awash (awosh)

phr. as a. or adv. [ The wrecks are floating almost awash , presenting little surface for the wind to blow upon. Science, III. 363. (b) Covered with water; kept wet: as, the decks were constantly awash . (c) Washing about; to ed about by the waves. awaste (a-wast'), prep. phr. as adv. [ McCosh , Locke's Theory of Knowledge, p. 16. Without adducing one fact, without taking the trouble to perplex the question by one sophism, he (Mr. Mill] placidly dogmatises away the interest of one half of the human race. Macaulay , Mill on Government. 11. Gone; vanished; departed: as, here's a health to them that's away. [Chiefly prov. Eng. and Scotch.]-12. On; continuously; steadily; without interruption: as, he worked away; he kept pegging away; and hence often as an intensive: as, to fire away, eat away, laugh IMG:content-1475.png:[blocks in formation] 13. Often used elliptically, with a verb (as go, get ) suppre ed, and simulating an imperative: as, (go) away! (get) away! we must away; whither away so fast? Away , old man! give me thy hand, away ! Shak., Lear, v. 2. Love hath wings, and will away . Waller. Away , away , there is no danger in him. Beau, and Fl . , Phil aster, v. 4. Away back, far back; long ago: as, away back in the years before the war; away back in 1844. [Colloq. often way back.]-Away with. (a) Used as an imperative phrase, commanding the removal of an object. Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas. IMG:content-1476.png:[blocks in formation] That fate itself could awe the soul of Richard. Cibber, Rich. III., v. 3. 2. To strike with awe, reverence, or respect; influence by exciting profound respect or reverential fear. awe2 (a), v. t. [Sc.,= E.owe.] To owe. [Scotch.] awe3 (a), n. [Sc. also ave, early mod. E. also aw, aue, ave, alve; origin obscure.] 1. One of the float-boards of an undershot water-wheel, on which the water acts. - 2. One of the sails of a windmill. aweary (a-wer'i), a . [ weary .] Weary; tired. [Archaic or poetical.] She said, "I am aweary , aweary , I would that I were dead!" Tennyson, Mariana. And all his people told him that their horses were aweary , and that they were aweary themselves. Ticknor , Span. Lit., I. 66. aweather (a-weTH'er), prep . phr . as adv . or a . [ weather .] On the weather side, or toward the wind: as, the helm is aweather : opposed to alee . aweel (a-wel'), adv. [Sc., a for ah, oh, + weel =E. well.] Oh well; very well; well then. Aweel, if your honour thinks I'm safe - the story is just Scott, Guy Manner ing, II. 63. Luke xxiii. 18. this. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary aween aweent, v. t. [ awenen , wenen , ween; suppose. The Jewes out of Jurselem awenden he were wode [mad]. Rel. Ant ., I. 144. aweigh (a-wa'), prep . phr . as adv . or a. [ a3 + weigh .] Naut ., atrip. The anchor is aweigh when it is just drawn from its hold in the ground and hangs perpendicularly. See atrip . awele (a'les), a. [ME. awles , etc.; AS. ege leás , ege , awe (see awel ), + -leás , -le .] 1. Wanting awe or reverence; void of deferential fear. Lordes bene lawles, Chyldere bene awles . IMG:content-1478.png:[blocks in formation] inspiring fright or sudden and almost paralyzing fear. An awk1t (ak), adv. [ awful sight; a dreadful disaster; a fearful leap; a fright- wrongly. ful chasm. IMG:content-1479.png:[blocks in formation] A Prophecy , etc., 1. 16 (E. E. T. S., extra ser., VIII. i. 85). awfully (a'ful-i), adv . In an awful manner. The awele lion could not wage the fight. Shak ., K. John, i. 1. 2. Wanting the power of inspiring reverence or awe. The innocent and awle throne. Shak ., Rich. III., ii. 4. Also spelled awle . awesome (a's um), a. [North. orth. E. and Sc.; awel + -some.] 1. Inspiring awe; awful: as, an awesome sight. "An awsome place," answered the blind woman, "as ever living creature took refuge in." IMG:content-1480.png:[blocks in formation] Profe ors ringing as awk as the bells. awk2, n. See auk1 . awkerd, awkert (a'kėrd, -kért), a. A dialectal form of awkward . [Prov. Eng.] awklyt (ak'li), adv . [ME. awkely ; awk1 + -ly2.] In the wrong direction; left or backhandedly. Hence - ( a ) Awkwardly; clumsily. (b) Perversely. (c) Untowardly; unluckily. awklyt (ak'li), a . [ awk1 + -ly1. Cf. AS. (ONorth.) afulic , perverse: see awk1 .] Perverse; untoward. Sir R. L'Estrange , Fables, ceci. awkne t (ak'nes), n. [ awk1 + -ne .] The state of being awk or awkward. awkward (ak'wärd), adv . [Early mod. E. or dial. also aukward , awkwart , awkard, awkerd , awkert , etc., ME. awkwarde, aukward , etc., transversely, sidewise, perversely; awk1 + -ward.] 1. In the wrong direction; in the wrong way; backward. The emperour thane egerly at Arthure he strykez, Awkwarde on the umbrere [vizor] and egerly hym hittez. Morte Arthure (E. E. T. S.), 1. 