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slovo definícia party (mass) party - strana, oslava Party (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster] Party (gcide) Party \Par"ty\, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.] 1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. [1913 Webster] 2. Partial; favoring one party; partisan. [1913 Webster] I will be true judge, and not party. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Charter party. See under Charter. [1913 Webster] Party (gcide) Party \Par"ty\, adv. Partly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] @-party (foldoc) @-party /at'par-tee/ (Or "@-sign party") An antiquated term for a gathering of hackers at a science-fiction convention (especially the annual Worldcon) to which only people who had an electronic mail address were admitted. The term refers to the commercial at symbol, "@", in an e-mail address and dates back to the era when having an e-mail address was a distinguishing characteristic of the select few who worked with computers. Compare boink. [Jargon File] (2012-11-17) @-party (jargon) @-party /at'par`tee/, n. [from the @-sign in an Internet address] (alt.: ‘@-sign party’ /at'si:n par `tee/) A semi-closed party thrown for hackers at a science-fiction convention (esp. the annual World Science Fiction Convention or “Worldcon” ); one must have a network address to get in, or at least be in company with someone who does. One of the most reliable opportunities for hackers to meet face to face with people who might otherwise be represented by mere phosphor dots on their screens. Compare boink. The first recorded @-party was held at the Westercon (a U.S. western regional SF convention) over the July 4th weekend in 1980. It is not clear exactly when the canonical @-party venue shifted to the Worldcon but it had certainly become established by Constellation in 1983. Sadly, the @-party tradition has been in decline since about 1996, mainly because having an @-address no longer functions as an effective lodge pin. We are informed, however, that rec.skydiving members have maintained a tradition of formation jumps in the shape of an @. A PARTY (bouvier) PARTY, practice, contracts. When applied to practice, by party is understood either the plaintiff or defendant. In contracts, a party is one or more persons who engage to perform or receive the performance of some agreement. Vide Parties to contracts; Parties to 'actions; Parties to a suit in equity.

podobné slovo definícia dinner party (mass) dinner party - večierok no party affiliation (mass) no party affiliation - bez straníckej príslušnosti, nezávislý party (mass) party - strana, oslava American Party (gcide) American \A*mer"i*can\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan), a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." --Lyell. [1913 Webster] American ivy. See Virginia creeper. American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. Native american Party (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out. [1913 Webster] bipartisan bipartizan two-party two-way (gcide) nonpartisan \nonpartisan\ adj. 1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of partisan. [Narrower terms: {bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way}; {independent ] [Narrower terms: {nonparty, non-party ] Syn: nonpartizan. [WordNet 1.5] 2. not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan commission to study crime. [WordNet 1.5] Bull Moose Party (gcide) Progressive party \Progressive party\ (U. S. History) The political party formed, chiefly out of the Republican party, by the adherents of Theodore Roosevelt in the presidential campaign of 1912. The name Progressive party was chosen at the meeting held on Aug. 7, 1912, when the candidates were nominated and the platform adopted. It was also known as the Bull Moose Party. Among the chief articles in the platform are those demanding direct primaries, preferential primaries for presidential nominations, direct election of United States senators, women's suffrage, and recall of judicial decisions in certain cases. In 1924 the label was also adopted by the party supporting the presidential campaign of Robert M. La Follette, and in 1948 it was also adopted by the party of Henry Wallace. The party is no longer (1998) considered a force in U. S. national politics. [Webster 1913 Suppl. + PJC ] Charter party (gcide) Party \Par"ty\, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.] 1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. [1913 Webster] 2. Partial; favoring one party; partisan. [1913 Webster] I will be true judge, and not party. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Charter party. See under Charter. [1913 Webster]Charter \Char"ter\, n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. See Chart, Card.] 1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. [1913 Webster] The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom. --Hume. [1913 Webster] 3. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers. [1913 Webster] 4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption. [1913 Webster] My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Com.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. [1913 Webster] Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. Charter member, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it. Charter party [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a divided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in transportation for his own account, either under their charge or his. People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838. [1913 Webster]Chirograph \Chi"ro*graph\, n. [Gr. ? written with the hand; chei`r hand + gra`fein to write.] (Old. Law) (a) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party. (b) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster] charter party (gcide) Party \Par"ty\, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.] 