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wifeIn definitiesEngelsEngels
n.; pl. Wives (#). [OE. wif, AS. wif; akin to OFries. & OS. wif, D. wijf, G. weib, OHG. wib, Icel. vif, Dan. viv; and perhaps to Skr. vip excited, agitated, inspired, vip to tremble, L. vibrare to vibrate, E. vibrate. Cf. Tacitus, [´ Germania´ 8]: Inesse quin etiam sanctum aliquid et providum putant, nec aut consilia earum aspernantur aut responsa neglegunt. Cf. Hussy a jade, Woman.] 
1. A woman; an adult female; — now used in literature only in certain compounds and phrases, as alewife, fishwife, goodwife, and the like. ´ Both men and wives.´ Piers Plowman. “On the green he saw sitting a wife.” Chaucer. 
2. The lawful consort of a man; a woman who is united to a man in wedlock; a woman who has a husband; a married woman; — correlative of husband. ´ The husband of one wife.´ 1 Tin. iii. 2. “Let every one you … so love his wife even as himself, and the wife see that she reverence her husband.” Eph. v. 33. To give to wife, To take to wife, to give or take (a woman) in marriage. — Wife’s equity (Law), the equitable right or claim of a married woman to a reasonable and adequate provision, by way of settlement or otherwise, out of her choses in action, or out of any property of hers which is under the jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery, for the support of herself and her children. Burrill.
tinselIn definitiesEngelsEngels
n. [F. etincelle a spark, OF. estincelle, L. scintilla. Cf. Scintillate, Stencil.] 
1. A shining material used for ornamental purposes; especially, a very thin, gauzelike cloth with much gold or silver woven into it; also very thin metal overlaid with a thin coating of gold or silver, brass foil, or the like. “Who can discern the tinsel from the gold?” Dryden. 
2. Something shining and gaudy; something superficially shining and showy, or having a false luster, and more gay than valuable. “O happy peasant! O unhappy bard!
His the mere tinsel, hers the rich reward.” Cowper.
sheIn definitiesEngelsEngels
pron. [sing. nom. She; poss. Her. or Hers ; obj. Her; pl. nom. They poss. Their or Theirs ; obj. Them ] [OE. she, sche, scheo, scho, AS. seó, fem. of the definite article, originally a demonstrative pronoun; cf. OS. siu, D. zij, G. sie, OHG. siu, si, si, Icel. su, sja, Goth. si she, so, fem. article, Russ. siia, fem., this, Gr. , fem. article, Skr. sa, sya. The possessive her or hers, and the objective her, are from a different root. See Her.] 
1. This or that female; the woman understood or referred to; the animal of the female sex, or object personified as feminine, which was spoken of. “She loved her children best in every wise.” Chaucer. “Then Sarah denied, … for she was afraid.” Gen. xviii. 15. 
2. A woman; a female; — used substantively. [R.] “Lady, you are the cruelest she alive.” Shak. She is used in composition with nouns of common gender, for female, to denote an animal of the female sex; as a she-bear; a she-cat.
scarIn definitiesEngelsEngels
v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scarred p. pr. & vb. n. Scarring.] To mark with a scar or scars. “Yet I’ll not shed her blood;
Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow.” Shak. “His cheeks were deeply scarred.” Macaulay.
realIn definitiesEngelsEngels
(re´al), a. [LL. realis, fr. L. res, rei, a thing: cf. F. reel. Cf. Rebus.] 
1. Actually being or existing; not fictitious or imaginary; as a description of real life. “Whereat I waked, and found
Before mine eyes all real, as the dream
Had lively shadowed.” Milton. 
2. True; genuine; not artificial, counterfeit, or factitious; often opposed to ostensible; as the real reason; real Madeira wine; real ginger. “Whose perfection far excelled
Hers in all real dignity.” Milton. 
3. Relating to things, not to persons. [Obs.] “Many are perfect in men’s humors that are not greatly capable of the real part of business.” Bacon. 
4. (Alg.) Having an assignable arithmetical or numerical value or meaning; not imaginary. 
