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n. [ Bureau + Gr. &unr_; to be strong, to govern, &unr_; strength: cf. F. bureaucratie. ] 1. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Government officials, collectively; -- used especially of nonelected government officials. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; officialese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. bureaucratique. ] Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. nonelective government officials; same as bureaucracy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An advocate for, or supporter of, bureaucracy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. Same as Borrel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., can, cruet, dim. of buire flagon. ] (Chem.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carbon. ] (Chem.) A carbide. See Carbide [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Carbureted or Carburetted (&unr_;); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbureting or Carburetting. ] To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize. [ 1913 Webster ]

By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Chem.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power.

[ Written also carburetted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. --
Light carbureted hydrogen, methane (CH4), also called marsh gas, and fire damp. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

{ , n. 1. (Chem.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [ Written also carburettor. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One that carburets; specif., an apparatus in which air or gas is carbureted, as by passing it through a light petroleum oil. The carburetor for a gasoline engine is usually either a
surface carburetor, or alternatively a
float carburetor (called also
float-feed carburetor, or
spray carburetor). In the former air is charged by being passed over the surface of gasoline. In the latter a fine spray of gasoline is drawn from an atomizing nozzle by a current of air induced by the suction of the engine piston, the supply of gasoline being regulated by a float which actuates a needle valve controlling the outlet of the feed pipe. Alcohol and other volatile inflammable liquids may be used instead of gasoline. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. supporting combustion.
Syn. -- combustive. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + carburet. ] (Chem.) Carbureted hydrogen; also, a hydrocarbon. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Having an excessive proportion of carbonic acid; -- said of bicarbonates or acid carbonates. [ Written also hypercarburetted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. per- + carburet. ] (Chem.) A percarbide. [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with a relatively large amount of carbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } a. [ Pref. bi- + carbureted. ] (Chem.) Containing two atoms or equivalents of carbon in the molecule. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) United with, or containing, carbon in less than the normal proportion. [ Written also subcarburetted. ] [ Obsoles. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the urethra, or under its orifice. [ 1913 Webster ]