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+ Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
+ Version published 1913
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+
+<p><q>A dictionary containing a natural history requires too many <qex>hands</qex>, as well as too much time, ever to be hoped for.</q> <rj><qau>Locke.</qau></rj></p>
+
+
+<p><centered><point26>NUMBERS.</point26></centered></p>
+
+
+<p><hw>0</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; -- representing the number zero as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> zero</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>used of a single unit or thing; not two or more; -- representing the number one as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> one, i, ane</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1-dodecanol</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <def>An insoluble solid alcohol (<chform>C12H25OH</chform>) with an unbranched paraffin chain, used to make detergents, such as sodium lauryl sulfate.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> lauryl alcohol</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1-hitter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a baseball game in which one team's pitchers allow the opposing team only one hit.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> one-hitter</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1st-class</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a class mail comprising letters, postcards, and other mail sealed against inspection, having a higher priority than second, third, or fourth-class mail; -- it is the highest class of mail not handled in a special manner, as is registered or priority mail.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> first-class, first-class mail, 1st-class mail</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>10</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than nine and one less than eleven; -- representing the number ten as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ten, x</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>100</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the Arabic numerals representing the number one hundred; denoting a quantity consisting of one more than ninety nine and one less than one hundred and one; ten times ten</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hundred, a hundred, one hundred, c</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1000</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than nine hundred ninety nine and one less than one thousand and one; -- representing the number one thousand as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thousand, a thousand, one thousand, m, k</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1000th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the nine hundred ninety-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thousandth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>10th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> tenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>100th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the ninety-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hundredth, centesimal</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>11</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than ten and one less than twelve; -- representing the number eleven as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eleven, xi</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>11-plus</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>an examination taken by 11 and 12 year old students to select suitable candidates for grammar school.</def> <mark>[formerly in England]</mark><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eleven-plus</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>11th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the tenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eleventh</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>12</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of 12 items or units; -- representing the number twelve as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twelve, xii, dozen</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>12th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the eleventh in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twelfth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>13</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than twelve and one less than fourteen; -- representing the number thirteen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thirteen, xiii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>13th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twelfth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thirteenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>14</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than thirteen and one less than fifteen; -- representing the number fourteen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fourteen, xiv</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>14th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the thirteenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fourteenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>15</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than fourteen and one less than sixteen; -- representing the number fifteen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fifteen, xv</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>15th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the fourteenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fifteenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>16</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than fifteen and one less than seventeen; -- representing the number sixteen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sixteen, xvi</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>16th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the fifteenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sixteenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>17</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than sixteen and one less than eighteen; -- representing the number seventeen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventeen, xvii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>17th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the sixteenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventeenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>18</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than seventeen; denoting a quantity consisting of one more than seventeen and one less than nineteen; -- representing the number eighteen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eighteen, xviii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>18th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the seventeenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eighteenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>19</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than eighteen; denoting a quantity consisting of one more than eighteen and one less than twenty; -- representing the number nineteen as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nineteen, xix</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>19th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the eighteenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nineteenth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>1st</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>preceding all other objects or events in order, time, or importance; occurring before all other members of a series.