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All over Note: In the ancient phrases, all too dear, all too much, all
so long, etc., this word retains its appropriate sense
or becomes intensive.
2. Even; just. (Often a mere intensive adjunct.) [Obs. or
Poet.]
All as his straying flock he fed. --Spenser.
A damsel lay deploring All on a rock reclined.
--Gay.
All to, or All-to. In such phrases as ``all to rent,'
``all to break,' ``all-to frozen,' etc., which are of
frequent occurrence in our old authors, the all and the to
have commonly been regarded as forming a compound adverb,
equivalent in meaning to entirely, completely, altogether.
But the sense of entireness lies wholly in the word all
(as it does in ``all forlorn,' and similar expressions),
and the to properly belongs to the following word, being a
kind of intensive prefix (orig. meaning asunder and
answering to the LG. ter-, HG. zer-). It is frequently to
be met with in old books, used without the all. Thus
Wyclif says, ``The vail of the temple was to rent:' and
of Judas, ``He was hanged and to-burst the middle:' i.
e., burst in two, or asunder.
All along. See under Along.
All and some, individually and collectively, one and all.
[Obs.] ``Displeased all and some.' --Fairfax.
All but.
(a) Scarcely; not even. [Obs.] --Shak.
(b) Almost; nearly. ``The fine arts were all but
proscribed.' --Macaulay.
All hollow, entirely, completely; as, to beat any one all
hollow. [Low]
All one, the same thing in effect; that is, wholly the same
thing.
All over, over the whole extent; thoroughly; wholly; as,
she is her mother all over. [Colloq.]
All the better, wholly the better; that is, better by the
whole difference.
All the same, nevertheless. ``There they [certain
phenomena] remain rooted all the same, whether we
recognize them or not.' --J. C. Shairp. ``But Rugby is a
very nice place all the same.' --T. Arnold. -- See also
under All, n.
gill over the ground Gill Gill, n. [Abbrev. from Gillian.]
1. A young woman; a sweetheart; a flirting or wanton girl.
``Each Jack with his Gill.' --B. Jonson.
2. (Bot.) The ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma); -- called also
gill over the ground, and other like names.
3. Malt liquor medicated with ground ivy.
Gill ale.
(a) Ale flavored with ground ivy.
(b) (Bot.) Alehoof.
Half seas over Half seas over Half" seas` o`ver
Half drunk. [Slang: used only predicatively.] --Spectator.
Pound overt Pound Pound, n. [AS. pund an inclosure: cf. forpyndan to turn
away, or to repress, also Icel. pynda to extort, torment, Ir.
pont, pond, pound. Cf. Pinder, Pinfold, Pin to inclose,
Pond.]
1. An inclosure, maintained by public authority, in which
cattle or other animals are confined when taken in
trespassing, or when going at large in violation of law; a
pinfold. --Shak.
2. A level stretch in a canal between locks.
3. (Fishing) A kind of net, having a large inclosure with a
narrow entrance into which fish are directed by wings
spreading outward.
Pound covert, a pound that is close or covered over, as a
shed.
Pound overt, a pound that is open overhead.
To boil over Boil Boil (boil), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Boiled (boild); p. pr.
& vb. n. Boiling.] [OE. boilen, OF. boilir, builir, F.
bouillir, fr. L. bullire to be in a bubbling motion, from
bulla bubble; akin to Gr. ?, Lith. bumbuls. Cf. Bull an
edict, Budge, v., and Ebullition.]
1. To be agitated, or tumultuously moved, as a liquid by the
generation and rising of bubbles of steam (or vapor), or
of currents produced by heating it to the boiling point;
to be in a state of ebullition; as, the water boils.
2. To be agitated like boiling water, by any other cause than
heat; to bubble; to effervesce; as, the boiling waves.
He maketh the deep to boil like a pot. --Job xii.
31.
3. To pass from a liquid to an a["e]riform state or vapor
when heated; as, the water boils away.
4. To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid;
as, his blood boils with anger.
Then boiled my breast with flame and burning wrath.
--Surrey.
5. To be in boiling water, as in cooking; as, the potatoes
are boiling.
To boil away, to vaporize; to evaporate or be evaporated by
the action of heat.
