(n.) A recess or indentation shaped like a bay.

(n.) A principal compartment of the walls, roof, or other part of a building, or of the whole building, as marked off by the buttresses, vaulting, mullions of a window, etc.; one of the main divisions of any structure, as the part of a bridge between two piers.

(n.) A compartment in a barn, for depositing hay, or grain in the stalks.

(n.) A kind of mahogany obtained from Campeachy Bay.

(n.) A berry, particularly of the laurel.

(n.) The laurel tree (Laurus nobilis). Hence, in the plural, an honorary garland or crown bestowed as a prize for victory or excellence, anciently made or consisting of branches of the laurel.

(n.) A tract covered with bay trees.

(v. i.) To bark, as a dog with a deep voice does, at his game.

(v. t.) To bark at; hence, to follow with barking; to bring or drive to bay; as, to bay the bear.

(v. i.) Deep-toned, prolonged barking.

(v. i.) A state of being obliged to face an antagonist or a difficulty, when escape has become impossible.

(v. t.) To bathe.

(n.) A bank or dam to keep back water.

(v. t.) To dam, as water; -- with up or back.

(n.) A governor of a province or district in the Turkish dominions; also, in some places, a prince or nobleman; a beg; as, the bey of Tunis.

(n.) A male child, from birth to the age of puberty; a lad; hence, a son.

(v. t.) To act as a boy; -- in allusion to the former practice of boys acting women's parts on the stage.

(superl.) Easily frightened; timid; as, a shy bird.

(superl.) Reserved; coy; disinclined to familiar approach.

(superl.) Cautious; wary; suspicious.

(a.) To start suddenly aside through fright or suspicion; -- said especially of horses.

(v. t.) To throw sidewise with a jerk; to fling; as, to shy a stone; to shy a slipper.

(n.) A sudden start aside, as by a horse.

(n.) A side throw; a throw; a fling.

(n.) See Key, a ledge.

(imp.) Saw.

(n.) Trial by sample; assay; sample; specimen; smack.

(n.) Tried quality; temper; proof.

(n.) Essay; trial; attempt.

(v. t.) To try; to assay.

(n.) A kind of silk or satin.

(n.) A delicate kind of serge, or woolen cloth.

(v. t.) To utter or express in words; to tell; to speak; to declare; as, he said many wise things.

(v. t.) To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; to pronounce; as, to say a lesson.

(v. t.) To announce as a decision or opinion; to state positively; to assert; hence, to form an opinion upon; to be sure about; to be determined in mind as to.

(v. t.) To mention or suggest as an estimate, hypothesis, or approximation; hence, to suppose; -- in the imperative, followed sometimes by the subjunctive; as, he had, say fifty thousand dollars; the fox had run, say ten miles.

(v. i.) To speak; to express an opinion; to make answer; to reply.

(v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

(superl.) Free from moisture; having little humidity or none; arid; not wet or moist; deficient in the natural or normal supply of moisture, as rain or fluid of any kind; -- said especially: (a) Of the weather: Free from rain or mist.

(superl.) Of vegetable matter: Free from juices or sap; not succulent; not green; as, dry wood or hay.

(superl.) Of animals: Not giving milk; as, the cow is dry.

(superl.) Of persons: Thirsty; needing drink.

(superl.) Of the eyes: Not shedding tears.

(superl.) Of certain morbid conditions, in which there is entire or comparative absence of moisture; as, dry gangrene; dry catarrh.

(superl.) Destitute of that which interests or amuses; barren; unembellished; jejune; plain.

(superl.) Characterized by a quality somewhat severe, grave, or hard; hence, sharp; keen; shrewd; quaint; as, a dry tone or manner; dry wit.

(superl.) Exhibiting a sharp, frigid preciseness of execution, or the want of a delicate contour in form, and of easy transition in coloring.

(a.) To make dry; to free from water, or from moisture of any kind, and by any means; to exsiccate; as, to dry the eyes; to dry one's tears; the wind dries the earth; to dry a wet cloth; to dry hay.