2247. only prov. Eng.] Scott , Old Mortality, xliii. IMG:content-1481.png:[blocks in formation] awful (a'fül), a . [ awful , agheful , aghful ; AS. egeful , ege , awe (see awel), + -ful . ] 1. Striking or inspiring with awe; filling with dread, or dread mingled with profound reverence: as, the awful majesty of Jehovah; the awful approach of death. Her fathers' God before her moved, An awful guide in smoke and flame. Scott, When Israel, of the Lord beloved. The awful mysteries of the world unseen. J. Caird. 2. Of a dreadful character; causing fear or horror; terrible; appalling: as, an awful disaster; I heard an awful shriek. Or if she slept, she dream'd An awful dream. Tennyson, Guinevere. 3t. Inspiring or commanding respect, reverence, or obedience. An awful rule and right supremacy. Shak., T. of the S., v. 2. A parish priest was of the pilgrim train; An awful , reverend, and religious man. Dryden , Char. of Good Parson, 1. 2. She would, upon occasions, treat them with freedom; yet her demeanour was so awful , that they durst not fail in the least point of respect. Swift , Death of Stella. ne . rism . A help to prayer producing in us reverence and awful Jer. Taylor, Holy Living. awgrimt, n. A Middle English form of algo awhapet, v. t. [Revived by Spenser from a ME. verb found only in pp. awhaped , awaped , terrified, confounded; a word of uncertain origin. Cf. Goth. af hwapjan , choke, suffocate.] To confound; terrify. Also awape . Not fulliche alle awhaped , 2t. Asquint.-3. Awkwardly; clumsily. [Now awkward (ak' wärd), a . [Early mod. E. or dial. also aukward , awkwart , awkard , awkerd , etc.; awkward , adv.] 1t. Turned the wrong way; backhanded.-21. Perverted; perverse. They with awkward judgment put the chief point of godline in outward things. Udall, Mat. v. 'Tis no sinister nor no awkward claim. Shak ., Hen. V., ii. 4. 3t. Untoward; adverse. Twice by awkward wind from England's bank Drove back again unto my native clime. Shak., 2 Hen. VI., iii. 2. 4. Ill adapted for use or handling; unhandy in operation; clumsy: as, awkward instruments or contrivances.-5. Wanting dexterity or skill Chaucer , Troilus, i. 316. in action or movement; clumsy in doing any Out of the temple alle esiliche he wente. A wilde and salvage man, All overgrowne with hair, that could awhape An hardy hart. Spenser, F. Q., IV. vii. 5. awheels (a-hwēlz'), prep . phr . as adv . [ a3 + wheels.] On wheels. B. Jonson. awhile (a-hwil'), adv . , prop. adv . phr. [ awhile , one while ; the adv. acc. of a2 + while .] For a space of time; for some time; for a short time. Counsel may stop awhile what will not stay. Shak ., Lover's Complaint, 1. 159. The company were all sorry to separate so soon, and stood a - while looking back on the water, upon which the moonbeams played. Dryden , E ay on Dram. Poesy. [ Awhile is properly two words, as it has to be written when an adjective is used, as a little while , and as it is commonly and should be always written when preceded by for .] awidet, prep . phr. as adv . [ wide , after afar , etc.] Wide; widely. They opened their mouth awide [ wide in authorized ver- sion] upon me. Ps. xxxiv. 21 (Douay version). thing, as in using tools or implements; bungling. Dryden. 6. Ungraceful in action or person; ungainly; uncouth: as, awkward gestures; the awkward gambols of the elephant. So true that he was awkward at a trick. Drop'd an awkward court'sy to the Knight. Dryden, Wife of Bath's Tale. 7. Embarra ed; not at ease: used in relation to persons: as, an awkward feeling.-8. Not easily dealt with; troublesome; vexatious; re- quiring caution: as, an awkward predicament. [Colloq.] Between the weir and the trees it is an awkward spot, but difficulty is the charm of fly-fishing. Froude , Sketches, p. 241. 9t. Unlucky. The beast long struggled as being like to prove An awkward sacrifice. Marlowe . =Syn. 5 and 6. Awkward , Clumsy, Ungainly, Uncouth, Bungling , unhandy, inexpert, unskilful, inapt, lubberly; 4. Expre ive of or indicating deep awe, as awing (a-wing'), prep . phr . as a. or adv . [ Awkward is for the Deity. Towards him they bend With awful reverence prone. Milton , P. L., ii. 478. Auful prostration, like Pascal's, before the divine idea. De Quincey, Secret Societies, i. 51. Impre ed with or exhibiting respect or reverence, as for authority; law-abiding; re- spectful in the extreme. Thrust from the company of awful men. Shak ., T. G. of V., iv. 1. How dare thy joints forget To pay their awful duty to our presence? Shak., Rich. II., iii. 3. 