brick | noun (n.) A block or clay tempered with water, sand, etc., molded into a regular form, usually rectangular, and sun-dried, or burnt in a kiln, or in a heap or stack called a clamp. |
| noun (n.) Bricks, collectively, as designating that kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. |
| noun (n.) Any oblong rectangular mass; as, a brick of maple sugar; a penny brick (of bread). |
| noun (n.) A good fellow; a merry person; as, you 're a brick. |
| verb (v. t.) To lay or pave with bricks; to surround, line, or construct with bricks. |
| verb (v. t.) To imitate or counterfeit a brick wall on, as by smearing plaster with red ocher, making the joints with an edge tool, and pointing them. |
prick | noun (n.) To pierce slightly with a sharp-pointed instrument or substance; to make a puncture in, or to make by puncturing; to drive a fine point into; as, to prick one with a pin, needle, etc.; to prick a card; to prick holes in paper. |
| noun (n.) To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing; as, to prick a knife into a board. |
| noun (n.) To mark or denote by a puncture; to designate by pricking; to choose; to mark; -- sometimes with off. |
| noun (n.) To mark the outline of by puncturing; to trace or form by pricking; to mark by punctured dots; as, to prick a pattern for embroidery; to prick the notes of a musical composition. |
| noun (n.) To ride or guide with spurs; to spur; to goad; to incite; to urge on; -- sometimes with on, or off. |
| noun (n.) To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse. |
| noun (n.) To make sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; -- said especially of the ears of an animal, as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up; -- hence, to prick up the ears, to listen sharply; to have the attention and interest strongly engaged. |
| noun (n.) To render acid or pungent. |
| noun (n.) To dress; to prink; -- usually with up. |
| noun (n.) To run a middle seam through, as the cloth of a sail. |
| noun (n.) To trace on a chart, as a ship's course. |
| noun (n.) To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness. |
| noun (n.) To nick. |
| verb (v.) That which pricks, penetrates, or punctures; a sharp and slender thing; a pointed instrument; a goad; a spur, etc.; a point; a skewer. |
| verb (v.) The act of pricking, or the sensation of being pricked; a sharp, stinging pain; figuratively, remorse. |
| verb (v.) A mark made by a pointed instrument; a puncture; a point. |
| verb (v.) A point or mark on the dial, noting the hour. |
| verb (v.) The point on a target at which an archer aims; the mark; the pin. |
| verb (v.) A mark denoting degree; degree; pitch. |
| verb (v.) A mathematical point; -- regularly used in old English translations of Euclid. |
| verb (v.) The footprint of a hare. |
| verb (v.) A small roll; as, a prick of spun yarn; a prick of tobacco. |
| verb (v. i.) To be punctured; to suffer or feel a sharp pain, as by puncture; as, a sore finger pricks. |
| verb (v. i.) To spur onward; to ride on horseback. |
| verb (v. i.) To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine. |
| verb (v. i.) To aim at a point or mark. |
trick | adjective (a.) An artifice or stratagem; a cunning contrivance; a sly procedure, usually with a dishonest intent; as, a trick in trade. |
| adjective (a.) A sly, dexterous, or ingenious procedure fitted to puzzle or amuse; as, a bear's tricks; a juggler's tricks. |
| adjective (a.) Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank; as, the tricks of boys. |
| adjective (a.) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait; as, a trick of drumming with the fingers; a trick of frowning. |
| adjective (a.) A knot, braid, or plait of hair. |
| adjective (a.) The whole number of cards played in one round, and consisting of as many cards as there are players. |
| adjective (a.) A turn; specifically, the spell of a sailor at the helm, -- usually two hours. |
| adjective (a.) A toy; a trifle; a plaything. |
| verb (v. t.) To deceive by cunning or artifice; to impose on; to defraud; to cheat; as, to trick another in the sale of a horse. |
| verb (v. t.) To dress; to decorate; to set off; to adorn fantastically; -- often followed by up, off, or out. |
| verb (v. t.) To draw in outline, as with a pen; to delineate or distinguish without color, as arms, etc., in heraldry. |
click | noun (n.) A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol. |
| noun (n.) A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward. |
| noun (n.) A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel. |
| noun (n.) The latch of a door. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. |
| verb (v. t.) To move with the sound of a click. |