To boil over, to run over the top of a vessel, as liquid
when thrown into violent agitation by heat or other cause
of effervescence; to be excited with ardor or passion so
as to lose self-control.
To brim over Brim Brim, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brimmed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brimming.]
To be full to the brim. ``The brimming stream.' --Milton.
To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full
that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup
brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun.
To crow over Crow Crow (kr?), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr?) or Crowed (kr?d);
p. p. Crowed (Crown (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n.
Crowing.] [AS. cr?wan; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr?hen, cf.
Lith. groti to croak. [root]24. Cf. Crake.]
1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either
in joy, gayety, or defiance. ``The cock had crown.'
--Bayron.
The morning cock crew loud. --Shak.
2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.
3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.
The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for
kisses. --Tennyson.
To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.
Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. --Bp. Hall.
To hand over Hand Hand, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Handed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Handing.]
1. To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed
them the letter.
2. To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as,
to hand a lady into a carriage.
3. To manage; as, I hand my oar. [Obs.] --Prior.
4. To seize; to lay hands on. [Obs.] --Shak.
5. To pledge by the hand; to handfast. [R.]
6. (Naut.) To furl; -- said of a sail. --Totten.
To hand down, to transmit in succession, as from father to
son, or from predecessor to successor; as, fables are
handed down from age to age; to forward to the proper
officer (the decision of a higher court); as, the Clerk of
the Court of Appeals handed down its decision.
To hand over, to yield control of; to surrender; to deliver
up.
To hang over To hang over.
(a) To project at the top.
(b) To impend over.
To hang to, to cling.
To hang together.
(a) To remain united; to stand by one another. ``We are
all of a piece; we hang together.' --Dryden.
(b) To be self-consistent; as, the story does not hang
together. [Colloq.]
To hang upon.
(a) To regard with passionate affection.
(b) (Mil.) To hover around; as, to hang upon the flanks of
a retreating enemy.
To haul over the coals Coal Coal, n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G.
kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to
burn. Cf. Kiln, Collier.]
1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited,
fragment from wood or other combustible substance;
charcoal.
2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible
substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used
for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon,
but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a
large amount of volatile matter.
Note: This word is often used adjectively, or as the first
part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal
formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc.
Note: In England the plural coals is used, for the broken
mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals
on the fire. In the United States the singular in a
collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of
coal.
Age of coal plants. See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen.
Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite.
Bituminous coal. See under Bituminous.
Blind coal. See under Blind.
Brown coal, or Lignite. See Lignite.
Caking coal, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes
pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat,
the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent,
grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left.
Cannel coal, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine
texture and dull luster. See Cannel coal.
Coal bed (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal.
Coal breaker, a structure including machines and machinery
adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal.
Coal field (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal
occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and
are hence called coal basins. See Basin.
Coal gas, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from
bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc.,
and for cooking and heating.
Coal heaver, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in
putting it in, and discharging it from, ships.
Coal measures. (Geol.)
(a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks.
(b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between
the millstone grit below and the Permian formation
above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds
of the world.
Coal oil, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum.
Coal plant (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of
plants found in the strata of the coal formation.
Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary.
To haul over the coals, to call to account; to scold or
censure. [Colloq.]
Wood coal. See Lignite.
To haul over the coals Haul Haul (h[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hauled (h[add]ld);
p. pr. & vb. n. Hauling.] [OE. halen, halien, F. haler, of
German or Scand. origin; akin to AS. geholian to acquire,
get, D. halen to fetch, pull, draw, OHG. hol[=o]n, hal[=o]n,
G. holen, Dan. hale to haul, Sw. hala, and to L. calare to
call, summon, Gr. kalei^n to call. Cf. Hale, v. t.,
Claim. Class, Council, Ecclesiastic.]
1. To pull or draw with force; to drag.
Some dance, some haul the rope. --Denham.
Thither they bent, and hauled their ships to land.
--Pope.
Romp-loving miss Is hauled about in gallantry
robust. --Thomson.
2. To transport by drawing, as with horses or oxen; as, to
haul logs to a sawmill.
When I was seven or eight years of age, I began
hauling all the wood used in the house and shops.