(v. i.) To grow dry; to become free from wetness, moisture, or juice; as, the road dries rapidly.

(v. i.) To evaporate wholly; to be exhaled; -- said of moisture, or a liquid; -- sometimes with up; as, the stream dries, or dries up.

(v. i.) To shrivel or wither; to lose vitality.

(a.) Quiet; still.

(a.) Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.

(a.) Soft; gentle; hesitating.

(v. t.) To allure; to entice; to decoy.

(v. t.) To caress with the hand; to stroke.

(v. i.) To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity.

(v. i.) To make difficulty; to be unwilling.

(v. t. & i.) Alt. of Abye

(n.) An upward bend in a piece of timber; the sheer of a vessel.

(v. t.) To array.

(v. t.) To mark, stain, or soil; to streak; to defile.

(n.) Array; order; arrangement; dress.

(n.) One of a number of lines or parts diverging from a common point or center, like the radii of a circle; as, a star of six rays.

(n.) A radiating part of a flower or plant; the marginal florets of a compound flower, as an aster or a sunflower; one of the pedicels of an umbel or other circular flower cluster; radius. See Radius.

(n.) One of the radiating spines, or cartilages, supporting the fins of fishes.

(n.) One of the spheromeres of a radiate, especially one of the arms of a starfish or an ophiuran.

(n.) A line of light or heat proceeding from a radiant or reflecting point; a single element of light or heat propagated continuously; as, a solar ray; a polarized ray.

(n.) One of the component elements of the total radiation from a body; any definite or limited portion of the spectrum; as, the red ray; the violet ray. See Illust. under Light.

(n.) Sight; perception; vision; -- from an old theory of vision, that sight was something which proceeded from the eye to the object seen.

(n.) One of a system of diverging lines passing through a point, and regarded as extending indefinitely in both directions. See Half-ray.

(n.) To mark with long lines; to streak.

(n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles.

(v. i.) To shine, as with rays.

(n.) Any one of numerous elasmobranch fishes of the order Raiae, including the skates, torpedoes, sawfishes, etc.

(n.) In a restricted sense, any of the broad, flat, narrow-tailed species, as the skates and sting rays. See Skate.

(n.) A king.

(a.) Royal.

(n.) A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a rope which holds in place the end of a boom, spar, or yard in a ship; a chain or wire rope connecting a suspension bridge with the land on either side to prevent lateral swaying; a rod or rope attached to the top of a structure, as of a derrick, and extending obliquely to the ground, where it is fastened.

(v. t.) To steady or guide with a guy.

(n.) A grotesque effigy, like that of Guy Fawkes, dressed up in England on the fifth of November, the day of the Gunpowder Plot.

(n.) A person of queer looks or dress.

(v. t.) To fool; to baffle; to make (a person) an object of ridicule.

(v.) An auxiliary verb qualifyng the meaning of another verb, by expressing: (a) Ability, competency, or possibility; -- now oftener expressed by can.

(n.) A maiden.

(n.) The fifth month of the year, containing thirty-one days.

(n.) The early part or springtime of life.

(n.) The flowers of the hawthorn; -- so called from their time of blossoming; also, the hawthorn.

(n.) The merrymaking of May Day.

(adv.) Away.

(n.) That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.

(n.) Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.

(n.) A moving; passage; procession; journey.

(n.) Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.

(n.) The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.

(n.) Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.

(n.) Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.

(n.) Sphere or scope of observation.

(n.) Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.

(n.) Progress; as, a ship has way.

(n.) The timbers on which a ship is launched.

(n.) The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.

(n.) Right of way. See below.

(v. t.) To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.

(v. i.) To move; to progress; to go.

(n.) A plant of the genus Hedera (H. helix), common in Europe. Its leaves are evergreen, dark, smooth, shining, and mostly five-pointed; the flowers yellowish and small; the berries black or yellow. The stem clings to walls and trees by rootlike fibers.

(n.) Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to Garrulus, Cyanocitta, and allied genera. They are allied to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.