| verb (v. t.) To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something. |
| verb (v. t.) To snatch. |
kick | noun (n.) A blow with the foot or feet; a striking or thrust with the foot. |
| noun (n.) The projection on the tang of the blade of a pocket knife, which prevents the edge of the blade from striking the spring. See Illust. of Pocketknife. |
| noun (n.) A projection in a mold, to form a depression in the surface of the brick. |
| noun (n.) The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike, thrust, or hit violently with the foot; as, a horse kicks a groom; a man kicks a dog. |
| verb (v. i.) To thrust out the foot or feet with violence; to strike out with the foot or feet, as in defense or in bad temper; esp., to strike backward, as a horse does, or to have a habit of doing so. Hence, figuratively: To show ugly resistance, opposition, or hostility; to spurn. |
| verb (v. i.) To recoil; -- said of a musket, cannon, etc. |
nick | noun (n.) An evil spirit of the waters. |
| noun (n.) A notch cut into something |
| noun (n.) A score for keeping an account; a reckoning. |
| noun (n.) A notch cut crosswise in the shank of a type, to assist a compositor in placing it properly in the stick, and in distribution. |
| noun (n.) A broken or indented place in any edge or surface; nicks in china. |
| noun (n.) A particular point or place considered as marked by a nick; the exact point or critical moment. |
| verb (v. t.) To make a nick or nicks in; to notch; to keep count of or upon by nicks; as, to nick a stick, tally, etc. |
| verb (v. t.) To mar; to deface; to make ragged, as by cutting nicks or notches in. |
| verb (v. t.) To suit or fit into, as by a correspondence of nicks; to tally with. |
| verb (v. t.) To hit at, or in, the nick; to touch rightly; to strike at the precise point or time. |
| verb (v. t.) To make a cross cut or cuts on the under side of (the tail of a horse, in order to make him carry ir higher). |
| verb (v. t.) To nickname; to style. |
quick | noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
| noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
| noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
| noun (n.) That which is quick, or alive; a living animal or plant; especially, the hawthorn, or other plants used in making a living hedge. |
| noun (n.) The life; the mortal point; a vital part; a part susceptible of serious injury or keen feeling; the sensitive living flesh; the part of a finger or toe to which the nail is attached; the tender emotions; as, to cut a finger nail to the quick; to thrust a sword to the quick, to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. |
| noun (n.) Quitch grass. |
| superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
| superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
| superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
| superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
| superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
| superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
| superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. |
| superlative (superl.) Alive; living; animate; -- opposed to dead or inanimate. |
| superlative (superl.) Characterized by life or liveliness; animated; sprightly; agile; brisk; ready. |
| superlative (superl.) Speedy; hasty; swift; not slow; as, be quick. |
| superlative (superl.) Impatient; passionate; hasty; eager; eager; sharp; unceremonious; as, a quick temper. |
| superlative (superl.) Fresh; bracing; sharp; keen. |
| superlative (superl.) Sensitive; perceptive in a high degree; ready; as, a quick ear. |
| superlative (superl.) Pregnant; with child. |
| adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
| adverb (adv.) In a quick manner; quickly; promptly; rapidly; with haste; speedily; without delay; as, run quick; get back quick. |
| verb (v. t. & i.) To revive; to quicken; to be or become alive. |
pick | noun (n.) A sharp-pointed tool for picking; -- often used in composition; as, a toothpick; a picklock. |
| noun (n.) A heavy iron tool, curved and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones. |
| noun (n.) A pike or spike; the sharp point fixed in the center of a buckler. |
| noun (n.) Choice; right of selection; as, to have one's pick. |
| noun (n.) That which would be picked or chosen first; the best; as, the pick of the flock. |
| noun (n.) A particle of ink or paper imbedded in the hollow of a letter, filling up its face, and occasioning a spot on a printed sheet. |
| noun (n.) That which is picked in, as with a pointed pencil, to correct an unevenness in a picture. |
| noun (n.) The blow which drives the shuttle, -- the rate of speed of a loom being reckoned as so many picks per minute; hence, in describing the fineness of a fabric, a weft thread; as, so many picks to an inch. |