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> first</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>2</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of one more than one; one plus one more; -- representing the number two as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> two, ii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>2-hitter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> two-hitter</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>20</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than nineteen; denoting a quantity consisting of twenty items or units; -- representing the number twenty as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty, xx, score</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>20th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the nineteenth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twentieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>21</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than twenty; twenty plus one more; denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-one items or units; -- representing the number twenty-one as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-one, xxi</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>21st</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twentieth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-first</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>22</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than twenty-one; denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-two items or units; -- representing the number twenty-two as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-two, xxii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>22nd</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-first in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-second</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>23</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than twenty-two; denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-three items or units; -- representing the number twenty-three as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-three, xxiii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>23rd</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-second in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-third</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>24</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than twenty-three; denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-four items or units; -- representing the number twenty-four as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-four, xxiv</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>24/7</hw> <pos>adj. & adv.</pos> <pr>(tw<ecr/n"t<emac/f<ocir/r-s<ecr/v"<eit/n)</pr> <ety>[From <ets>24</ets> hours per day, <ets>7</ets> days per week.]</ety> <def>Without interruption; non-stop; continuous; <as>as, the computer manufacturer provides <ex>24/7</ex> technical help</as>.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-four-seven, 7/24</syn><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>24th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-third in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-fourth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>25</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than twenty-four; denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-five items or units; -- representing the number twenty-five as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-five, xxv</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>25th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-fourth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-fifth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>26</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-six items or units; -- representing the number twenty-six as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-six, xxvi</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>26th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-fifth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-sixth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>27</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-seven items or units; -- representing the number twenty-seven as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-seven, xxvii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>27th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-sixth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-seventh</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>28</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-eight items or units; -- representing the number twenty-eight as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-eight, xxviii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>28th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-seventh in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-eighth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>29</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>denoting a quantity consisting of twenty-nine items or units; -- representing the number twenty-nine as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-nine, xxix</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>29th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-eighth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> twenty-ninth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><mhw><hw>2d</hw> <hw>2nd</hw></mhw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the first in position in space or time or degree or magnitude</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> second, 2nd</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>3</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than two; denoting a quantity consisting of three items or units; -- representing the number three as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> three, iii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>30</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than twenty-nine; three times ten; denoting a quantity consisting of thirty items or units; -- representing the number thirty as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thirty, xxx</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>30th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the twenty-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> thirtieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>3rd</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the second in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> third, tertiary</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>4</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than three; denoting a quantity consisting of four items or units; -- representing the number four as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> four, iv</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>4-hitter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> four-hitter</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>40</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than thirty-nine; four times ten; denoting a quantity consisting of fourty items or units; -- representing the number fourty as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> forty, xl, twoscore</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>40th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the thirty-ninth in position</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fortieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>4th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the third in position</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fourth, quaternary</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>4to</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper twice to form four leaves.