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n. See Appaumé. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. appaumé; &unr_; (l. ad) + paume the palm, fr. L. palma. ] (Her.) A hand open and extended so as to show the palm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Aam. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. for amel, enamel. ] To figure or variegate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ambry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A form of Ambry, a closet; but confused with Almonry, as if a place for alms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Designating or conforming to either of the scales used by the French chemist Antoine Baumé in the graduation of his hydrometers; of or relating to Baumé's scales or hydrometers. There are two Baumé hydrometers. One, which is used with liquids heavier than water, sinks to 0° in pure water, and to 15° in a 15 per cent salt solution; the other, for liquids lighter than water, sinks to 0° in a 10 per cent salt solution and to 10° in pure water. In both cases the graduation, based on the distance between these fundamental points, is continued along the stem as far as desired. Since all the degrees on a Baumé scale are thus equal in length, while those on a specific-gravity scale grow smaller as the density increases, there is no simple relation between degrees Baumé and specific gravity. However, readings on Baumés scale may be approximately reduced to specific gravities by the following formulæ (x in each case being the reading on Baumé's scale): (a) for liquids heavier than water, sp. gr. = 144 ÷ (144 - x); (b) for liquids lighter than water, sp. gr. = 144 ÷ (134 + x). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A cement used in making joints, filling cracks, etc. For iron, the principal constituents are iron borings and sal ammoniac; for wood, white lead or litharge, whiting, and linseed oil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a burning heat. ] (Med.) Great heat, as of the body in fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; mark caused by burning, fr. &unr_;. See Encaustic. ] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. stupid. Oposite of smart. [ British informal ]
Syn. -- gormless. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] To grope with the hands, as in the dark. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To glaum at, to grasp or snatch at; to aspire to. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Haulm, stalk. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a large medieval helmet supported on the shoulders; called also helm. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. [ Ar. imām. ] 1. Among the Muslims, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Muslim prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Dr. Laumont, the discoverer. ] (Min.) A mineral, of a white color and vitreous luster. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Exposed to the air, it loses water, becomes opaque, and crumbles. [ Written also laumonite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the liebfrauenstift, a convent in Worms where the wine was first made. RHUD ] A white Rhenish-type wine produced especially in Hesse in western Germany. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Mawmet. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G., lit., sea foam; meer sea + schaum foam; but it perh. is a corruption of the Tartaric name myrsen. Cf. Mere a lake, and Scum. ] 1. (Min.) A fine white claylike mineral, soft, and light enough when in dry masses to float in water. It is a hydrous silicate of magnesia, and is obtained chiefly in Asia Minor. It is manufacturd into tobacco pipes, cigar holders, etc. Also called sepiolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tobacco pipe made of this mineral; a meerschaum pipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as naumachy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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 ]

v. t. & i. [ See Palm to cheat. ] To palm off by fraud; to cheat at cards. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Realm. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; conformed to the scale adopted by Réaumur in graduating the thermometer he invented. -- n. A Réaumur thermometer or scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Réaumur thermometer is so graduated that 0° marks the freezing point and 80° the boiling point of water. Frequently indicated by R. Cf. Centigrade, and Fahrenheit. See Illust. of Thermometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. qay^ma, qay`matos, a wonder + latrei`a worship. ] Worship or undue admiration of wonderful or miraculous things. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The thaumatolatry by which our theology has been debased for more than a century. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. qay^ma a wonder + tre`pein to turn. ] (Opt.) An optical instrument or toy for showing the persistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It consists of a card having on its opposite faces figures of two different objects, or halves of the same object, as a bird and a cage, which, when the card is whirled rapidly round a diameter by the strings that hold it, appear to the eye combined in a single picture, as of a bird in its cage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See thaumaturgus. ] A magician; a wonder worker. Lowell.
Syn. -- thaumaturgist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to thaumaturgy; magical; wonderful. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Feats of legerdemain, or magical performances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who deals in wonders, or believes in them; a wonder worker; a thaumaturge. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. qaymatourgo`s wonder-working; qay^ma a wonder + 'e`rgon work. ] A miracle worker; -- a title given by the Roman Catholics to some saints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. qaymatourgi`a. ] The act or art of performing something wonderful; magic; legerdemain. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. traumaticus, Gr. &unr_;, from &unr_;, &unr_;, a wound: cf. F. traumatique. ] (Med.) (a) Of or pertaining to wounds; applied to wounds. Coxe. (b) Adapted to the cure of wounds; vulnerary. Wiseman. (c) Produced by wounds; as, traumatic tetanus. -- n. A traumatic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]