{ } n. [ L. arbutus, akin to arbor tree. ] The strawberry tree, a genus of evergreen shrubs, of the Heath family. It has a berry externally resembling the strawberry; the arbute tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trailing arbutus (Bot.), a creeping or trailing plant of the Heath family (Epigæa repens), having white or usually rose-colored flowers with a delicate fragrance, growing in small axillary clusters, and appearing early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auctumnus, autumnus, perh. fr. a root av to satisfy one's self: cf. F. automne. See Avarice. ] 1. The third season of the year, or the season between summer and winter, often called “the fall.” Astronomically, it begins in the northern temperate zone at the autumnal equinox, about September 23, and ends at the winter solstice, about December 23; but in popular language, autumn, in America, comprises September, October, and November. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In England, according to Johnson, autumn popularly comprises August, September, and October. In the southern hemisphere, the autumn corresponds to our spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The harvest or fruits of autumn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The time of maturity or decline; latter portion; third stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dr. Preston was now entering into the autumn of the duke's favor. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

Life's autumn past, I stand on winter's verge. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auctumnalis, autumnalis: cf. F. automnal. ] 1. Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thick as autumnal leaves that strow the brooks
In Vallombrosa. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Past the middle of life; in the third stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

An autumnal matron. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Autumnal equinox, the time when the sun crosses the equator, as it proceeds southward, or when it passes the autumnal point. --
Autumnal point, the point of the equator intersected by the ecliptic, as the sun proceeds southward; the first point of Libra. --
Autumnal signs, the signs Libra, Scorpio, and Sagittarius, through which the sun passes between the autumnal equinox and winter solstice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Autun, France, its locality. ] (Min.) A lemon-yellow phosphate of uranium and calcium occurring in tabular crystals with basal cleavage, and in micalike scales. H., 2-2.5. Sp. gr., 3.05-3.19. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. com- + mutual. ] Mutual; reciprocal; united. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There, with commutual zeal, we both had strove. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. high fashion designing and dressmaking. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. someone who designs clothing.
Syn. -- fashion designer, clothes designer, designer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. diuturnus, fr. diu a long time, by day; akin to dies day. ] Of long continuance; lasting. [ R. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diuturnitas. ] Long duration; lastingness. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being future; possible to occur. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Not only to things future, but futurable. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. futur, L. futurus, used as fut. p. of esse to be, but from the same root as E. be. See Be, v. i. ] That is to be or come hereafter; that will exist at any time after the present; as, the next moment is future, to the present. [ 1913 Webster ]

Future tense (Gram.), the tense or modification of a verb which expresses a future act or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. futur. See Future, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Time to come; time subsequent to the present (as, the future shall be as the present); collectively, events that are to happen in time to come. “Lay the future open.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The possibilities of the future; -- used especially of prospective success or advancement; as, he had great future before him. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) A future tense. [ 1913 Webster ]

To deal in futures, to speculate on the future values of merchandise or stocks. [ Brokers' cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without prospect of betterment in the future. W. D. Howells. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In time to come. [ Obs. ] Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Painting) 1. A movement or phase of post-impressionism (which see, below). [ PJC ]

2. A point of view that finds meaning or fulfillment in the future rather than in the past or present. The philosophy of a futurist. MW10 [ PJC ]

n. 1. One whose chief interests are in what is to come; one who anxiously, eagerly, or confidently looks forward to the future; an expectant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) One who believes or maintains that the fulfillment of the prophecies of the Bible is to be in the future. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to what is to come; pertaining to futurity; future. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. futurition. ] The state of being future; futurity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing . . . can have this imagined futurition, but as it is decreed. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Futurities [ 1913 Webster ]

1. State of being that is yet to come; future state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Future time; time to come; the future. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Event to come; a future event. [ 1913 Webster ]

All futurities are naked before the All-seeing Eye. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Studies projecting or predicting the future based on current trends. -- fu`tur*o*log"i*cal, a. -- fu`tur*ol"o*gist, n. [ PJC ]

a. Mutual. [ Obs. ] Daniel. -- In`ter*mu"tu*al*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

