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a. [ L. amphitheatralis: cf. F. amphithéâtral. ] Amphitheatrical; resembling an amphitheater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person much given to melancholy; a hypochondriac. I. Disraeli. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ LL. atrabilarius, fr. L. atra bilis black bile: cf. F. atrabilaire, fr. atrabile. ] Affected with melancholy; atrabilious. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Melancholy; atrabilious. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to atra bilis or black bile, a fluid formerly supposed to be produced by the kidneys. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Melancholic or hypohondriac; atrabilious; -- from the supposed predominance of black bile, to the influence of which the ancients attributed hypochondria, melancholy, and mania. [ 1913 Webster ]

Atrabiliary arteries,
capsules, and
veins (Anat.), those pertaining to the kidney; -- called also renal arteries, capsules, and veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Melancholic or hypochondriac; atrabiliary. Dunglision. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hard-faced, atrabilious, earnest-eyed race. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

He was constitutionally atrabilious and scornful. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. atramentum ink, fr. ater black. ] Black, like ink; inky; atramental. [ Obs. ] Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. atramentaire. See Atramentaceous. ] Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. batra`cheios belonging to a frog, fr. ba`trachos frog. ] (Zool.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n. One of the Batrachia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Batrachia + -oid. ] (Zool.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines. [ 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. [ Gr. ba`trachos frog + fagei^n to eat. ] Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a queen of Egypt; b. 69 b. c., d. 30 b. c. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

[ So named after Cleopatra, queen of Egypt. ] Either of two obelisks which were moved in ancient times from Heliopolis to Alexandria, one of which is now on the Thames Embankment in London, and the other in Central Park, in the City of New York.

☞ Some writers consider that only the obelisk now in Central Park is properly called Cleopatra's needle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. frater a brother. ] (Law) A sharing among brothers, or brothers' kin. [ Obs. ] Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The inspissated juice of a tree of the genus Artocarpus (A. incisa, or breadfruit tree), sometimes used in making birdlime, on account of its glutinous quality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hatstand; hattree. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; physician + &unr_; belonging to the &unr_; or anointer, fr. &unr_; to anoint: cf. F. iatraliptique. ] Treating diseases by anointing and friction; as, the iatraliptic method. [ Written also iatroleptic. ]

a. [ L. latrans, p. pr. of latrare. See Latrate. ] Barking. [ Obs. ] Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. latratus, p. p. of latrare to bark. ] To bark as a dog. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A barking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. matras; perh. so called from its long narrow neck; cf. OF. matras large arrow, L. materis, mataris, matara, a Celtic javelin, pike; of Celtic origin. ] (Chem.) A round-bottomed glass flask having a long neck; a bolthead. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of giant salamanders; in some classifications included in the genus Cryptobranchus.
Syn. -- genus Megalobatrachus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ L. oblatratus, p. p. of oblatrare to bark against. ] To bark or snarl, as a dog. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of oblatrating; a barking or snarling. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of rodents including the muskrat (Ondatra zibethica).
Syn. -- genus Ondatra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. quatre four, L. quattuor, quatuor. See Four. ] (Pros.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. satrapes, Gr. &unr_;, fr. OPers. khshatrapāvan ruler: cf. F. satrape. ] The governor of a province in ancient Persia; hence, a petty autocrat despot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a satrap, or a satrapy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female satrap. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Satrapal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Satrapies [ L. satrapia, satrapea, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. satrapie. ] The government or jurisdiction of a satrap; a principality. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Sauria, and Batrachia. ] (Zool.) The Urodela. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thin, elastic, uniformly light-colored tobacco leaf, raised in Sumatra and extensively used for cigar wrappers. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to Sumatra or its inhabitants. -- n. A native of Sumatra. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. theatralis: cf. F. théatral. ] Of or pertaining to a theater; theatrical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellowish amorphous alkaloid extracted from the rootstock of Veratrum album. [ 1913 Webster ]