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a. [ Gr. &unr_; without juice. ] (Physiol.) Without chyme. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle. ] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a beach or beaches; formed by a beach or beaches; shingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

The beachy girdle of the ocean. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; brachy`s short + &unr_; to leave off; cf. &unr_; incomplete. ] (Gr. & Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. Brachycéphalie ] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + &unr_; head. ] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) Having short antennæ, as certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. diagonal. ] Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The shorter of the diagonals in a rhombic prism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. dome. ] (Crystallog.) A dome parallel to the shorter lateral axis. See Dome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A writer in short hand; a stenographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

He asked the brachygrapher whether he wrote the notes of the sermon. Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + -graphy: cf. F. brachygraphie. ] Stenography. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; : brachy`s short + &unr_; discourse: cf. F. brachylogie. ] (Rhet.) Conciseness of expression; brevity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. pinacoid. ] (Crytallog.) A plane of an orthorhombic crystal which is parallel both to the vertical axis and to the shorter lateral (brachydiagonal) axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; short-winged; brachy`s short + &unr_; feather, wing. ] (Zool.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Brachyptera. ] (Zool.) A group of birds, including auks, divers, and penguins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; : cf. F. brachyptère. ] (Zool.) Having short wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest (superl. of brachy`s short) + &unr_; time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. abnormal shortness of fingers and toes.
Syn. -- brachydactylia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + &unr_; stamp, form. ] (Min.) Of a short form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. brachy`s short + o'yra` tail. ] (Zool.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [ Also spelt Brachyoura. ] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Brachyura. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Cf. F. brachyure. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or belonging to the Brachyura. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Apt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico. ] Logwood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bear + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; fight. ] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL. diachylum, fr. Gr. &unr_; very juicy; dia` thoroughly + &unr_; juice. ] (Med. & Chem.) A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, giant + &unr_; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie. ] A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.

a. Afflicted with headache. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a war against images; e'ikw`n an image + &unr_; fight. ] Hostility to images as objects of worship. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Permitting liquids to pass by percolation; not capable of retaining water; porous; pervious; -- said of gravelly or sandy soils, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; lo`gos word + &unr_; fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie. ] 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words. [ 1913 Webster ]

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word “justification” . . . has largely been a mere logomachy. L. Abbott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game of word making. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. monomachia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; fighting in single combat; mo`nos single, alone + &unr_; to fight. ] A duel; single combat. “The duello or monomachia.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. naumachia, Gr. naymachi`a; nay^s ship + ma`chh fight, battle, ma`chesqai to fight. ] 1. A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight put on by the ancient Romans. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Rom. Antiq.) A show or spectacle representing a sea fight; also, a place for such exhibitions. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. pachy`s thick. ] A combining form meaning thick; as, pachyderm, pachydactyl. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pachy- + Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) Having the pericarp thick. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of arborial insectivorous birds.
Syn. -- genus Pachycephala. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pachy- + dactyl. ] (Zool.) A bird or other animal having thick toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having thick toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pachyderme. ] (Zool.) Any of various nonruminant hoofed mammals having very thick skin, including the elephant, rhinoceros, and hippopotamus, one of the Pachydermata. [ WordNet 1.5 + 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) An abnormal thickening of the skin (usually unilateral on an extremity) caused by congenital enlargement of lymph vessel and lymph vessel obstruction.
Syn. -- pachydermatosis, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or relating to the pachyderms; as, pachydermal dentition. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pachy`dermos thick-skinned; pachy`s thick + de`rma skin. ] (Zool.) A group of hoofed mammals distinguished for the thickness of their skins, including the elephant, hippopotamus, rhinoceros, tapir, horse, and hog; the pachyderms. It is now considered an artificial group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Same as pachyderma.
Syn. -- pachyderma, pachydermia, nevoid elephantiasis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the pachyderms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Thick-skinned; not sensitive to ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Of or pertaining to pachyderma. [ PJC ]