End

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To Destroy; to put to death.

II. End ·noun One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.

III. End ·vt To form or be at the end of; as, the letter k ends the word back.

IV. End ·noun That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap; as, odds and ends.

V. End ·noun Termination of being; death; destruction; extermination; also, cause of death or destruction.

VI. End ·noun Point beyond which no procession can be made; conclusion; issue; result, whether successful or otherwise; conclusive event; consequence.

VII. End ·noun The object aimed at in any effort considered as the close and effect of exertion; ppurpose; intention; aim; as, to labor for private or public ends.

VIII. End ·vt To bring to an end or conclusion; to Finish; to Close; to Terminate; as, to end a speech.

IX. End ·vi To come to the ultimate point; to be finished; to come to a close; to Cease; to Terminate; as, a voyage ends; life ends; winter ends.

X. End ·noun The extreme or last point or part of any material thing considered lengthwise (the extremity of breadth being side); hence, extremity, in general; the concluding part; termination; close; limit; as, the end of a field, line, pole, road; the end of a year, of a discourse; put an end to pain;

— opposed to beginning, when used of anything having a first part.

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