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> quarto</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>5</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than four; denoting a quantity consisting of five items or units; -- representing the number five as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> five, v</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>5-hitter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> five-hitter</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>50</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than fourty-nine; five times ten; denoting a quantity consisting of fifty items or units; -- representing the number fifty as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fifty, l</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>500</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than four hundred ninety-nine; five times one hundred; denoting a quantity consisting of five hundred items or units; -- representing the number five hundred as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> five hundred, d</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>50th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the fourty-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fiftieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>5th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the fourth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> fifth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>6</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than five; denoting a quantity consisting of six items or units; -- representing the number six as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> six, vi, half dozen, half a dozen</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>60</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than fifty-nine; denoting a quantity consisting of sixty items or units; -- representing the number sixty as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sixty, lx, threescore</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><h1>60 minutes</h1> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> hour, hr</syn> <def>a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day.</def><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn><br/
+<def>a 1-hour television program broadcast once weekly on the CBS television network since the 1970's. Its format is that of a "news magazine" treating typically three topics during each show, plus occasional commentary.</def> <mark>[Proper name]</mark><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> Sixty Minutes</syn><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>60th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the fifty-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sixtieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>6th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>Coming next after the fifth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> sixth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>7</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <def>One more than six; constituting or denoting a quantity consisting of seven items or units; -- representing the number seven as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seven, vii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>7/24</hw> <pos>adj. & adv.</pos> <def>Same as <er>24/7</er>.</def><br/
+[<source>PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>70</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than sixty-nine; denoting a quantity consisting of seventy items or units; -- representing the number sevent as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventy, lxx</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>70th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the sixty-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>7th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the sixth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> seventh</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>8</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than seven; denoting a quantity consisting of eight items or units; -- representing the number eight as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eight, viii</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>80</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than seventy-nine and one less than eighty-one; denoting a quantity consisting of eighty items or units; -- representing the number eighty as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eighty, lxxx, fourscore</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>80th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the seventy-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eightieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>8th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the seventh in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> eighth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>9</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than eight and one less than ten; denoting a quantity consisting of nine items or units; -- representing the number nine as an Arabic numeral</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> nine, ix</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>90</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>one more than eighty-nine and one less than ninety-one; denoting a quantity consisting of ninety items or units; -- representing the number ninety as Arabic numerals</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ninety, xc</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>90th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the eighty-ninth in a series</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ninetieth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>9th</hw> <pos>adj.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>coming next after the eighth and just before the tenth in position</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> ninth</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source> <source>+PJC</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>3-D</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> three-D, 3D</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>3-hitter</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> three-hitter</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>8vo</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn> <def>the size of a book whose pages are made by folding a sheet of paper three times to form eight leaves.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> octavo, eightvo</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><-- p. 1 --></p>
+
+<p><centered><point26>A.</point26></centered></p>
+
