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A austerusVole Vole, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of numerous species of micelike rodents belonging to
Arvicola and allied genera of the subfamily
Arvicolin[ae]. They have a thick head, short ears, and a
short hairy tail.
Note: The water vole, or water rat, of Europe (Arvicola
amphibius) is a common large aquatic species. The
short-tailed field vole (A. agrestis) of Northern and
Central Europe, and Asia, the Southern field vole (A.
arvalis), and the Siberian root vole (A.
[oe]conomus), are important European species. The
common species of the Eastern United States (A.
riparius) (called also meadow mouse) and the prairie
mouse (A. austerus) are abundant, and often injurious
to vegetation. Other species are found in Canada. Adjuster
Adjuster Ad*just"er, n.
One who, or that which, adjusts.
Auster
Auster Aus"ter, n. [L. auster a dry, hot, south wind; the
south.]
The south wind. --Pope.
AustereAustere Aus*tere", [F. aust[`e]re, L. austerus, fr. Gr. ?, fr.
? to parch, dry. Cf. Sear.]
1. Sour and astringent; rough to the state; having acerbity;
as, an austere crab apple; austere wine.
2. Severe in modes of judging, or living, or acting; rigid;
rigorous; stern; as, an austere man, look, life.
From whom the austere Etrurian virtue rose.
--Dryden.
3. Unadorned; unembellished; severely simple.
Syn: Harsh; sour; rough; rigid; stern; severe; rigorous;
strict. Austerely
Austerely Aus*tere"ly, adv.
Severely; rigidly; sternly.
A doctrine austerely logical. --Macaulay.
Austereness
Austereness Aus*tere"ness, n.
1. Harshness or astringent sourness to the taste; acerbity.
--Johnson.
2. Severity; strictness; austerity. --Shak.
BalusterBaluster Bal"us*ter, n. [F. balustre, It. balaustro, fr. L.
balaustium the flower of the wild pomegranate, fr. Gr.
balay`stion; -- so named from the similarity of form.]
(Arch.)
A small column or pilaster, used as a support to the rail of
an open parapet, to guard the side of a staircase, or the
front of a gallery. See Balustrade. [Corrupted into
banister.] Balustered
Balustered Bal"us*tered (-t[~e]rd), a.
Having balusters. --Dryden.
Bluster
Bluster Blus"ter, v. t.
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering;
to bully.
He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable
blasphemy. --Sir T. More.
As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a
perfect obedience to his commands. --Fuller.
BlusterBluster Blus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.
And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering
round. --Milton.
2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
play the bully; to storm; to rage.
Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke. BlusteredBluster Blus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.
And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering
round. --Milton.
2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
play the bully; to storm; to rage.
Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke. Blusterer
Blusterer Blus"ter*er, n.
One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.
BlusteringBluster Blus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered; p. pr. &
vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]
1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be
windy and boisterous, as the weather.
And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering
round. --Milton.
2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or
boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to
play the bully; to storm; to rage.
Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic
tyrants. --Burke. Blusteringly
Blusteringly Blus"ter*ing*ly, adv.
In a blustering manner.
Blusterous
Blusterous Blus"ter*ous, a.
Inclined to bluster; given to blustering; blustering.
--Motley.
Buster
Buster Bus"ter (b[u^]s"t[~e]r), n.
Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang,
U.S.] --Bartlett.
ClusterCluster Clus"ter, v. t.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch
or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The
foxglove cluster dappled bells. --Tennyson.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. --Thomson.
Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or
appears to be composed, of several columns collected
together. Clustered columnCluster Clus"ter, v. t.
To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch
or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The
foxglove cluster dappled bells. --Tennyson.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. --Thomson.
Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or
appears to be composed, of several columns collected
together. Clustered columnColumn Col"umn, n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr.
cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to
holm. See Holm, and cf. Colonel.]
1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal
support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat
ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and
capital. See Order.
2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column in
architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk;
as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc.; the
Column Vend[^o]me; the spinal column.
3. (Mil.)
(a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the
other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare
Ploy, and Deploy.
(b) A small army.
4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one
another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in
distinction from ``line', where they are side by side.
5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending
across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule
or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.
6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.
7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the
Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the
orchids.
Attached column. See under Attach, v. t.
Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t.
Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of
type in the form, and making a line between them in
printing. Clusteringly
Clusteringly Clus"ter*ing*ly, adv.
In clusters.
ClusteryClustery Clus"ter*y, a. [From Cluster, n.]
Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. --Johnson. Distruster
Distruster Dis*trust"er, n.
One who distrusts.
Duster
Duster Dust"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, dusts; a utensil that frees from
dust. Specifically:
(a) (Paper Making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which
removes the dust from rags, etc.
(b) (Milling) A blowing machine for separating the flour
from the bran.
2. A light over-garment, worn in traveling to protect the
clothing from dust. [U.S.]
Exhauster
Exhauster Ex*haust"er
.
One who, or that which, exhausts or draws out.
FilibusterFilibuster Fil"i*bus`ter, n. [Sp. flibuster, flibustero,
corrupted fr. E. freebooter. See Freebooter.]
A lawless military adventurer, especially one in quest of
plunder; a freebooter; -- originally applied to buccaneers
infesting the Spanish American coasts, but introduced into
common English to designate the followers of Lopez in his
expedition to Cuba in 1851, and those of Walker in his
expedition to Nicaragua, in 1855. FilibusterFilibuster Fil"i*bus*ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. FilibusteringFilibuster Fil"i*bus*ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett. Filibusterism
Filibusterism Fil"i*bus`ter*ism, n.
The characteristics or practices of a filibuster. --Bartlett.
FillibusterFillibuster Fil"li*bus`ter, n.
See Filibuster. FillibusteredFilibuster Fil"i*bus*ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fillibustered;
p. pr. & vb. n. Filibustering.]
1. To act as a filibuster, or military freebooter.
--Bartlett.
2. To delay legislation, by dilatory motions or other
artifices. [political cant or slang, U.S.] --Bartlett.
Meaning of Uster from wikipedia
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Uster (High Alemannic: Uschter) is a town and the
capital of the
Uster District in the
Swiss canton of Zürich. The
importance of the town of
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Uster is a city and muni****lity in the
canton of Zürich in Switzerland.
Uster may also
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Uster Technologies, in its
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Reformierte Kirche Uster (native
German name, literally:
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Uster (born 22
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- the city of Zürich, on the Zürich-Rapperswil, Zürich-Winterthur, Zürich-
Uster lines of the SBB CFF FFS (Swiss
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Uster Castle (Swiss German:
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