| verb (v.) To throw; to pitch. |
| verb (v.) To peck at, as a bird with its beak; to strike at with anything pointed; to act upon with a pointed instrument; to pierce; to prick, as with a pin. |
| verb (v.) To separate or open by means of a sharp point or points; as, to pick matted wool, cotton, oakum, etc. |
| verb (v.) To open (a lock) as by a wire. |
| verb (v.) To pull apart or away, especially with the fingers; to pluck; to gather, as fruit from a tree, flowers from the stalk, feathers from a fowl, etc. |
| verb (v.) To remove something from with a pointed instrument, with the fingers, or with the teeth; as, to pick the teeth; to pick a bone; to pick a goose; to pick a pocket. |
| verb (v.) To choose; to select; to separate as choice or desirable; to cull; as, to pick one's company; to pick one's way; -- often with out. |
| verb (v.) To take up; esp., to gather from here and there; to collect; to bring together; as, to pick rags; -- often with up; as, to pick up a ball or stones; to pick up information. |
| verb (v.) To trim. |
| verb (v. i.) To eat slowly, sparingly, or by morsels; to nibble. |
| verb (v. i.) To do anything nicely or carefully, or by attending to small things; to select something with care. |
| verb (v. i.) To steal; to pilfer. |
bar | noun (n.) A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a lever and for various other purposes, but especially for a hindrance, obstruction, or fastening; as, the bars of a fence or gate; the bar of a door. |
| noun (n.) An indefinite quantity of some substance, so shaped as to be long in proportion to its breadth and thickness; as, a bar of gold or of lead; a bar of soap. |
| noun (n.) Anything which obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier. |
| noun (n.) A bank of sand, gravel, or other matter, esp. at the mouth of a river or harbor, obstructing navigation. |
| noun (n.) Any railing that divides a room, or office, or hall of assembly, in order to reserve a space for those having special privileges; as, the bar of the House of Commons. |
| noun (n.) The railing that incloses the place which counsel occupy in courts of justice. Hence, the phrase at the bar of the court signifies in open court. |
| noun (n.) The place in court where prisoners are stationed for arraignment, trial, or sentence. |
| noun (n.) The whole body of lawyers licensed in a court or district; the legal profession. |
| noun (n.) A special plea constituting a sufficient answer to plaintiff's action. |
| noun (n.) Any tribunal; as, the bar of public opinion; the bar of God. |
| noun (n.) A barrier or counter, over which liquors and food are passed to customers; hence, the portion of the room behind the counter where liquors for sale are kept. |
| noun (n.) An ordinary, like a fess but narrower, occupying only one fifth part of the field. |
| noun (n.) A broad shaft, or band, or stripe; as, a bar of light; a bar of color. |
| noun (n.) A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures. |
| noun (n.) The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed. |
| noun (n.) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the center of the sole. |
| noun (n.) A drilling or tamping rod. |
| noun (n.) A vein or dike crossing a lode. |
| noun (n.) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town. |
| noun (n.) A slender strip of wood which divides and supports the glass of a window; a sash bar. |
| noun (n.) To fasten with a bar; as, to bar a door or gate. |
| noun (n.) To restrict or confine, as if by a bar; to hinder; to obstruct; to prevent; to prohibit; as, to bar the entrance of evil; distance bars our intercourse; the statute bars my right; the right is barred by time; a release bars the plaintiff's recovery; -- sometimes with up. |
| noun (n.) To except; to exclude by exception. |
| noun (n.) To cross with one or more stripes or lines. |
barb | noun (n.) Beard, or that which resembles it, or grows in the place of it. |
| noun (n.) A muffler, worn by nuns and mourners. |
| noun (n.) Paps, or little projections, of the mucous membrane, which mark the opening of the submaxillary glands under the tongue in horses and cattle. The name is mostly applied when the barbs are inflamed and swollen. |
| noun (n.) The point that stands backward in an arrow, fishhook, etc., to prevent it from being easily extracted. Hence: Anything which stands out with a sharp point obliquely or crosswise to something else. |
| noun (n.) A bit for a horse. |
| noun (n.) One of the side branches of a feather, which collectively constitute the vane. See Feather. |
| noun (n.) A southern name for the kingfishes of the eastern and southeastern coasts of the United States; -- also improperly called whiting. |