1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. [1913 Webster] 2. Partial; favoring one party; partisan. [1913 Webster] I will be true judge, and not party. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Charter party. See under Charter. [1913 Webster]Charter \Char"ter\, n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. See Chart, Card.] 1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] 2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. [1913 Webster] The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom. --Hume. [1913 Webster] 3. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers. [1913 Webster] 4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption. [1913 Webster] My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. (Com.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. [1913 Webster] Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. Charter member, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it. Charter party [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a divided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in transportation for his own account, either under their charge or his. People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838. [1913 Webster]Chirograph \Chi"ro*graph\, n. [Gr. ? written with the hand; chei`r hand + gra`fein to write.] (Old. Law) (a) A writing which, requiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party. (b) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster] Court party (gcide) Court \Court\ (k[=o]rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. cour, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co- + a root akin to Gr. chorto`s inclosure, feeding place, and to E. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf. Cohort, Curtain.] 1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. [1913 Webster] The courts of the house of our God. --Ps. cxxxv. 2. [1913 Webster] And round the cool green courts there ran a row Of cloisters. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or other dignitary; a palace. [1913 Webster] Attends the emperor in his royal court. --Shak. [1913 Webster] This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state. [1913 Webster] My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. --Sir. W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court. [1913 Webster] The princesses held their court within the fortress. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery. [1913 Webster] No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] I went to make my court to the Duke and Duchess of Newcastle. --Evelyn. [1913 Webster] 6. (Law) (a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. (b) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes. (c) A tribunal established for the administration of justice. (d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both. [1913 Webster] Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. The session of a judicial assembly. [1913 Webster] 8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical. [1913 Webster] 9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. [1913 Webster] Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them. Court breeding, education acquired at court. Court card. Same as Coat card. Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] --Edwards. Court of claims (Law), a court for settling claims against a state or government; specif., a court of the United States, created by act of Congress, and holding its sessions at Washington. It is given jurisdiction over claims on contracts against the government, and sometimes may advise the government as to its liabilities. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement. Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. --Shak. Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family. Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court. Court party, a party attached to the court. Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll. Court in banc, or Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius. Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches, Audience, etc. Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n. Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under Common. Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery. Court of Inquiry (Mil.), a court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer. Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms. The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship. General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called from having had, in the colonial days, judicial power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.] To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to Tissaphernes." --Jowett. To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing. [1913 Webster] Covering party (gcide) Cover \Cov"er\ (k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Covering.] [OF. covrir, F. couvrir, fr. L. cooperire; co- + operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open. Cf. Aperient, Overt, Curfew.] 1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth. [1913 Webster] 2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak. [1913 Webster] And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throne. --Milton. [1913 Webster] All that beauty than doth cover thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory. [1913 Webster] The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. --Brougham. [1913 Webster] 4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the enemy were covered from our sight by the woods. [1913 Webster] A cloud covered the mount. --Exod. xxiv. 15. [1913 Webster] In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. To brood or sit on; to incubate. [1913 Webster] While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 6. To overwhelm; to spread over. [1913 Webster] The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. --Ex. xiv. 28. [1913 Webster] 7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat. [1913 Webster] His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round. --Cowley. [1913 Webster] 8. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit. "Blessed is he whose is covered." --Ps. xxxii. 1. [1913 Webster] 9. To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses. [1913 Webster] 10. To put the usual covering or headdress on. [1913 Webster] Cover thy head . . .; nay, prithee, be covered. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as, a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male. [1913 Webster] To cover ground or To cover distance, to pass over; as, the rider covered the ground in an hour. To cover one's short contracts (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. Covering party (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches. To cover into, to transfer to; as, to cover into the treasury. Syn: To shelter; screen; shield; hide; overspread. [1913 Webster] Donation party (gcide) Donation \Do*na"tion\, n. [L. donatio; cf. F. donation.] 1. The act of giving or bestowing; a grant. [1913 Webster] After donation there is an absolute change and alienation of the property of the thing given. --South. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is given as a present; that which is transferred to another gratuitously; a gift. [1913 Webster] And some donation freely to estate On the bless'd lovers. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. (Law) The act or contract by which a person voluntarily transfers the title to a thing of which be is the owner, from himself to another, without any consideration, as a free gift. --Bouvier. [1913 Webster] Donation party, a party assembled at the house of some one, as of a clergyman, each one bringing some present. [U.S.] --Bartlett. Syn: Gift; present; benefaction; grant. See Gift. [1913 Webster] Fatigue party (gcide) Fatigue \Fa*tigue"\, n. [F., fr. fatiguer to fatigue, L. fatigare; cf. L. affatim sufficiently.] 1. Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength. [1913 Webster] 2. The cause of weariness; labor; toil; as, the fatigues of war. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. The weakening of a metal when subjected to repeated vibrations or strains. [1913 Webster] Fatigue call (Mil.), a summons, by bugle or drum, to perform fatigue duties. Fatigue dress, the working dress of soldiers. Fatigue duty (Mil.), labor exacted from soldiers aside from the use of arms. --Farrow. Fatigue party, a party of soldiers on fatigue duty. [1913 Webster] Flying party (gcide) Flying \Fly"ing\, a. [From Fly, v. i.] Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement. [1913 Webster] Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. --Farrow. Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid evolutions, -- the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position. Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and Camp. Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch. Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence: To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking. Flying doe (Zool.), a young female kangaroo. Flying dragon. (a) (Zool.) See Dragon, 6. (b) A meteor. See under Dragon. Flying Dutchman. (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment. (b) A spectral ship. Flying fish. (Zool.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary. Flying fox (Zool.), see Flying fox in the vocabulary. Flying frog (Zool.), either of two East Indian tree frogs of the genus Rhacophorus (Rhacophorus nigrapalmatus and Rhacophorus pardalis), having very large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. Flying gurnard (Zool.), a species of gurnard of the genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance. Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is Cephalacanthus volitans. Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing jib, on the flying-jib boom. Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom. Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine weather. Flying lemur. (Zool.) See Colugo. Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over the course of a projected road, canal, etc. Flying lizard. (Zool.) See Dragon, n. 6. Flying machine, any apparatus for navigating through the air, especially a heavier-than-air machine. -- {Flying mouse} (Zool.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygm[ae]us), a marsupial of Australia. Called also feathertail glider. Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying squirrels, and a featherlike tail. -- Flying party (Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy. -- Flying phalanger (Zool.), one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar squirrel (Belideus sciureus), and the ariel ({Belideus ariel}), are the best known; -- called also {squirrel petaurus} and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. -- Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. -- Flying sap (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth. -- Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. -- Flying spider. (Zool.) See Ballooning spider. -- Flying squid (Zool.), an oceanic squid (Ommastrephes Bartramii syn. {Sthenoteuthis Bartramii}), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. -- Flying squirrel (Zool.) See Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. -- Flying start, a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way. -- Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night. [1913 Webster] Foraging party (gcide) Forage \For"age\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging.] To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. [1913 Webster] His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Foraging ant (Zool.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. Foraging cap, a forage cap. Foraging party, a party sent out after forage. [1913 Webster] four-party (gcide) four-party \four-party\ adj. involving four parties. Syn: quadripartite. [WordNet 1.5] Garden party (gcide) Garden \Gar"den\ (g[aum]r"d'n; 277), n. [OE. gardin, OF. gardin, jardin, F. jardin, of German origin; cf. OHG. garto, G. garten; akin to AS. geard. See Yard an inclosure.] 