--U. S. Grant.
To haul over the coals. See under Coal.
To haul the wind (Naut.), to turn the head of the ship
nearer to the point from which the wind blows.
To help over 7. To wait upon, as the guests at table, by carving and
passing food.
To help forward, to assist in advancing.
To help off, to help to go or pass away, as time; to assist
in removing. --Locke.
To help on, to forward; to promote by aid.
To help out, to aid, as in delivering from a difficulty, or
to aid in completing a design or task.
The god of learning and of light Would want a god
himself to help him out. --Swift.
To help over, to enable to surmount; as, to help one over
an obstacle.
To help to, to supply with; to furnish with; as, to help
one to soup.
To help up, to help (one) to get up; to assist in rising,
as after a fall, and the like. ``A man is well holp up
that trusts to you.' --Shak.
Syn: To aid; assist; succor; relieve; serve; support;
sustain; befriend.
Usage: To Help, Aid, Assist. These words all agree in
the idea of affording relief or support to a person
under difficulties. Help turns attention especially to
the source of relief. If I fall into a pit, I call for
help; and he who helps me out does it by an act of his
own. Aid turns attention to the other side, and
supposes co["o]peration on the part of him who is
relieved; as, he aided me in getting out of the pit; I
got out by the aid of a ladder which he brought.
Assist has a primary reference to relief afforded by a
person who ``stands by' in order to relieve. It
denotes both help and aid. Thus, we say of a person
who is weak, I assisted him upstairs, or, he mounted
the stairs by my assistance. When help is used as a
noun, it points less distinctively and exclusively to
the source of relief, or, in other words, agrees more
closely with aid. Thus we say, I got out of a pit by
the help of my friend.
To keel over Keel Keel, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Keeled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Keeling.]
1. To traverse with a keel; to navigate.
2. To turn up the keel; to show the bottom.
To keel over, to upset; to capsize. [Colloq.]
To overhaul a tackle Overhaul O`ver*haul", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhauled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overhauling.]
1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination;
to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to
corrections or repairs.
2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to
separate the blocks.
To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that
no hitch occurs.
To overhaul running rigging Overhaul O`ver*haul", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overhauled; p. pr.
& vb. n. Overhauling.]
1. To haul or drag over; hence, to turn over for examination;
to inspect; to examine thoroughly with a view to
corrections or repairs.
2. (Naut.) To gain upon in a chase; to overtake.
To overhaul a tackle, to pull on the leading parts so as to
separate the blocks.
To overhaul running rigging, to keep it clear, and see that
no hitch occurs.
To pass over To pass by.
(a) To disregard; to neglect.
(b) To excuse; to spare; to overlook.
To pass off, to impose fraudulently; to palm off. ``Passed
himself off as a bishop.' --Macaulay.
To pass (something) on or upon (some one), to put upon as
a trick or cheat; to palm off. ``She passed the child on
her husband for a boy.' --Dryden.
To pass over, to overlook; not to note or resent; as, to
pass over an affront.
To run over (b) To decline in condition; as, to run down in health.
To run down a coast, to sail along it.
To run for an office, to stand as a candidate for an
office.
To run in or into.
(a) To enter; to step in.
(b) To come in collision with.
To run in trust, to run in debt; to get credit. [Obs.]
To run in with.
(a) To close; to comply; to agree with. [R.] --T. Baker.
(b) (Naut.) To make toward; to near; to sail close to; as,
to run in with the land.
To run mad, To run mad after or on. See under Mad.
To run on.
(a) To be continued; as, their accounts had run on for a
year or two without a settlement.
(b) To talk incessantly.
(c) To continue a course.
(d) To press with jokes or ridicule; to abuse with
sarcasm; to bear hard on.
(e) (Print.) To be continued in the same lines, without
making a break or beginning a new paragraph.
To run out.
(a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out
at Michaelmas.
(b) To extend; to spread. ``Insectile animals . . . run
all out into legs.' --Hammond.
(c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful
digressions.
(d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become
extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will
soon run out.
And had her stock been less, no doubt She must
have long ago run out. --Dryden.
To run over.
(a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs
over.
(b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily.
(c) To ride or drive over; as, to run over a child.