| noun (n.) A hair or bristle ending in a double hook. |
| noun (n.) The Barbary horse, a superior breed introduced from Barbary into Spain by the Moors. |
| noun (n.) A blackish or dun variety of the pigeon, originally brought from Barbary. |
| noun (n.) Armor for a horse. Same as 2d Bard, n., 1. |
| verb (v. t.) To shave or dress the beard of. |
| verb (v. t.) To clip; to mow. |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with barbs, or with that which will hold or hurt like barbs, as an arrow, fishhook, spear, etc. |
bare | noun (n.) Surface; body; substance. |
| noun (n.) That part of a roofing slate, shingle, tile, or metal plate, which is exposed to the weather. |
| adjective (a.) Without clothes or covering; stripped of the usual covering; naked; as, his body is bare; the trees are bare. |
| adjective (a.) With head uncovered; bareheaded. |
| adjective (a.) Without anything to cover up or conceal one's thoughts or actions; open to view; exposed. |
| adjective (a.) Plain; simple; unadorned; without polish; bald; meager. |
| adjective (a.) Destitute; indigent; empty; unfurnished or scantily furnished; -- used with of (rarely with in) before the thing wanting or taken away; as, a room bare of furniture. |
| adjective (a.) Threadbare; much worn. |
| adjective (a.) Mere; alone; unaccompanied by anything else; as, a bare majority. |
| adjective (a.) To strip off the covering of; to make bare; as, to bare the breast. |
| () Bore; the old preterit of Bear, v. |
| () of Bear |
back | noun (n.) A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, holding water, hot glue, etc. |
| noun (n.) A ferryboat. See Bac, 1. |
| noun (n.) In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster. |
| noun (n.) An extended upper part, as of a mountain or ridge. |
| noun (n.) The outward or upper part of a thing, as opposed to the inner or lower part; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. |
| noun (n.) The part opposed to the front; the hinder or rear part of a thing; as, the back of a book; the back of an army; the back of a chimney. |
| noun (n.) The part opposite to, or most remote from, that which fronts the speaker or actor; or the part out of sight, or not generally seen; as, the back of an island, of a hill, or of a village. |
| noun (n.) The part of a cutting tool on the opposite side from its edge; as, the back of a knife, or of a saw. |
| noun (n.) A support or resource in reserve. |
| noun (n.) The keel and keelson of a ship. |
| noun (n.) The upper part of a lode, or the roof of a horizontal underground passage. |
| noun (n.) A garment for the back; hence, clothing. |
| adjective (a.) Being at the back or in the rear; distant; remote; as, the back door; back settlements. |
| adjective (a.) Being in arrear; overdue; as, back rent. |
| adjective (a.) Moving or operating backward; as, back action. |
| verb (v. i.) To get upon the back of; to mount. |
| verb (v. i.) To place or seat upon the back. |
| verb (v. i.) To drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a back for; to furnish with a back; as, to back books. |
| verb (v. i.) To adjoin behind; to be at the back of. |
| verb (v. i.) To write upon the back of; as, to back a letter; to indorse; as, to back a note or legal document. |
| verb (v. i.) To support; to maintain; to second or strengthen by aid or influence; as, to back a friend. |
| verb (v. i.) To bet on the success of; -- as, to back a race horse. |
| verb (v. i.) To move or go backward; as, the horse refuses to back. |
| verb (v. i.) To change from one quarter to another by a course opposite to that of the sun; -- used of the wind. |
| verb (v. i.) To stand still behind another dog which has pointed; -- said of a dog. |
| adverb (adv.) In, to, or toward, the rear; as, to stand back; to step back. |
| adverb (adv.) To the place from which one came; to the place or person from which something is taken or derived; as, to go back for something left behind; to go back to one's native place; to put a book back after reading it. |
| adverb (adv.) To a former state, condition, or station; as, to go back to private life; to go back to barbarism. |
| adverb (adv.) (Of time) In times past; ago. |
| adverb (adv.) Away from contact; by reverse movement. |
| adverb (adv.) In concealment or reserve; in one's own possession; as, to keep back the truth; to keep back part of the money due to another. |
| adverb (adv.) In a state of restraint or hindrance. |
| adverb (adv.) In return, repayment, or requital. |
| adverb (adv.) In withdrawal from a statement, promise, or undertaking; as, he took back0 the offensive words. |
| adverb (adv.) In arrear; as, to be back in one's rent. |