'Most an end' definitions:
Definition of 'Most an end'
From: GCIDE
- Most \Most\ (m[=o]st), a., superl. of More. [OE. most, mast, mest, AS. m[=ae]st; akin to D. meest, OS. m[=e]st, G. meist, Icel. mestr, Goth. maists; a superl. corresponding to E. more. [root]103. See More, a.]
- 1. Consisting of the greatest number or quantity; greater in number or quantity than all the rest; nearly all. "Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness." --Prov. xx. 6. [1913 Webster]
- The cities wherein most of his mighty works were done. --Matt. xi. 20. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Greatest in degree; as, he has the most need of it. "In the moste pride." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Highest in rank; greatest. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Most is used as a noun, the words part, portion, quantity, etc., being omitted, and has the following meanings: 1. The greatest value, number, or part; preponderating portion; highest or chief part. 2. The utmost; greatest possible amount, degree, or result; especially in the phrases to make the most of, at the most, at most. [1913 Webster]
- A quarter of a year or some months at the most. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- A covetous man makes the most of what he has. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
- For the most part, in reference to the larger part of a thing, or to the majority of the persons, instances, or things referred to; as, human beings, for the most part, are superstitious; the view, for the most part, was pleasing.
- Most an end, generally. See An end, under End, n. [Obs.] "She sleeps most an end." --Massinger. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Most an end'
- An end,
- But end,
- End,
- End for end,
- End on,
- End-,
- Ended,
- Ending,
- In the end,
- On end,
- To end up,
- To the end,
- be all and end all,
- end all,
- end up,
- no end,
- end-to-end,
- At loose ends,
- Bitter end,
- Butt end,
- By-end,
- Chump end,
- East End,
- End bulb,
- End fly,
- End man,
- End organ,
- End plate,
- End play,
- End stone,
- End-all,
- Ending day,
- Ends of the earth,
- Fore end,
- Gold end,
- Hearth ends,
- Hooding end,
- Rope's end,
- Stub end,
- Tail end,
- To be on her beam ends,
- To end in smoke,
- To put an end to,
- To the bitter end,
- Wax end,
- Waxed end,
- West End,
- World's end,
- back end,
- dead end,
- end corpuscles,
- end game,
- end matter,
- end of the world,
- end point,
- end product,
- end result,
- end run,
- end user,
- fag end,
- front end,
- gable end,
- hind end,
- inflectional ending,
- loose end,
- loose ends,
- means to an end,
- nerve end,
- nerve ending,
- never ending,
- odds and ends,
- rear end,
- scrag end,
- split end,
- sticky end,
- tag end,
- tight end,
- tone ending,
- East End, AR,
- Fag-end,
- Rope's-end,
- To have at one's fingers' ends,
- To make both ends meet,
- Week-end,
- West End, AL,
- West End, NY,
- World without end,
- be-all and end-all,
- beam-ends,
- box end wrench,
- bye-end,
- dead-end,
- end-plate,
- end-rhymed,
- end-stopped,
- end-user,
- free nerve ending,
- make ends meet,
- motor end plate,
- never-ending,
- open-ended,
- rear-end,
- war to end war,
- year-end,
- Gold-end man,
- closed-end fund,
- dead-end street,
- open-end credit,
- open-end fund,
- open-end wrench,
- West End-Cobb Town,
- closed-end investment company,
- open-end investment company,
- West End-Cobb Town, AL