1. A piece of ground appropriated to the cultivation of herbs, fruits, flowers, or vegetables. [1913 Webster] 2. A rich, well-cultivated spot or tract of country. [1913 Webster] I am arrived from fruitful Lombardy, The pleasant garden of great Italy. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Note: Garden is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds; as, garden flowers, garden tools, garden walk, garden wall, garden house or gardenhouse. [1913 Webster] Garden balsam, an ornamental plant (Impatiens Balsamina). Garden engine, a wheelbarrow tank and pump for watering gardens. Garden glass. (a) A bell glass for covering plants. (b) A globe of dark-colored glass, mounted on a pedestal, to reflect surrounding objects; -- much used as an ornament in gardens in Germany. Garden house (a) A summer house. --Beau. & Fl. (b) A privy. [Southern U.S.] Garden husbandry, the raising on a small scale of seeds, fruits, vegetables, etc., for sale. Garden mold or Garden mould, rich, mellow earth which is fit for a garden. --Mortimer. Garden nail, a cast nail, used for fastening vines to brick walls. --Knight. Garden net, a net for covering fruits trees, vines, etc., to protect them from birds. Garden party, a social party held out of doors, within the grounds or garden attached to a private residence. Garden plot, a plot appropriated to a garden. Garden pot, a watering pot. Garden pump, a garden engine; a barrow pump. Garden shears, large shears, for clipping trees and hedges, pruning, etc. Garden spider, (Zool.), the diadem spider ({Epeira diadema}), common in gardens, both in Europe and America. It spins a geometrical web. See Geometric spider, and Spider web. Garden stand, a stand for flower pots. Garden stuff, vegetables raised in a garden. [Colloq.] Garden syringe, a syringe for watering plants, sprinkling them with solutions for destroying insects, etc. Garden truck, vegetables raised for the market. [Colloq.] Garden ware, garden truck. [Obs.] --Mortimer. Bear garden, Botanic garden, etc. See under Bear, etc. Hanging garden. See under Hanging. Kitchen garden, a garden where vegetables are cultivated for household use. Market garden, a piece of ground where vegetable are cultivated to be sold in the markets for table use. [1913 Webster] Innocent party (gcide) Innocent \In"no*cent\, a. [F. innocent, L. innocens, -entis; pref. in- not + nocens, p. pr. of nocere to harm, hurt. See Noxious.] 1. Not harmful; free from that which can injure; innoxious; innocuous; harmless; as, an innocent medicine or remedy. [1913 Webster] The spear Sung innocent, and spent its force in air. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Morally free from guilt; guiltless; not tainted with sin; pure; upright. [1913 Webster] To offer up a weak, poor, innocent lamb. --Shak. [1913 Webster] I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. --Matt. xxvii. 4. [1913 Webster] The aidless, innocent lady, his wished prey. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 3. Free from the guilt of a particular crime or offense; as, a man is innocent of the crime charged. [1913 Webster] Innocent from the great transgression. --Ps. xix. 13. [1913 Webster] 4. Simple; artless; foolish. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 5. Lawful; permitted; as, an innocent trade. [1913 Webster] 6. Not contraband; not subject to forfeiture; as, innocent goods carried to a belligerent nation. [1913 Webster] Innocent party (Law),a party who has not notice of a fact tainting a litigated transaction with illegality. Syn: Harmless; innoxious; innoffensive; guiltless; spotless; immaculate; pure; unblamable; blameless; faultless; guileless; upright. [1913 Webster] Liberty party (gcide) Liberty \Lib"er*ty\ (l[i^]b"[~e]r*t[y^]), n.; pl. Liberties (-t[i^]z). [OE. liberte, F. libert['e], fr. L. libertas, fr. liber free. See Liberal.] 1. The state of a free person; exemption from subjection to the will of another claiming ownership of the person or services; freedom; -- opposed to slavery, serfdom, bondage, or subjection. [1913 Webster] But ye . . . caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid whom he had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and brought them into subjection. --Jer. xxxiv. 16. [1913 Webster] Delivered fro the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. --Bible, 1551. Rom. viii. 21. [1913 Webster] 2. Freedom from imprisonment, bonds, or other restraint upon locomotion. [1913 Webster] Being pent from liberty, as I am now. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. A privilege conferred by a superior power; permission granted; leave; as, liberty given to a child to play, or to a witness to leave a court, and the like. [1913 Webster] 4. Privilege; exemption; franchise; immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant; as, the liberties of the commercial cities of Europe. [1913 Webster] His majesty gave not an entire county to any; much less did he grant . . . any extraordinary liberties. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 5. The place within which certain immunities are enjoyed, or jurisdiction is exercised. [Eng.] [1913 Webster] Brought forth into some public or open place within the liberty of the city, and there . . . burned. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 6. A certain amount of freedom; permission to go freely within certain limits; also, the place or limits within which such freedom is exercised; as, the liberties of a prison. [1913 Webster] 7. A privilege or license in violation of the laws of etiquette or propriety; as, to permit, or take, a liberty. [1913 Webster] He was repeatedly provoked into striking those who had taken liberties with him. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 8. The power of choice; freedom from necessity; freedom from compulsion or constraint in willing. [1913 Webster] The idea of liberty is the idea of a power in any agent to do or forbear any particular action, according to the determination or thought of the mind, whereby either of them is preferred to the other. --Locke. [1913 Webster] This liberty of judgment did not of necessity lead to lawlessness. --J. A. Symonds. [1913 Webster] 9. (Manege) A curve or arch in a bit to afford room for the tongue of the horse. [1913 Webster] 10. (Naut.) Leave of absence; permission to go on shore. [1913 Webster] At liberty. (a) Unconfined; free. (b) At leisure. Civil liberty, exemption from arbitrary interference with person, opinion, or property, on the part of the government under which one lives, and freedom to take part in modifying that government or its laws. Liberty bell. See under Bell. Liberty cap. (a) The Roman pileus which was given to a slave at his manumission. (b) A limp, close-fitting cap with which the head of representations of the goddess of liberty is often decked. It is sometimes represented on a spear or a liberty pole. Liberty of the press, freedom to print and publish without official supervision. Liberty party, the party, in the American Revolution, which favored independence of England; in more recent usage, a party which favored the emancipation of the slaves. Liberty pole, a tall flagstaff planted in the ground, often surmounted by a liberty cap. [U. S.] Moral liberty, that liberty of choice which is essential to moral responsibility. Religious liberty, freedom of religious opinion and worship. [1913 Webster] Syn: Leave; permission; license. Usage: Liberty, Freedom. These words, though often interchanged, are distinct in some of their applications. Liberty has reference to previous restraint; freedom, to the simple, unrepressed exercise of our powers. A slave is set at liberty; his master had always been in a state of freedom. A prisoner under trial may ask liberty (exemption from restraint) to speak his sentiments with freedom (the spontaneous and bold utterance of his feelings). The liberty of the press is our great security for freedom of thought. [1913 Webster] Marooning party (gcide) Maroon \Ma*roon"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Marooned; p. pr. & vb. n. Marooning.] [See Maroon a fugitive slave.] To put (a person) ashore on a desolate island or coast and leave him to his fate. [1913 Webster] Marooning party, a social excursion party that sojourns several days on the shore or in some retired place; a prolonged picnic. [Southern U. S.] --Bartlett. [1913 Webster] Native American party (gcide) Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Na["i]ve, Neif a serf.] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital [1913 Webster +PJC] Courage is native to you. --Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster] 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.] [1913 Webster] the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. [1913 Webster] Native American party. See under American, a. Native bear (Zool.), the koala. Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil. Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii}). Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa. Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form. Native sloth (Zool.), the koala. Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead. Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also bebilya. [1913 Webster] Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital. Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial. [1913 Webster]American \A*mer"i*can\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan), a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." --Lyell. [1913 Webster] American ivy. See Virginia creeper. American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. Native american Party (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out. [1913 Webster] Native american Party (gcide) Native \Na"tive\ (n[=a]"t[i^]v), a. [F. natif, L. nativus, fr. nasci, p. p. natus. See Nation, and cf. Na["i]ve, Neif a serf.] 1. Arising by birth; having an origin; born. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Anaximander's opinion is, that the gods are native, rising and vanishing again in long periods of times. --Cudworth. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to one's birth; natal; belonging to the place or the circumstances in which one is born; -- opposed to foreign; as, native land, language, color, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. Born in the region in which one lives; as, a native inhabitant, race; grown or originating in the region where used or sold; not foreign or imported; as, native oysters, or strawberries. In the latter sense, synonymous with domestic. [1913 Webster +PJC] 4. Original; constituting the original substance of anything; as, native dust. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 5. Conferred by birth; derived from origin; born with one; inherent; inborn; not acquired; as, native genius, cheerfulness, wit, simplicity, rights, intelligence, etc. Having the same meaning as congenital, but typically used for positive qualities, whereas congenital may be used for negative qualities. See also congenital [1913 Webster +PJC] Courage is native to you. --Jowett (Thucyd.). [1913 Webster] 6. Naturally related; cognate; connected (with). [R.] [1913 Webster] the head is not more native to the heart, . . . Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 7. (Min.) (a) Found in nature uncombined with other elements; as, native silver, copper, gold. (b) Found in nature; not artificial; as native sodium chloride. [1913 Webster] Native American party. See under American, a. Native bear (Zool.), the koala. Native bread (Bot.), a large underground fungus, of Australia (Mylitta australis), somewhat resembling a truffle, but much larger. Native devil. (Zool.) Same as Tasmanian devil, under Devil. Native hen (Zool.), an Australian rail ({Tribonyx Mortierii}). Native pheasant. (Zool.) See Leipoa. Native rabbit (Zool.), an Australian marsupial ({Perameles lagotis}) resembling a rabbit in size and form. Native sloth (Zool.), the koala. Native thrush (Zool.), an Australian singing bird (Pachycephala olivacea); -- called also thickhead. Native turkey (Zool.), the Australian bustard ({Choriotis australis}); -- called also bebilya. [1913 Webster] Syn: Natural; natal; original; congenital. Usage: Native, Natural, Natal. natural refers to the nature of a thing, or that which springs therefrom; native, to one's birth or origin; as, a native country, language, etc.; natal, to the circumstances of one's birth; as, a natal day, or star. Native talent is that which is inborn; natural talent is that which springs from the structure of the mind. Native eloquence is the result of strong innate emotion; natural eloquence is opposed to that which is studied or artificial. [1913 Webster]American \A*mer"i*can\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan), a. [Named from Americus Vespucius.] 1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of the American navy." --Lyell. [1913 Webster] American ivy. See Virginia creeper. American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power. Native american Party (U. S. Politics), a party of principles similar to those of the American party. It arose about 1843, but soon died out. [1913 Webster] non-party (gcide) nonparty \nonparty\, non-party \non-party\adj. 1. not based upon or representing political parties; as, a nonparty regime. [WordNet 1.5] nonparty (gcide) nonparty \nonparty\, non-party \non-party\adj. 1. not based upon or representing political parties; as, a nonparty regime. [WordNet 1.5] nonparty non-party (gcide) nonpartisan \nonpartisan\ adj. 1. free from party affiliation or bias. Opposite of partisan. [Narrower terms: {bipartisan, bipartizan, two-party, two-way}; {independent ] [Narrower terms: {nonparty, non-party ] Syn: nonpartizan. [WordNet 1.5] 2. not affiliated with any one party; as, a nonpartisan commission to study crime. [WordNet 1.5] Party (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster]Party \Par"ty\, a. [F. parti divided, fr. partir to divide. See Part, v., and cf. Partite.] 1. (Her.) Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale. [1913 Webster] 2. Partial; favoring one party; partisan. [1913 Webster] I will be true judge, and not party. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Charter party. See under Charter. [1913 Webster]Party \Par"ty\, adv. Partly. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Party appellant (gcide) Appellant \Ap*pel"lant\, a. [L. appellans, p. pr. of appellare; cf. F. appelant. See Appeal.] Relating to an appeal; appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction." --Hallam. [1913 Webster] Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. --Tomlins. [1913 Webster] Party jury (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster] Party man (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster] Party spirit (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster] Party verdict (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster] Party wall (gcide) Party \Par"ty\ (p[aum]r"t[y^]), n.; pl. Parties (p[aum]r"t[i^]z). [F. parti and partie, fr. F. partir to part, divide, L. partire, partiri. See Part, v.] 1. A part or portion. [Obs.] "The most party of the time." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy. [1913 Webster] Win the noble Brutus to our party. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The peace both parties want is like to last. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. A part of a larger body of company; a detachment; especially (Mil.), a small body of troops dispatched on special service. [1913 Webster] 4. A number of persons invited to a social entertainment; a select company; as, a dinner party; also, the entertainment itself; as, to give a party. [1913 Webster] 5. One concerned or interested in an affair; one who takes part with others; a participator; as, he was a party to the plot; a party to the contract. [1913 Webster] 6. The plaintiff or the defendant in a lawsuit, whether an individual, a firm, or corporation; a litigant. [1913 Webster] The cause of both parties shall come before the judges. --Ex. xxii. 9. [1913 Webster] 7. Hence, any certain person who is regarded as being opposed or antagonistic to another. [1913 Webster] If the jury found that the party slain was of English race, it had been adjudged felony. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster] 8. Cause; side; interest. [1913 Webster] Have you nothing said Upon this Party 'gainst the Duke of Albany? --Shak. [1913 Webster] 9. A person; as, he is a queer party. [Now accounted a vulgarism.] [1913 Webster] Note: "For several generations, our ancestors largely employed party for person; but this use of the word, when it appeared to be reviving, happened to strike, more particularly, the fancy of the vulgar; and the consequence has been, that the polite have chosen to leave it in their undisputed possession." --Fitzed. Hall. [1913 Webster] Party jury (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners. Party man, a partisan. --Swift. Party spirit, a factious and unreasonable temper, not uncommonly shown by party men. --Whately. Party verdict, a joint verdict. --Shak. Party wall. (a) (Arch.) A wall built upon the dividing line between two adjoining properties, usually having half its thickness on each property. (b) (Law) A wall that separates adjoining houses, as in a block or row. [1913 Webster] Party-coated (gcide) Party-coated \Par"ty-coat`ed\, a. Having a motley coat, or coat of divers colors. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Party-colored Party-colored (gcide) Party-colored \Par"ty-col`ored\, Parti-colored \Par"ti-col`ored\ , a. Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. "Parti-colored lambs." --Shak. [1913 Webster] partygoer (gcide) partygoer \par"ty*go`er\ n. Someone who is attending a party[4]; as, the hall was crowded with an overflow of partygoers. [WordNet 1.5] Partyism (gcide) Partyism \Par"ty*ism\, n. Devotion to party. [1913 Webster]