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n. 1. 1 a genus of Indo-Malayan climbing herbs having thick fleshy oblong leaves and naked unisexual flowers: Chinese evergreen.
Syn. -- genus Aglaonema. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Belonging to the Alemanni, a confederacy of warlike German tribes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The language of the Alemanni. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Swabian dialect . . . is known as the Alemannic. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. allemand German. ] 1. (Mus.) A dance in moderate twofold time, invented by the French in the reign of Louis XIV.; -- now mostly found in suites of pieces, like those of Bach and Handel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A figure in dancing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Alemannic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Longshoreman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Anathemas [ L. anath&ebreve_;ma, fr. Gr. &unr_; anything devoted, esp. to evil, a curse; also L. anathēma, fr. Gr. &unr_; a votive offering; all fr. &unr_; to set up as a votive gift, dedicate; &unr_; up + &unr_; to set. See Thesis. ] 1. A ban or curse pronounced with religious solemnity by ecclesiastical authority, and accompanied by excommunication. Hence: Denunciation of anything as accursed. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] denounce anathemas against unbelievers. Priestley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An imprecation; a curse; a malediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [ families ]. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any person or thing anathematized, or cursed by ecclesiastical authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Jewish nation were an anathema destined to destruction. St. Paul . . . says he could wish, to save them from it, to become an anathema, and be destroyed himself. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Anathema Maranatha ety>(see 1 Cor. xvi. 22), an expression commonly considered as a highly intensified form of anathema. Maran atha is now considered as a separate sentence, meaning, “Our Lord cometh.” [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, an anathema. -- A*nath`e*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a cursing; cf. F. anathématisme. ] Anathematization. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We find a law of Justinian forbidding anathematisms to be pronounced against the Jewish Hellenists. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. anathematisatio. ] The act of anathematizing, or denouncing as accursed; imprecation. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Anathematized p. pr. & vb. n. Anathematizing. ] [ L. anathematizare, Gr. &unr_; to devote, make accursed: cf. F. anathématiser. ] To pronounce an anathema against; to curse. Hence: To condemn publicly as something accursed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pronounces an anathema. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + sematic. ] (Zool.) Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ See Aposteme. ] To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. apostematio: cf. F. apostémation. ] (Med.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration. [ Written corruptly imposthumation. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ etc. } See Ax, Axman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F., fr. baiser to kiss + mains hands. ] Respects; compliments. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The man who manages a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The proprietor or manager of a barge, or one of the crew of a barge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who keeps bees. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; step, platform. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A platform from which speakers addressed an assembly. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) That part of an early Christian church which was reserved for the higher clergy; the inner or eastern part of the chancel. (b) Erroneously: A pulpit. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make mad. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mangle; to tear asunder. [ R. ] Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To mask; to conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To master thoroughly. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To maul or beat severely; to bruise. “In order to bemaul Yorick.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. bimasen; pref. be- + masen to maze. ] To bewilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intellects bemazed in endless doubt. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to biosystematics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. use of data (e. g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations esp within an evolutionary framework.
Syn. -- biosystematy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. use of data (e. g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework.
Syn. -- biosystematics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Blastemata [ Gr. bla`sthma bud, sprout. ] (Biol.) The structureless, protoplasmic tissue of the embryo; the primitive basis of an organ yet unformed, from which it grows. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to the blastema; rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brakemen [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Railroads) A man in charge of a brake or brakes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mining) The man in charge of the winding (or hoisting) engine for a mine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., n. See Bridesmaid, Bridesman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a person who makes or sells candles. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ AS. candelmæsse, candel candle + mæsse mass. ] The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Canoemen One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Fort.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; predicate. See Category. ] (Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; 9sc. &unr_;) the art of traffic, fr. &unr_; goods, money, fr. &unr_; to use. ] The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the art of creating motion pictures; as, this story would be good cinema; -- often used in the phrase the cinema.
Syn. -- the film. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. a theater where motion pictures are shown.
Syn. -- movie theater, movie theatre, movie house, picture palace. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. same as motion picture. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

{ , a. 1. See Kinematic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the cinema; as, cinematic entertainment. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. sing. See Kinematics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, motion + -graph. ] 1. an older name for a movie projector, a machine, combining magic lantern and kinetoscope features, for projecting on a screen a series of pictures, moved rapidly (25 to 50 frames per second) and intermittently before an objective lens, and producing by persistence of vision the illusion of continuous motion; a moving-picture projector; also, any of several other machines or devices producing moving pictorial effects. Other older names for the movie projector are animatograph, biograph, bioscope, electrograph, electroscope, kinematograph, kinetoscope, veriscope, vitagraph, vitascope, zoogyroscope, zoopraxiscope, etc.

The cinematograph, invented by Edison in 1894, is the result of the introduction of the flexible film into photography in place of glass. Encyc. Brit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A camera for taking chronophotographs for exhibition by the instrument described above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who takes motion pictures with a movie camera, especially one expert in the art. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. one who exhibits motion pictures; an operator of a motion picture projector; a projectionist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

-- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic a. -- Cin`e*mat`o*graph"ic*al*ly adv. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]