(n.) A servant who has charge of the dairy; a dairymaid.

(n.) The governor of Algiers; -- so called before the French conquest in 1830.

(n.) A cloud.

(n.) Hence, a shadow.

(n.) The apparent arch, or vault, of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color; the heavens; the firmament; -- sometimes in the plural.

(n.) The wheather; the climate.

(v. t.) To hang (a picture on exhibition) near the top of a wall, where it can not be well seen.

(v. t.) To throw towards the sky; as, to sky a ball at cricket.

(n.) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, etc., made by subjecting boiled beans (esp. soja beans), or beans and meal, to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

(n.) The soja, a kind of bean. See Soja.

() Alt. of Seyh

(superl.) Excited with merriment; manifesting sportiveness or delight; inspiring delight; livery; merry.

(superl.) Brilliant in colors; splendid; fine; richly dressed.

(superl.) Loose; dissipated; lewd.

(n.) An ornament

(n.) A fairy; an elf.

(n.) Faith; as, by my fay.

(v. t.) To fit; to join; to unite closely, as two pieces of wood, so as to make the surface fit together.

(v. i.) To lie close together; to fit; to fadge; -- often with in, into, with, or together.

(v. t.) To cook in a pan or on a griddle (esp. with the use of fat, butter, or olive oil) by heating over a fire; to cook in boiling lard or fat; as, to fry fish; to fry doughnuts.

(v. i.) To undergo the process of frying; to be subject to the action of heat in a frying pan, or on a griddle, or in a kettle of hot fat.

(v. i.) To simmer; to boil.

(v. i.) To undergo or cause a disturbing action accompanied with a sensation of heat.

(v. i.) To be agitated; to be greatly moved.

(n.) A dish of anything fried.

(n.) A state of excitement; as, to be in a fry.

(n.) The young of any fish.

(n.) A swarm or crowd, especially of little fishes; young or small things in general.

(imp.) of Lie, to recline.

(a.) Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

(a.) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

(a.) Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.

(n.) The laity; the common people.

(n.) A meadow. See Lea.

(n.) Faith; creed; religious profession.

(n.) A law.

(n.) An obligation; a vow.

(a.) A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

(a.) A melody; any musical utterance.

(v. t.) To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.

(v. t.) To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.

(v. t.) To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

(v. t.) To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

(v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

(v. t.) To cause to lie dead or dying.

(v. t.) To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

(v. t.) To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

(v. t.) To apply; to put.

(v. t.) To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

(v. t.) To impute; to charge; to allege.

(v. t.) To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

(v. t.) To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

(v. t.) To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.

(v. t.) To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

(v. t.) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.

(v. t.) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

(v. t.) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

(v. i.) To produce and deposit eggs.

(v. i.) To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.

(v. i.) To lay a wager; to bet.

(n.) That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.

(v. t.) A wager.

(v. t.) A job, price, or profit.

(v. t.) A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.

(v. t.) A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

(v. t.) The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.

(v. t.) A plan; a scheme.

(n.) Faith; allegiance; fealty.

(n.) A feast given by one about to leave a place.

(n.) Way; road; path.

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

(n.) A certain measure of weight.

(v. i.) A pen or inclosure for swine.

(v. i.) A place of bestial debauchery.

(v. t.) To shut up in, or as in, a sty.

(v. i.) To soar; to ascend; to mount. See Stirrup.

(v. i.) An inflamed swelling or boil on the edge of the eyelid.

(superl.) Pertaining to, resembling, or abounding in, ice; cold; frosty.

(superl.) Characterized by coldness, as of manner, influence, etc.; chilling; frigid; cold.

(n.) The passion or emotion excited by the acquisition or expectation of good; pleasurable feelings or emotions caused by success, good fortune, and the like, or by a rational prospect of possessing what we love or desire; gladness; exhilaration of spirits; delight.

(n.) That which causes joy or happiness.

(n.) The sign or exhibition of joy; gayety; mirth; merriment; festivity.

(n.) To rejoice; to be glad; to delight; to exult.