5. (Law) Pertaining to things fixed, permanent, or immovable, as to lands and tenements; as real property, in distinction from personal or movable property. Chattels real (Law), such chattels as are annexed to, or savor of, the realty, as terms for years of land. See Chattel. — Real action (Law), an action for the recovery of real property. — Real assets (Law), lands or real estate in the hands of the heir, chargeable with the debts of the ancestor. — Real composition (Eccl. Law), an agreement made between the owner of lands and the parson or vicar, with consent of the ordinary, that such lands shall be discharged from payment of tithes, in consequence of other land or recompense given to the parson in lieu and satisfaction thereof. Blackstone. — Real estate or property, lands, tenements, and hereditaments; freehold interests in landed property; property in houses and land. Kent. Burrill. — Real presence (R. C. Ch.), the actual presence of the body and blood of Christ in the eucharist, or the conversion of the substance of the bread and wine into the real body and blood of Christ; transubstantiation. In other churches there is a belief in a form of real presence, not however in the sense of transubstantiation. — Real servitude, called also Predial servitude (Civil Law), a burden imposed upon one estate in favor of another estate of another proprietor. Erskine. Bouvier. Syn. — Actual; true; genuine; authentic. — Real, Actual. Real represents a thing to be a substantive existence; as a real, not imaginary, occurrence. Actual refers to it as acted or performed; and, hence, when we wish to prove a thing real, we often say, ´It actually exists,´ ´It has actually been done.´ Thus its reality is shown by its actuality. Actual, from this reference to being acted, has recently received a new signification, namely, present; as the actual posture of affairs; since what is now in action, or going on, has of course, a present existence. An actual fact; a real sentiment. “For he that but conceives a crime in thought,
Contracts the danger of an actual fault.” Dryden. “Our simple ideas are all real; all agree to the reality of things.” Locke.
proprietyIn definitiesEngelsEngels
n.; pl. Proprieties (#). [F. propriete, L. proprietas, fr. proprius one’s own, proper. See Property, Proper.] 
1. Individual right to hold property; ownership by personal title; property. [Obs.] ´Onles this propriety be exiled.´ Robynson (More’s Utopia). “So are the proprieties of a wife to be disposed of by her lord, and yet all are for her provisions, it being a part of his need to refresh and supply hers.” Jer. Taylor. 
2. That which is proper or peculiar; an inherent property or quality; peculiarity. [Obs.] Bacon. “We find no mention hereof in ancient zoögraphers, … who seldom forget proprieties of such a nature.” Sir T. Browne. 
3. The quality or state of being proper; suitableness to an acknowledged or correct standard or rule; consonance with established principles, rules, or customs; fitness; appropriateness; as propriety of behavior, language, manners, etc. ´The rule of propriety,´ Locke.
ourIn definitiesEngelsEngels
possessive pron. [AS. re our, of us; akin to s us, to us, and to G. unser our, of us, Goth. unsara. rad.186 See Us.] Of or pertaining to us; belonging to us; as our country; our rights; our troops; our endeavors. See I. “The Lord is our defense.” Ps. lxxxix. 18. When the noun is not expressed, ours is used in the same way as hers for her, yours for your, etc.; as whose house is that? It is ours. “Our wills are ours, we known not how.” Tennyson.
lovelyIn definitiesEngelsEngels
a. [Compar. Lovelier superl. Loveliest.] [AS. luflic.] 
1. Having such an appearance as excites, or is fitted to excite, love; beautiful; charming; very pleasing in form, looks, tone, or manner. ´Lovely to look on.´ Piers Plowman. “Not one so fair of face, of speech so lovely.” Robert of Brunne. “If I had such a tire, this face of mine
Were full as lovely as is this of hers.” Shak. 
2. Lovable; amiable; having qualities of any kind which excite, or are fitted to excite, love or friendship. “A most lovely gentlemanlike man.” Shak. 
3. Loving; tender. [Obs.] ´A lovely kiss.´ Shak. “Many a lovely look on them he cast.” Chaucer. 
4. Very pleasing; — applied loosely to almost anything which is not grand or merely pretty; as a lovely view; a lovely valley; a lovely melody. “Indeed these fields
Are lovely, lovelier not the Elysian lawns.” Tennyson. Syn. — Beautiful; charming; delightful; delectable; enchanting; lovable; amiable.
hiresIn definitiesEngelsEngels
Hirs, pron. Hers; theirs. See Here, pron. [Obs.] Chaucer.
herseIn definitiesEngelsEngels
(hers), n. [F. herse harrow, portcullis, OF. herce, LL. hercia, L. hirpex, gen. hirpicis, and irpex, gen. irpicis, harrow. The LL. hercia signifies also a kind of candlestick in the form of a harrow, having branches filled with lights, and placed at the head of graves or cenotaphs; whence herse came to be used for the grave, coffin, or chest containing the dead. Cf. Hearse.] 
1. (Fort.) A kind of gate or portcullis, having iron bars, like a harrow, studded with iron spikes. It is hung above gateways so that it may be quickly lowered, to impede the advance of an enemy. Farrow. 
2. See Hearse, a carriage for the dead. 
3. A funeral ceremonial. [Obs.] Spenser.