To run riot, to go to excess.
To run through.
(a) To go through hastily; as to run through a book.
(b) To spend wastefully; as, to run through an estate.
To run to seed, to expend or exhaust vitality in producing
seed, as a plant; figuratively and colloquially, to cease
growing; to lose vital force, as the body or mind.
To run up, to rise; to swell; to grow; to increase; as,
accounts of goods credited run up very fast.
But these, having been untrimmed for many years, had
run up into great bushes, or rather dwarf trees.
--Sir W.
Scott.
To run with.
(a) To be drenched with, so that streams flow; as, the
streets ran with blood.
(b) To flow while charged with some foreign substance.
``Its rivers ran with gold.' --J. H. Newman.
To run over [Colloq.]
Over the left. See under Left.
To run over (Mach.), to have rotation in such direction
that the crank pin traverses the upper, or front, half of
its path in the forward, or outward, stroke; -- said of a
crank which drives, or is driven by, a reciprocating
piece.
To slight over Slight Slight, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slighted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Slighting.]
To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to
make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. --Milton.
The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
--Cowper.
To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to
remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to
perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight
over a theme. ``They will but slight it over.' --Bacon.
Syn: To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn.
Usage: Slight, Neglect. To slight is stronger than to
neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from
inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in
other concerns. To slight is always a positive and
intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or
contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what
appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he
slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no
longer.
Beware . . . lest the like befall . . . If they
transgress and slight that sole command.
--Milton.
This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,
Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
--Milton.
To take over To take over, to undertake; to take the management of.
[Eng.] --Cross (Life of G. Eliot).
To take part, to share; as, they take part in our
rejoicing.
To take part with, to unite with; to join with.
To talk over Talk Talk, v. t.
1. To speak freely; to use for conversing or communicating;
as, to talk French.
2. To deliver in talking; to speak; to utter; to make a
subject of conversation; as, to talk nonsense; to talk
politics.
3. To consume or spend in talking; -- often followed by away;
as, to talk away an evening.
4. To cause to be or become by talking. ``They would talk
themselves mad.' --Shak.
To talk over.
(a) To talk about; to have conference respecting; to
deliberate upon; to discuss; as, to talk over a matter
or plan.
(b) To change the mind or opinion of by talking; to
convince; as, to talk over an opponent.
To throw overboard Overboard O"ver*board`, adv.
Over the side of a ship; hence, from on board of a ship, into
the water; as, to fall overboard.
To throw overboard, to discard; to abandon, as a dependent
or friend.
To tip over Tip Tip, v. t. [Cf. LG. tippen to tap, Sw. tippa, and E. tap
to strike gently.]
1. To strike slightly; to tap.
A third rogue tips me by the elbow. --Swift.
2. To bestow a gift, or douceur, upon; to give a present to;
as, to tip a servant. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
3. To lower one end of, or to throw upon the end; to tilt;
as, to tip a cask; to tip a cart.
To tip off, to pour out, as liquor.
To tip over, to overturn.
To tip the wink, to direct a wink; to give a hint or
suggestion by, or as by, a wink. [Slang] --Pope.
To tip up, to turn partly over by raising one end.
To watch over Watch Watch, v. i. [Cf. AS. w[oe]ccan, wacian. [root]134. See
Watch, n., Wake, v. i. ]
1. To be awake; to be or continue without sleep; to wake; to
keep vigil.
I have two nights watched with you. --Shak.
Couldest thou not watch one hour ? --Mark xiv.
37.
2. To be attentive or vigilant; to give heed; to be on the
lookout; to keep guard; to act as sentinel.
Take ye heed, watch and pray. --Mark xiii.
33.
The Son gave signal high To the bright minister that
watched. --Milton.
3. To be expectant; to look with expectation; to wait; to
seek opportunity.
My soul waiteth for the Lord more than they that
watch for the morning. --Ps. cxxx. 6.
4. To remain awake with any one as nurse or attendant; to
attend on the sick during the night; as, to watch with a
man in a fever.
5. (Naut.) To serve the purpose of a watchman by floating
properly in its place; -- said of a buoy.
To watch over, to be cautiously observant of; to inspect,
superintend, and guard.
