a. Pertaining to Æsculapius or to the healing art; medical; medicinal. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
prop. n. A natural family of plants bearing flowers in umbels; examples are:
a. (Bot.) Umbelliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Belonging to bees. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or relating to bees. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who keeps an apiary. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. apiarium, fr. apis bee. ] A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. thou mayst take. ] (Low) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called
☞ One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody. Burrill. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Æsculapian. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Native name. ] (Min.) The fossil resin of the kauri tree of New Zealand. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n. A genus of mammals comprising the okapis.