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

a. [ L. lutulentus, fr. lutum mud. ] Muddy; turbid; thick. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Meso- + scutum. ] (Zool.) The scutum or dorsal plate of the middle thoracic segment of an insect. See Illust. of Butterfly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. mutuel, L. mutuus, orig., exchanged, borrowed, lent; akin to mutare to change. See Mutable. ] 1. Reciprocally acting or related; reciprocally receiving and giving; reciprocally given and received; reciprocal; interchanged; as, a mutual love, advantage, assistance, aversion, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conspiracy and mutual promise. Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Happy in our mutual help,
And mutual love. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A certain shyness on such subjects, which was mutual between the sisters. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Possessed, experienced, or done by two or more persons or things at the same time; common; joint; as, mutual happiness; a mutual effort. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vast accession of misery and woe from the mutual weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This use of mutual as synonymous with common is inconsistent with the idea of interchange, or reciprocal relation, which properly belongs to it; but the word has been so used by many writers of high authority. The present tendency is toward a careful discrimination. [ 1913 Webster ] Mutual, as Johnson will tell us, means something reciprocal, a giving and taking. How could people have mutual ancestors? P. Harrison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mutual insurance, agreement among a number of persons to insure each other against loss, as by fire, death, or accident. --
Mutual insurance company, one which does a business of insurance on the mutual principle, the policy holders sharing losses and profits pro rata. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Reciprocal; interchanged; common. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Ethics) The doctrine of mutual dependence as the condition of individual and social welfare. F. Harrison. H. Spencer. Mallock. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. One practising or advocating the doctrine of mutualism.
Syn. -- interdependent, mutually beneficial. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. mutualité. ] 1. The quality of correlation; reciprocation; interchange; interaction; interdependence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Reciprocity of consideration. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a mutual manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a state-chartered savings bank owned by its depositors and managed by a board of trustees. Abbreviated MSB. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. mutuarius mutual.See Mutuation. ] (Law) One who borrows personal chattels which are to be consumed by him, and which he is to return or repay in kind. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. mutuatio, fr. mutuare, mutuari, to borrow, fr. mutuus. See Mutual. ] The act of borrowing or exchanging. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. mutulus. ] (Arch.) A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A form of betting where winners share the total amount wagered, in proporation to their bets, and less a portion for the management; -- used commonly in betting at horse racing track. In parimutuel betting, the payoff for a bet does not have fixed odds, but depends on the amount bet on each outcome. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Class. Myth.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., n., n., n., n. Same as Preoral, Prepubis, Prescapula, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prescuta [ NL. See Præ-, and Scutum. ] (Zool.) The first of the four pieces composing the dorsal part, or tergum, of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is usually small and inconspicuous. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. See Scorbute. ] (Med.) Scurvy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Scuta [ L. ] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; -- carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (O. Eng. Law) A penthouse or awning. [ Obs. ] Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) (a) The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under Thorax. (b) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Sputa [ L., from spuere, sputum, to spit. ] That which is expectorated; a salival discharge; spittle; saliva. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. sutural, NL. suturals. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a suture, or seam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Taking place at a suture; as, a sutural de&unr_;iscence. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a sutural manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sewed or knit together; united by a suture; stitched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. sutura, fr. suere, sutum, to sew or stitch: cf. F. suture. See Sew to unite with thread. ] 1. The act of sewing; also, the line along which two things or parts are sewed together, or are united so as to form a seam, or that which resembles a seam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) (a) The uniting of the parts of a wound by stitching. (b) The stitch by which the parts are united. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The line of union, or seam, in an immovable articulation, like those between the bones of the skull; also, such an articulation itself; synarthrosis. See Harmonic suture, under Harmonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) (a) The line, or seam, formed by the union of two margins in any part of a plant; as, the ventral suture of a legume. (b) A line resembling a seam; as, the dorsal suture of a legume, which really corresponds to a midrib. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) The line at which the elytra of a beetle meet and are sometimes confluent. (b) A seam, or impressed line, as between the segments of a crustacean, or between the whorls of a univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glover's suture,
Harmonic suture, etc. See under Glover, Harmonic, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. trans + mutual. ] Reciprocal; commutual. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]