(v. t.) To give joy to; to congratulate.

(v. t.) To gladden; to make joyful; to exhilarate.

(v. t.) To enjoy.

(v. t.) To gain sight of; to discover at a distance, or in a state of concealment; to espy; to see.

(v. t.) To discover by close search or examination.

(v. t.) To explore; to view; inspect; and examine secretly, as a country; -- usually with out.

(v. i.) To search narrowly; to scrutinize.

(n.) One who keeps a constant watch of the conduct of others.

(n.) A person sent secretly into an enemy's camp, territory, or fortifications, to inspect his works, ascertain his strength, movements, or designs, and to communicate such intelligence to the proper officer.

(a.) High.

(interj.) An exclamation of joy, surprise, or encouragement.

(interj.) A cry to set dogs on.

(a.) Fated; doomed.

(n.) Faith.

(v. t.) To cleanse; to clean out.

(n.) A hedge.

(n.) A net set around the haunt of an animal, especially of a rabbit.

(v. i.) To lay snares for rabbits.

(n.) Grass cut and cured for fodder.

(v. i.) To cut and cure grass for hay.

(n.) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods from place to place, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.

(interj.) Ho! Halloe! Stop!

(n.) An instrument by means of which the bolt of a lock is shot or drawn; usually, a removable metal instrument fitted to the mechanism of a particular lock and operated by turning in its place.

(n.) An instrument which is turned like a key in fastening or adjusting any mechanism; as, a watch key; a bed key, etc.

(n.) That part of an instrument or machine which serves as the means of operating it; as, a telegraph key; the keys of a pianoforte, or of a typewriter.

(n.) A position or condition which affords entrance, control, pr possession, etc.; as, the key of a line of defense; the key of a country; the key of a political situation. Hence, that which serves to unlock, open, discover, or solve something unknown or difficult; as, the key to a riddle; the key to a problem.

(n.) That part of a mechanism which serves to lock up, make fast, or adjust to position.

(n.) A piece of wood used as a wedge.

(n.) The last board of a floor when laid down.

(n.) A keystone.

(n.) That part of the plastering which is forced through between the laths and holds the rest in place.

(n.) A wedge to unite two or more pieces, or adjust their relative position; a cotter; a forelock.

(n.) A bar, pin or wedge, to secure a crank, pulley, coupling, etc., upon a shaft, and prevent relative turning; sometimes holding by friction alone, but more frequently by its resistance to shearing, being usually embedded partly in the shaft and partly in the crank, pulley, etc.

(n.) An indehiscent, one-seeded fruit furnished with a wing, as the fruit of the ash and maple; a samara; -- called also key fruit.

(n.) A family of tones whose regular members are called diatonic tones, and named key tone (or tonic) or one (or eight), mediant or three, dominant or five, subdominant or four, submediant or six, supertonic or two, and subtonic or seven. Chromatic tones are temporary members of a key, under such names as " sharp four," "flat seven," etc. Scales and tunes of every variety are made from the tones of a key.

(n.) The fundamental tone of a movement to which its modulations are referred, and with which it generally begins and ends; keynote.

(n.) Fig: The general pitch or tone of a sentence or utterance.

(v. t.) To fasten or secure firmly; to fasten or tighten with keys or wedges.

(n.) A lever; also, leverage.

(v. t.) To raise or move, or attempt to raise or move, with a pry or lever; to prize.

(v. i.) To peep narrowly; to gaze; to inspect closely; to attempt to discover something by a scrutinizing curiosity; -- often implying reproach.

(n.) Curious inspection; impertinent peeping.

(n.) A support; -- used in composition; as, teapoy.

(n.) A ropedancer's balancing pole.

(n.) A long boat hook by which barges are propelled against the stream.

(v. t.) To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised.

(v. t.) To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit.

(v. i.) To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt.

(v. i.) Hence, to make or secure suitable return for expense or trouble; to be remunerative or profitable; to be worth the effort or pains required; as, it will pay to ride; it will pay to wait; politeness always pays.

