n. [ OE. alarom, the same word as alarm, n. ] See Alarm. [ Now Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The variant form alarum is now commonly restricted to an alarm signal or the mechanism to sound an alarm (as in an alarm clock.) [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
‖ n. [ L. arum, aros, Gr. &unr_;. ] A genus of plants found in central Europe and about the Mediterranean, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example. [ 1913 Webster ]
Our common arums -- the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The American “Jack in the pulpit” is now separated from the genus
‖n. [ Bungar, the native name. ] (Zool.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus
‖n. [ L., fr. Gr.
a. [ Cf. hare, v. t., and scare, v. t. ] Wild; giddy; flighty; rash; thoughtless. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
They had a quarrel with Sir Thomas Newcome's own son, a harum-scarum lad. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of herbs of Northern temperate regions.
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n. See Alarum, and Alarm. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. para- + umbilical. ] (Anat.) Near the umbilicus; -- applied especially to one or more small veins which, in man, connect the portal vein with the epigastric veins in the front wall of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. See Saccharine. ] (Bot.) A genus of tall tropical grasses including the sugar cane. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Ch. of Eng.) A liturgy, or use, put forth about 1087 by St. Osmund, bishop of Sarum, based on Anglo-Saxon and Norman customs. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) See 1st Tartar. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) An aroid herb (Calla palustris) having a white spathe. It is an inhabitant of the north temperate zone. [ 1913 Webster ]