Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages). Noah Webster

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СКАЧАТЬ 2. Expressive of awe or terror.

       An awesome glance up at the auld castle.

       Sir W. Scott.

       Awe¶someÏness, n. The quality of being awesome.

       Awe¶Ðstrick·en (?), a. AweÐstruck.

       Awe¶Ðstruck· (?), a. Struck with awe.

       Milton.

       Aw¶ful (?), a. 1. Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. ½The hour of Nature's awful throes.¸

       Hemans.

       2. Inspiring awe; filling with profound reverence, or with fear and admiration; fitted to inspire reverential fear; profoundly impressive.

       Heaven's awful Monarch.

       Milton.

       3. Struck or filled with awe; terrorÐstricken. [Obs.]

       A weak and awful reverence for antiquity.

       I. Watts.

       4. Worshipful; reverential; lawÐabiding. [Obs.]

       Thrust from the company of awful men.

       Shak.

       5. Frightful; exceedingly bad; great; Ð applied intensively; as, an awful bonnet; an awful boaster. [Slang]

       Syn. Ð See Frightful.

       Aw¶fulÏly, adv. 1. In an awful manner; in a manner to fill with terror or awe; fearfully; reverently.

       2. Very; excessively. [Slang]

       Aw¶fulÏness, n. 1. The quality of striking with awe, or with reverence; dreadfulness; solemnity; as, the awfulness of this sacred place.

       The awfulness of grandeur.

       Johnson.

       2. The state of being struck with awe; a spirit of solemnity; profound reverence. [Obs.]

       Producing in us reverence and awfulness.

       Jer. Taylor.

       AÏwhape¶ (?), v. t. [Cf. whap blow.] To confound; to terrify; to amaze. [Obs.]

       Spenser.

       AÏwhile¶ (?), adv. [Adj. a + while time, interval.] For a while; for some time; for a short time.

       AÏwing¶ (?), adv. [Pref. aÐ + wing.] On the wing; flying; fluttering.

       Wallace.

       Awk (?), a. [OE. auk, awk (properly) turned away; (hence) contrary, wrong, from Icel. ”figr, ”fugr, afigr, turning the wrong way, fr. af off, away; cf. OHG. abuh, Skr. ap¾c turned away, fr. apa off, away + a root ak, a?k, to bend, from which come also E. angle, anchor.]

       1. Odd; out of order; perverse. [Obs.]

       2. Wrong, or not commonly used; clumsy; sinister; as, the awk end of a rod (the but end). [Obs.]

       Golding.

       3. Clumsy in performance or manners; unhandy; not dexterous; awkward. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

       Awk, adv. Perversely; in the wrong way.

       L'Estrange.

       Awk¶ly, adv. 1. In an unlucky (leftÐhanded) or perverse manner. [Obs.]

       Holland.

       2. Awkwardly. [Obs.]

       Fuller.

       Awk¶ward (?), a. [Awk + Ïward.] 1. Wanting dexterity in the use of the hands, or of instruments; not dexterous; without skill; clumsy; wanting ease, grace, or effectiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy.

       And dropped an awkward courtesy.

       Dryden.

       2. Not easily managed or effected; embarrassing.

       A long and awkward process.

       Macaulay.

       An awkward affair is one that has gone wrong, and is difficult to adjust.

       C. J. Smith.

       3. Perverse; adverse; untoward. [Obs.] ½Awkward casualties.¸ ½Awkward wind.¸

       Shak.

       O blind guides, which being of an awkward religion, do strain out a gnat, and swallow up a cancel.

       Udall.

       Syn. Ð Ungainly; unhandy; clownish; lubberly; gawky; maladroit; bungling; ?nelegant; ungraceful; unbecoming. Ð Awkward, Clumsy, Uncouth. Awkward has a special reference to outward deportment. A man is clumsy in his whole person, he is awkward in his gait and the movement of his limbs. Clumsiness is seen at the first view. Awkwardness is discovered only when a person begins to move. Hence the expressions, a clumsy appearance, and an awkward manner. When we speak figuratively of an awkward excuse, we think of a want of ease and grace in making it; when we speak of a clumsy excuse, we think of the whole thing as coarse and stupid. We apply the term uncouth most frequently to that which results from the want of instruction or training; as, uncouth manners; uncouth language.

       Ð Awk¶wardÏly (?), adv. Ð Awk¶wardÏness, n.

       Awl (?), n. [OE. aul, awel, al, AS. ?l, awel; akin to Icel. alr, OHG. ¾la, G. ahle, Lith. yla, Skr. ¾r¾.] A pointed instrument for piercing small holes, as in leather or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

       Aw¶less (?), a. 1. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear. ½Awless insolence.¸

       Dryden.

       2. Inspiring no awe. [Obs.] ½The awless throne.¸

       Shak. [Written also aweless.]

       Aw¶lessÏness, n. The quality of being awless.

       Awl¶Ðshaped· (?), a. 1. Shaped like an awl.

       2. (Nat. Hist.) Subulate. See Subulate.

       Gray.

       Awl¶wort· (?), n. [Awl + wort.] (Bot.) A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awlÐshaped leaves.

       Awm (?m), n. See Aam.

       Awn (?), n. [OE. awn, agune, from Icel. ”gn, pl. agnir; akin to Sw. agn, Dan. avne, Goth. ahana, OHG. agana, G. agen, ahne, chaff, Gr. ?, AS. egla; prob. from same root as E. acute. See 3d Ear. ?1.] (Bot.) The bristle or beard of barley, oats, grasses, etc., or any similar bristlelike appendage; arista.

       Gray.

       Awned (?), a. (Bot.) Furnished with an awn, or long bristleÐshaped tip; bearded.

       Gray.

       Awn¶ing (?), n. [Origin uncertain: cf. F. auvent awing, or Pers. ¾wan,¾wang, anything suspended, СКАЧАТЬ