6. Having some character in an extreme or noticeable degree; exce ive; very great; ex- traordinary; preposterous: as, he is an awful dandy; that is an awful bonnet. [Colloq.and vulgar.] are awful eaters. Pot-pie is the favorite dish, and woodsmen, sharp-set, Car let on , New Purchase, I. 182. ( Bartlett .) =Syn. 1 and 2. Awful , Dreadful , Fearful , Frightful , sol. emn, imposing, majestic; dread, dire, dreadful, terrible. The first four of these words are often loosely or colloquially used to expre dislike, detestation, or horror, but should in the main retain the same distinctions of meaning as the nouns from which they are derived. Thus, awful is full of awe, full of that which inspires awe, exciting a feeling of deep solemnity and reverence, often with a certain admixture of fear, acting especially upon the imagination (see reverence , n.); the suggestion may shift in all degrees from awe to horror: as, an awful spires dread, that is, an oppre ive fear of coming evil, steamboat explosion. Dreadful is applied to what in + wing.] On the wing. awk1 (ak), a. generally applied to want of ease and grace or skill in bodily movement, especially of the arms or legs: as, an awkward gait; awkward in the use of a tool. Clumsy starts from the notion of heavine , and consequent unwieldine or awkwardne in use; it is applicable to the whole body or to any part of it, even when still: as, a clumsy figure; clumsy hands. This difference is also found in the figurative use of the words: a clumsy excuse is one that is put together badly; an awkward excuse is one that may be good, but is not gracefully presented. Ungainly , literally unhandsome, not pleasing to the eye, is applied generally to awkwardne of appearance. Uncouth, literally unknown, uncommon, and so, by a bit of human conceit, uninstructed, untrained, unrefined, sometimes even rude, barbarous: as, uncouth phrases, manners. Bungling , awkward in doing, handling awkwardly, spoiling by awk 'Tis time his fortune be a - wing ; high time, sir. Fletcher, Humorous Lieutenant, i. 1. Moving specks, which he thought might be ships in flight or pursuit, or they might be white birds awing . L. Wallace , Ben-Hur, p. 161. [ awke , auke , * afuh (in afulic , perverse) (= Icel. öfugr , öfigr (for * afugr ) = Sw. afvig = OS. abhuh , abhoh = OHG. abuh , abah , abeh , MHG. ebich , ebech , G. dial. abicht , abech, abäch, äbich, äbig = MD. avesch , aefsch , awkward, contrary, perverse, D. aafsch , crafty, artful), lit. 'offward,' af , AS. of , E. off , away, with a suffix of variable wardne , in either literal or figurative use: as, he made form and obscure origin. Cf. Goth. ibuks , back, backward, in which ib- , like the prefix in ib- dalja , descent, declivity, is perhaps a var. of * ab , af , thus making ibuks = OS. abhuh , etc., = E. awk1 .] 11. Turned in the opposite direction; directed the wrong way; backhanded: as, "an awk stroke," Palsgrave .-21. Left; left-handed. On the awk or left hand. Holland, tr. of Plutarch, p. 717. 3t. Wrong; erroneous; perverse: as, the awk end of a rod. Confuting... the awk opinions of the Stoics. Golding , tr. of De Mornay's Truene of Christ. Religion, 4. Awkward to use; clumsy: as, an awk tool. bungling work of it. With ridiculous and awkward action. He pageants us. Shak ., T. and C., i. 3. Besides Hepzibah's disadvantages of person, there was an uncouthne pervading all her deeds; a clumsy some Hawthorne , Seven Gables, ix. thing that could out in adapt itself for use, and not at all for ornament. Who would have predicted that the prince of Grecian eloquence should have been found in a stammering orphan, of feeble lungs and ungainly carriage, deprived of educa tion by avaricious guardians? Everett , Orations, II. 213. Many uncouth phrases and forgotten words seemed to her no le available than common forms. Stedman , Vict. Poets, p. 126. Macaulay. He must be a bungling gamester who cannot win. [Prov. Eng.]-5t. Strange; singular; dist in awkwardly (ak'ward-li), adv . In an awkward guished. Off elders of alde tyme and of theire awke dedys, How they were lele in theire lawe, and lovede God Al- manner. (a) Clumsily; without dexterity or grace in action; in a rude or bungling manner; inelegantly. (b) Embarra ingly; inconveniently: as, awkwardly fixed or and loosely to what is very bad. Fearful , full of fear, impre ing fear: as, "a certain fearful looking for of judgment," Heb. x. 27. Frightful , not full of fright, but myghty. Morte Arthure (ed. Perry, E. E. T. S.), 1. 13. situated. The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: Dictionary awkwardne