n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -gram. ] A record made by an anemograph. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -graph. ] An instrument for measuring and recording the direction and force of the wind. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Produced by an anemograph; of or pertaining to anemography. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -logy. ] The science of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring the force or velocity of the wind; a wind gauge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Anemometer + -graph. ] An anemograph. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act or process of ascertaining the force or velocity of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. anemone, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; wind. ]
☞ This word is sometimes pronounced especially by classical scholars. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
a. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from, the anemone, or from anemonin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) An acrid, poisonous, crystallizable substance, obtained from some species of anemone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Anemone. Sandys. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -scope: cf. F. anémoscope. ] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; wind. ] A condition in the wood of some trees in which the rings are separated, as some suppose, by the action of high winds upon the trunk; wind shake. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(Zool.) Any one of numerous species of soft-bodied Anthozoa, belonging to the order
☞ They have the oral disk surrounded by one or more circles of simple tapering tentacles, which are often very numerous, and when expanded somewhat resemble the petals of flowers, with colors varied and often very beautiful. [ 1913 Webster ]