Achievement

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hatchment \Hatch"ment\ (-ment), n. [Corrupt. fr. achievement.]
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     1. (Her.) A sort of panel, upon which the arms of a deceased
        person are temporarily displayed, -- usually on the walls
        of his dwelling. It is lozenge-shaped or square, but is
        hung cornerwise. It is used in England as a means of


        giving public notification of the death of the deceased,
        his or her rank, whether married, widower, widow, etc.
        Called also {achievement}.
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              His obscure funeral;
              No trophy, sword, or hatchment o'er his bones.
                                                    --Shak.
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     2. A sword or other mark of the profession of arms; in
        general, a mark of dignity.
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              Let there be deducted, out of our main potation,
              Five marks in hatchments to adorn this thigh.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Achievement \A*chieve"ment\ (-ment), n. [Cf. F. ach[`e]vement,
     E. {Hatchment}.]
     1. The act of achieving or performing; an obtaining by
        exertion; successful performance; accomplishment; as, the
        achievement of his object.
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     2. A great or heroic deed; something accomplished by valor,
        boldness, or praiseworthy exertion; a feat.
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              [The exploits] of the ancient saints . . . do far
              surpass the most famous achievements of pagan
              heroes.                               --Barrow.
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              The highest achievements of the human intellect.
                                                    --Macaulay.
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     3. (Her.) An escutcheon or ensign armorial; now generally
        applied to the funeral shield commonly called {hatchment}.
        --Cussans.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  achievement
       n : the action of accomplishing something [syn: {accomplishment}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  183 Moby Thesaurus words for "achievement":
     accomplished fact, accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act,
     acta, action, administration, advent, adventure, alerion,
     animal charge, annulet, appearance, approach, argent, aristeia,
     armorial bearings, armory, arms, arrival, attainment, azure,
     bandeau, bar, bar sinister, baton, bearings, bend, bend sinister,
     billet, blazon, blazonry, blow, bold stroke, bordure,
     bringing to fruition, broad arrow, cadency mark, canton,
     carrying out, chaplet, charge, chevron, chief, coat of arms,
     cockatrice, coming, commission, completion, conduct, consummation,
     coronet, coup, crescent, crest, cross, cross moline, crown,
     dealings, deed, device, difference, differencing, discharge,
     dispatch, doing, doings, eagle, effectuation, effort, enactment,
     endeavor, enterprise, ermine, ermines, erminites, erminois,
     escutcheon, execution, exploit, fait accompli, falcon, feat, fess,
     fess point, field, file, finish, flanch, fleur-de-lis, fret,
     fruition, fulfillment, fur, fusil, garland, gest, go, griffin,
     gules, gyron, hand, handiwork, handling, hatchment, helmet,
     heraldic device, heroic act, honor point, impalement, impaling,
     implementation, inescutcheon, job, label, lion, lozenge,
     management, maneuver, mantling, marshaling, martlet, mascle,
     measure, metal, mission accomplished, motto, move, mullet,
     nombril point, octofoil, operation, or, ordinary, orle,
     overproduction, overt act, pale, paly, passage, pean, performance,
     perpetration, pheon, proceeding, production, productiveness,
     purpure, quarter, quartering, reaching, realization, res gestae,
     rose, sable, saltire, scutcheon, shield, spread eagle, step,
     stroke, stunt, subordinary, success, tenne, thing, thing done,
     tincture, torse, tour de force, transaction, tressure, turn,
     undertaking, unicorn, vair, vert, victory, work, works, wreath,
     yale
  
  

From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:

  ACHIEVEMENT, n.  The death of endeavor and the birth of disgust.