" Webster's New World Law Dictionary defines Alford plea as: " A guilty plea entered as part of a plea bargain by a criminal defendant who denies committing the crime or who does not actually admit his guilt.

Short model traditional cornet, also known as a " Shepherd's Crook " shaped model ( Webster's Dictionary 1911 ).

The respective first accurate glosses for Taoism were " douizm ; tou -" ( Webster's International Dictionary of the English Language, 2nd ed., 1934 ) and " Also Daoism and with pronunc.

* 1939 – The erroneous word " dord " is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation.

As late as 1913, Webster's Dictionary states without further comment, " ' common gin ' is usually flavoured with turpentine.

* Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary available also online: Lucifer

" Mondegreen " was included in the 2000 edition of the Random House Webster's College Dictionary.

The 1954 version of Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, reflects the poorly grounded perceptions of the people whose use of the term effectively defined it for the people of that time: " a man supposed to have supernatural powers of curing disease and controlling spirits.

The 2002 edition of The World Book Dictionary does not note a negative connotation, defining it simply as: " a follower of Sun Myung Moon "; nor does the 1999 edition of the Webster's II New College Dictionary, which defines it as " a member of the Unification Church established and headed by Sun Myung Moon.

Webster's New Haven home, where he wrote An American Dictionary of the English Language.

Title page of Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, circa 1830 – 1840

Its The Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological, and Scientific, Adapted to the Present State of Literature, Science, and Art ; On the Basis of Webster's English Dictionary used Webster's for most of their text, adding some additional technical words that went with illustrations of machinery.

For example, the faculty of " philoprogenitiveness ", from the Greek for " love of offspring ", was supposed to be located centrally at the back of the head ( see illustration of the chart from Webster's Academic Dictionary ).

A definition of phrenology with chart from Webster's Academic Dictionary, circa 1895

The term " smackdown ", which was first used as a catchphrase by The Rock during the 90s, is now listed in Webster's Dictionary as of 2007.

* Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged, W. A.

* Webster's New International Dictionary of the English Language, Second Edition, Unabridged ( 1950 ), W. A.

* Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary ( 1983 ), Frederick C. Mish ( ed.

Philip Babcock Gove, an editor at Merriam-Webster who became editor-in-chief of Webster's Third New International Dictionary, wrote a letter to the journal American Speech, fifteen years after the error was caught, in which he explained why " dord " was included in that dictionary.

#" embarrass ", Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged, ( 2002 ) < http :// unabridged. merriam-webster. com > on 2006-02-15.

From Webster's 1828 Dictionary: Window, n. The vulgar pronunciation is windor, as if from the Welsh gwyntdor, wind-door.

He also appears as a character in John Webster's Jacobean revenge drama The White Devil ( 1612 ).

Webster's speech in support of Dartmouth ( which he described as " a small college ," adding, " and yet there are those who love it ") was so moving that it apparently helped convince Chief Justice John Marshall, also reportedly bringing tears to Webster's eyes.

He also saw through the press the English edition of Lemprière's Classical Dictionary ( revised by Charles Anthon ) and of Webster's English Dictionary.

Webster's Dictionary refers to the line of dictionaries first developed by Noah Webster in the early 19th century, and also to numerous unrelated dictionaries that added Webster's name just to share his prestige.

Among larger dictionaries during this period was ( non-Merriam ) Webster's Universal Dictionary ( also published as Webster's Twentieth Century Dictionary ) which traced its roots to Noah Webster and called itself " unabridged ", but had less than half the vocabulary and paled in scholarship against the Merriam editions.

Services also include Merriam – Webster's Word of the Day and Open Dictionary, a wiki service promising subscribers the opportunity to create and submit their own new words and definitions.

Even more than John Ford, whose ' Tis Pity She's a Whore is also very bleak, Webster's tragedies present a horrific vision of mankind.

The delegation stayed in the city for a month, during which time Fukuzawa had himself photographed with an American girl, and also found a Webster's Dictionary, from which he began serious study of the English language.

This success was undoubtedly largely due to Tyndall's sound leadership, though credit is also due in large measure to Martin Webster's tactic of ' banging the drum ' in the streets.

He also assisted in the enlargement of Samuel Johnson's dictionary and the first edition of Noah Webster's dictionary.

Kirriemuir also has a wheeled sports area in Martin Park and an all-weather sports pitch at Webster's Leisure Centre adjoining Webster's High School.

Webster's 2002 BLISS album also went gold with first single " Something More Beautiful " reaching No. 13 and going gold, while second single " 24 / 7 ( Crazy ' bout Your Smile )" also reached the top 20.

Webster's been cast as V, a schoolgirl, in the " teen beach movie " also starring Johnny Boxer and Matt Zeremes.

A concise edition was issued as " Atlas Mundial Gráfico Aguilar " ( 1976 ), also published in 1982 by The Kimberley Press, Miami, Florida as Webster's New World Atlas.

Rumours of Webster's homosexuality led to him becoming vilified within right wing nationalist circles and he also fell foul of the Political Soldier wing of the NF.

Consumables ( also known as consumable goods, nondurable goods, or soft goods ) are goods that are, according to the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, capable of being consumed ; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent.

Catherine's second marriage to one of her servants and subsequent persecution also present parallels to the plot of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.

The Timid Soul was a 1941 – 1942 comedy based on cartoonist H. T. Webster's famed Casper Milquetoast character, and Robert L. Ripley's Believe It or Not!

* Plagiarist Robert Baron publishes his Deorum Dona, a masque, and Gripus and Hegio, a pastoral, which draw heavily on the poems of Edmund Waller and John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi.

His awards include two Obie Awards in 1965 for Best Performance in the play The Old Glory by Robert Lowell and for Distinguished Performance in John Webster's play The White Devil that same year, a Tony in 2002 for Best Supporting Actor in Ivan Turgenev's Fortune's Fool, and Tonys for Best Featured Actor in a Play in 1975 for Edward Albee's Seascape and in 2007 for Peter Morgan's Frost / Nixon.

Among the greatest of debates in Senate history was the Webster-Hayne debate of January 1830, pitting the sectional interests of Daniel Webster's New England against Robert Y. Hayne's South.

Her story formed the basis of John Webster's drama, The White Devil, or The Tragedy of Paolo Giordano Ursini, Duke of Brachiano ( 1612 ), of Stendhal's novella Vittoria Accoramboni ( 1837-1839 ), of Ludwig Tieck's novel, Vittoria Accoramboni ( 1840 ) and of Robert Merle's novel l ' Idole ( 1987 ) published in English translation as Vittoria.

Massachusetts Senator Daniel Webster's " Second Reply " to South Carolina Senator Robert Y. Hayne has long been thought of as a great oratorical celebration of American nationalism in a period of sectional strife.