+<p><hw>A</hw> <pr>(<it>named \'be in the English, and most commonly \'84 in other languages</it>)</pr>. <def>The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek <spn>Alpha</spn>, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (<?/) of the Ph\'d2nician alphabet, the equivalent of the Hebrew <xex>Aleph</xex>, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The <xex>Aleph</xex> was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel <xex>Alpha</xex> with the \'84 sound, the Ph\'d2nician alphabet having no vowel symbols.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p>This letter, in English, is used for several different vowel sounds. See <xex>Guide to pronunciation</xex>, <sect/<sect/ 43-74. The regular long <it>a</it>, as in <xex>fate</xex>, etc., is a comparatively modern sound, and has taken the place of what, till about the early part of the 17th century, was a sound of the quality of \'84 (as in <xex>far</xex>).<br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <fld>(Mus.)</fld> <def>The name of the sixth tone in the model major scale (that in C), or the first tone of the minor scale, which is named after it the scale in A minor. The second string of the violin is tuned to the A in the treble staff. -- A sharp (A<sharp/) is the name of a musical tone intermediate between A and B. -- A flat (A<flat/) is the name of a tone intermediate between A and G.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><cs><col><b>A per se</b></col> <ety>(L. <ets>per se</ets> by itself)</ety>, <cd>one pre\'89minent; a nonesuch.</cd> <mark>[Obs.]</mark></cs><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>O fair Creseide, the flower and <qex>A per se</qex><br/
+Of Troy and Greece.</q> <rj><qau>Chaucer.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A</hw> <pr>(<adot/ <it>emph.</it> <amac/)</pr>. <sn>1.</sn> <ety>[Shortened form of <ets>an</ets>. AS. \'ben one. See <er>One</er>.]</ety> <def>An adjective, commonly called the indefinite article, and signifying <xex>one</xex> or <xex>any</xex>, but less emphatically.</def> \'bdAt <xex>a</xex> birth\'b8; \'bdIn <xex>a</xex> word\'b8; \'bdAt <xex>a</xex> blow\'b8. <au>Shak.</au> <note>It is placed before nouns of the singular number denoting an individual object, or a quality individualized, before collective nouns, and also before plural nouns when the adjective <xex>few</xex> or the phrase <xex>great many</xex> or <xex>good many</xex> is interposed; <as>as, <ex>a</ex> dog, <ex>a</ex> house, <ex>a</ex> man; <ex>a</ex> color; <ex>a</ex> sweetness; <ex>a</ex> hundred, <ex>a</ex> fleet, <ex>a</ex> regiment; <ex>a</ex> few persons, <ex>a</ex> great many days.</as> It is used for <xex>an</xex>, for the sake of euphony, before words beginning with a consonant sound [for exception of certain words beginning with <xex>h</xex>, see <er>An</er>]; <as>as, a table, <ex>a woman</ex>, <ex>a</ex> year, <ex>a</ex> unit, <ex>a</ex> eulogy, <ex>a</ex> ewe, <ex>a</ex> oneness, such <ex>a</ex> one, etc.</as> Formally <xex>an</xex> was used both before vowels and consonants.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <ety>[Originally the preposition <ets>a</ets> (<ets>an</ets>, <ets>on</ets>).]</ety> <def>In each; to or for each; <as>as, \'bdtwenty leagues <ex>a</ex> day\'b8, \'bda hundred pounds <ex>a</ex> year\'b8, \'bda dollar <ex>a</ex> yard\'b8, etc.</as></def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A</hw> <pr>(<adot/)</pr>, <pos>prep.</pos> <ety>[Abbreviated form of <ets>an</ets> (AS. <ets>on</ets>). See <er>On</er>.]</ety> <sn>1.</sn> <def>In; on; at; by.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bd<xex>A</xex> God's name.\'b8 \'bdTorn <xex>a</xex> pieces.\'b8 \'bdStand <xex>a</xex> tiptoe.\'b8 \'bd<xex>A</xex> Sundays\'b8 <au>Shak.</au> \'bdWit that men have now <xex>a</xex> days.\'b8 <au>Chaucer.</au> \'bdSet them <xex>a</xex> work.\'b8 <au>Robynson (More's Utopia).</au><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><sn>2.</sn> <def>In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in <xex>-ing</xex> which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition <xex>an</xex> (which was used before the vowel sound); as in <xex>a</xex> hunting, <xex>a</xex> building, <xex>a</xex> begging.</def> \'bdJacob, when he was <xex>a</xex> dying\'b8 <au>Heb. xi. 21.</au> \'bdWe'll <xex>a</xex> birding together.\'b8 \'bd It was <xex>a</xex> doing.\'b8 <au>Shak.</au> \'bdHe burst out <xex>a</xex> laughing.\'b8 <au>Macaulay.</au> <note>The hyphen may be used to connect <xex>a</xex> with the verbal substantive (as, <xex>a</xex>-hunting, <xex>a</xex>-building) or the words may be written separately. This form of expression is now for the most part obsolete, the <xex>a</xex> being omitted and the verbal substantive treated as a participle.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A</hw>. <ety>[From AS. <ets>of</ets> off, from. See <er>Of</er>.]</ety> <def>Of.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> \'bdThe name of John <xex>a</xex> Gaunt.\'b8 \'bdWhat time <xex>a</xex> day is it ?\'b8 <au>Shak.</au> \'bdIt's six <xex>a</xex> clock.\'b8 <au>B. Jonson.</au><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A</hw>. <def>A barbarous corruption of <xex>have</xex>, of <xex>he</xex>, and sometimes of <xex>it</xex> and of <xex>they</xex>.</def> \'bdSo would I <xex>a</xex> done\'b8 \'bd<xex>A</xex> brushes his hat.\'b8 <rj><au>Shak.</au></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A</hw>. <def>An expletive, void of sense, to fill up the meter</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><q>A merry heart goes all the day,<br/
+Your sad tires in a mile-<qex>a</qex>.</q> <rj><qau>Shak.</qau></rj><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A-</hw>. <def>A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies <xex>on</xex> or <xex>in</xex> (from <xex>an</xex>, <xex>a</xex> forms of AS. <xex>on</xex>), denoting a state, as in <xex>a</xex>foot, on foot, <xex>a</xex>bed, <xex>a</xex>miss, <xex>a</xex>sleep, aground, <xex>a</xex>loft, <xex>a</xex>way (AS. <xex>onweg</xex>), and analogically, <xex>a</xex>blaze, <xex>a</xex>tremble, etc. (2) AS. <xex>of</xex> off, from, as in <xex>a</xex>down (AS. <xex>ofd<umac/ne</xex> off the <xex>dun</xex> or hill). (3) AS. \'be- (Goth. <xex>us-</xex>, <xex>ur-</xex>, Ger. <xex>er-</xex>), usually giving an intensive force, and sometimes the sense of <xex>away</xex>, <xex>on</xex>, <xex>back</xex>, as in <xex>a</xex>rise, <xex>a</xex>bide, <xex>a</xex>go. (4) Old English <xex>y-</xex> or <xex>i-</xex> (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle <xex>ge-</xex>, cognate with OHG. <xex>ga-</xex>, <xex>gi-</xex>, Goth. <xex>ga-</xex>), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French <xex>\'85</xex> (L. <xex>ad</xex> to), as in <xex>a</xex>base, <xex>a</xex>chieve. (6) L. <xex>a</xex>, <xex>ab</xex>, <xex>abs</xex>, from, as in <xex>a</xex>vert. (7) Greek insep. prefix <alpha/ without, or privative, not, as in <xex>a</xex>byss, <xex>a</xex>theist; akin to E. <xex>un-</xex>.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note>Besides these, there are other sources from which the prefix <ex>a</ex> takes its origin.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>A 1</hw> <pr>(<amac/ w<ucr/n)</pr>. <def>A registry mark given by underwriters (as at Lloyd's) to ships in first-class condition. Inferior grades are indicated by A 2 and A 3.</def><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><note><ex>A 1</ex> is also applied colloquially to other things to imply superiority; prime; first-class; first-rate.</note><br/
+[<source>1913 Webster</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>a.u.</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn><fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>the unit of length equal to the mean distance of the Earth from the sun, about 93 million miles (150 million kiometers); -- used almost exclusively in astronomy, or to describe astronomical distances.</def><br/
+<syn><b>Syn. --</b> astronomical unit, AU, A.U.</syn><br/
+[<source>WordNet 1.5</source>]</p>
+
+<p><hw>AA</hw> <pos>n.</pos> <sn>1.</sn |