THE 
CENTURY DICTIONARY 
AN ENCYCLOPEDIC LEXICON 
OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE 
PREPARED UNDER THE SUPERINTENDENCE OF 
WILLIAM DWIGHT WHITNEY, PH.D., LL. D. 
PROFESSOR OF COMPARATIVE PHILOLOGY AND SANSKRIT 
IN YALE UNIVERSITY 
IN SIX VOLUMES 
VOLUME I 
PUBLISHED BY 
CI)e Centurg Co, 
NEW YORK 
