Part 3826

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>Consisting of a single piece, as a corolla.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Having an evenly continuous edge, as a leaf which has no kind of teeth.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Not gelded; -- said of a horse.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>Internal; interior.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Spenser.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Whole</er>, and <er>Radical</er>.</syn>

<h1>Entire</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En*tire"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Entirely.</def> "Too long to print in <i>entire</i>."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Brewing)</fld> <def>A name originally given to a kind of beer combining qualities of different kinds of beer.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark> "Foker's <i>Entire</i>."

<i>Thackeray.</i>

<h1>Entirely</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En*tire"ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>In an entire manner; wholly; completely; fully; <as>as, the trace is <ex>entirely</ex> lost</as>.</def>

<blockquote>Euphrates falls not <b>entirely</b> into the Persian Sea. <i>Raleigh.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Without alloy or mixture; truly; sincerely.</def>

<blockquote>To highest God <b>entirely</b> pray. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Entireness</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En*tire"ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state or condition of being entire; completeness; fullness; totality; <as>as, the <ex>entireness</ex> of an arch or a bridge</as>.</def>

<blockquote>This same <b>entireness</b> or completeness. <i>Trench.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Integrity; wholeness of heart; honesty.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote><b>Entireness</b> in preaching the gospel. <i>Udall.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Oneness; unity; -- applied to a condition of intimacy or close association.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>True Christian love may be separated from acquaintance, and acquaintance from <b>entireness</b>. <i>Bp. Hall.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Entirety</h1> <Xpage=497>

<hw>En*tire"ty</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Entireness</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OF. <ets>entieret\'82</ets>. Cf. <er>Integrity</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The state of being entire; completeness; <as>as, <ex>entirely</ex> of interest</as>.</def>