n. (Chem.) One of the tannic acids (C15H14O6), extracted from catechu as a white, crystalline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, catechinic acid, cyanidol, and catechuin. It is a flavonoid found generally in higher woody plants, and is used in dyeing and tanning. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ LL. catechizatio. ] The act of catechising. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Catechised p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising. ] [ L. catechizare, Gr. &unr_;, equiv. to &unr_; to resound, sound a thing into one's ears, impress it upon one by word of mouth; &unr_; + &unr_; to sound, &unr_; a sound. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answers, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who catechises. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catechismus, fr. Gr. See Catechise. ] 1. A form of instruction by means of questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Larger Catechism,
The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechetical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. catechista, fr. Gr. ] One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Catechise. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus including the tiger snakes.
Syn. -- genus Notechis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl.; sing. Petechia [ NL., fr. LL. peteccia; cf. F. pétéchie, It. petecchia, Sp. petequia, Gr. pitta`kion a label, plaster. ] (Med.) Small crimson, purple, or livid spots, like flea-bites, due to extravasation of blood, which appear on the skin in malignant fevers, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pétéchial, LL. petecchialis. ] (Med.) Characterized by, or pertaining to, petechiæ; spotted. [ 1913 Webster ]

Petechial fever, a malignant fever, accompanied with livid spots on the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + catechu. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C6H4(OH)2, of the phenol series, found in various plants; -- so called because first obtained by distillation of gum catechu. Called also catechol, oxyphenol. etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a techy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being techy. [ 1913 Webster ]