n. [ Ar. aubūtīlūn. ] (Bot.) A genus of malvaceous plants of many species, found in the torrid and temperate zones of both continents; -- called also Indian mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. acceptilatio entry of a debt collected, acquittance, fr. p. p. of accipere (cf. Accept) + latio a carrying, fr. latus, p. p. of ferre to carry: cf. F. acceptilation. ] (Civil Law) Gratuitous discharge; a release from debt or obligation without payment; free remission. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. acutus sharp + E. lobe. ] (Bot.) Having acute lobes, as some leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With almighty power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lofty speech; pompous language. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. altus (adv. alte) high + loquens, p. pr. of loqui to speak. ] High-sounding; pompous in speech. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A dry kind of cherry, of a light color. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'anti` against + &unr_; to speak; part. pass. &unr_;. ] (Eccl.) Certain books of the New Testament which were for a time not universally received, but which are now considered canonical. These are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A balancing; equipoise. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. -- n. An antilithic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic a. [1913 Webster]

a. Of the contrary name or character; -- opposed to analogous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antilogous pole (Eccl.), that pole of a crystal which becomes negatively electrified when heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antilogies [ Gr. 'antilogi`a, fr. 'anti`logos contradictory; 'anti` against + le`gein to speak. ] A contradiction between any words or passages in an author. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A remedy against the plague. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to the antelope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contradicter. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + L. loqui to speak. ] Contradiction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; rage, madness. ] (Med.) Antihydrophobic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. apostille. See Postil. ] A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aquatilis: cf. F. aquatile. ] Inhabiting the water. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make resemble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would naturalize art instead of artilizing nature. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an artilleryman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie, arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns, ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm, prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art. See Art. ] 1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows, and arrows. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. 1 Sam. xx. 40. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars, howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls, bombs, and shot of all kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense, including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils, machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a train of artillery. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which the care and management of artillery are confided. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The science of artillery or gunnery. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Artillery park, or
Park of artillery. (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery, including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition, appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for working them. (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or collected. --
Artillery train, or
Train of artillery, a number of pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their furniture, ready for marching. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in firing. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box, used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7 felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on automobiles, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + tilt. ] 1. In the manner of a tilter; in the position, or with the action, of one making a thrust. “To run atilt at men.” Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In the position of a cask tilted, or with one end raised. [ In this sense sometimes used as an adjective. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Abroach, atilt, and run
Even to the lees of honor. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having power to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. bâtir. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. [ 1913 Webster ]

The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of beauty. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ After Alphonse Bertillon, French anthropologist. ] A system for the identification of persons by a physical description based upon anthropometric measurements, notes of markings, deformities, color, impression of thumb lines, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To make still. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Divisible into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + quintile: cf. F. biquintile. ] (Astron.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bissextilis annus, fr. bissextus (bis + sextus sixth, fr. sex six) the sixth of the calends of March, or twenty-fourth day of February, which was reckoned twice every fourth year, by the intercalation of a day. ] Leap year; every fourth year, in which a day is added to the month of February on account of the excess of the tropical year (365 d. 5 h. 48 m. 46 s.) above 365 days. But one day added every four years is equivalent to six hours each year, which is 11 m. 14 s. more than the excess of the real year. Hence, it is necessary to suppress the bissextile day at the end of every century which is not divisible by 400, while it is retained at the end of those which are divisible by 400. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to leap year. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. Same as Cantle, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. & L. ] (Mus.) See Cantabile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Cantalever. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata. ] To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage. ] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints. --
Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage. --
Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilageneus. ] See Cartilaginous. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make. ] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux. ] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Castile, or Castilia, a province in Spain, from which it originally came. ] A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive oil and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. castellano, from Castila, NL. Castilia, Castella. Castile, which received its name from the castles erected on the frontiers as a barrier against the Moors. ] 1. An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The Spanish language as spoken in Castile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Catilinarius. ] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. centilitre; centi (L. centum) + litre. See Liter. ] The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. centum hundred + logui to speak. ] A work divided into a hundred parts. [ R. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]