(n.) Satisfaction; content.

(n.) An equivalent or return for money due, goods purchased, or services performed; salary or wages for work or service; compensation; recompense; payment; hire; as, the pay of a clerk; the pay of a soldier.

(v. t.) To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear.

(v. t.) To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants.

(v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon.

(v. t.) To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed).

(n.) A long, narrow spade for stony lands.

(v. t.) To divide or separate, as one sort from another; to winnow; to sift; to pick out; -- frequently followed by out; as, to try out the wild corn from the good.

(v. t.) To purify or refine, as metals; to melt out, and procure in a pure state, as oil, tallow, lard, etc.

(v. t.) To prove by experiment; to apply a test to, for the purpose of determining the quality; to examine; to prove; to test; as, to try weights or measures by a standard; to try a man's opinions.

(v. t.) To subject to severe trial; to put to the test; to cause suffering or trouble to.

(v. t.) To experiment with; to test by use; as, to try a remedy for disease; to try a horse.

(v. t.) To strain; to subject to excessive tests; as, the light tries his eyes; repeated disappointments try one's patience.

(v. t.) To examine or investigate judicially; to examine by witnesses or other judicial evidence and the principles of law; as, to try a cause, or a criminal.

(v. t.) To settle; to decide; to determine; specifically, to decide by an appeal to arms; as, to try rival claims by a duel; to try conclusions.

(v. t.) To experience; to have or gain knowledge of by experience.

(v. t.) To essay; to attempt; to endeavor.

(v. i.) To exert strength; to endeavor; to make an effort or an attempt; as, you must try hard if you wish to learn.

(v. i.) To do; to fare; as, how do you try!

(n.) A screen, or sieve, for grain.

(n.) Act of trying; attempt; experiment; trial.

(v. t.) Refined; select; excellent; choice.

(n.) A measure equal to one tenth of a line.

(n.) Anything very small, or of little value.

(v. t.) To annoy; to vex.

(n.) That which annoys.

(adv.) No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by no. See Yes.

(adv.) Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.

(n.) Denial; refusal.

(n.) a negative vote; one who votes in the negative.

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

(adv.) For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1.

(adv.) For which; on account of which; -- used relatively.

(adv.) The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative.

(n.) A young heifer.

(v. t. & i.) To lay; to wager.

(n.) Law.

(n.) See Lye.

(n.) Grass or meadow land; a lea.

(a.) Fallow; unseeded.

(imp.) of Lie

(n.) See Obi.

(v. t.) To cover.

(superl.) Turned to one side; twisted; distorted; as, a wry mouth.

(superl.) Hence, deviating from the right direction; misdirected; out of place; as, wry words.

(superl.) Wrested; perverted.

(v. i.) To twist; to writhe; to bend or wind.

(v. i.) To deviate from the right way; to go away or astray; to turn side; to swerve.

(a.) To twist; to distort; to writhe; to wrest; to vex.

(n.) A fabric of twine, thread, or the like, wrought or woven into meshes, and used for catching fish, birds, butterflies, etc.

(n.) Anything designed or fitted to entrap or catch; a snare; any device for catching and holding.

(n.) Anything wrought or woven in meshes; as, a net for the hair; a mosquito net; a tennis net.

(n.) A figure made up of a large number of straight lines or curves, which are connected at certain points and related to each other by some specified law.

(v. t.) To bend.

(v. t.) To lay on closely, or in folds; to work upon steadily, or with repeated acts; to press upon; to urge importunately; as, to ply one with questions, with solicitations, or with drink.

(v. t.) To employ diligently; to use steadily.

(v. t.) To practice or perform with diligence; to work at.

(v. i.) To bend; to yield.

(v. i.) To act, go, or work diligently and steadily; especially, to do something by repeated actions; to go back and forth; as, a steamer plies between certain ports.

(v. i.) To work to windward; to beat.

(v.) A fold; a plait; a turn or twist, as of a cord.

(v.) Bent; turn; direction; bias.