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n. Emaciation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Emaciated p. pr. & vb. n. Emaciating. ] [ L. emaciatus, p. p. of emaciare to make lean; e + maciare to make lean or meager, fr. macies leanness, akin to macer lean. See Meager. ] To lose flesh gradually and become very lean; to waste away in flesh. “He emaciated and pined away.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean; as, his sickness emaciated him. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emaciatus, p. p. ] Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin; as, emaciated bony hands.
Syn. -- bony, cadaverous, gaunt, haggard, pinched, skeletal, wasted. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. émaciation. ] 1. The act of making very lean. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate. ] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of clearing from spots. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; quietly + &unr_; burning, fr. &unr_; to burn. ] A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. chrw^ma color. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Hematin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. ky`anos a dark blue substance. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A substance found in the blood of the octopus, which gives to it its blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When deprived of oxygen it is colorless, but becomes quickly blue in contact with oxygen, and is then generally called oxyhaemacyanin. A similar blue coloring matter has been detected in small quantity in the blood of other animals and in the bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema + Gr. ky`tos a hollow vessel + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An apparatus for determining the number of corpuscles in a given quantity of blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. haemachates; Gr. a"i^ma blood + 'acha`ths agate.] (Min.) A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Haemachrome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. a"i^ma blood.] A composition made from blood, mixed with mineral or vegetable substances, used for making buttons, door knobs, etc.

{ } n. [ Oxy- (a) + haemacyanin, haemocyanin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) See Haemacyanin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. suprématie. See Supreme. ] The state of being supreme, or in the highest station of power; highest or supreme authority or power; as, the supremacy of a king or a parliament. [ 1913 Webster ]

The usurped power of the pope being destroyed, the crown was restored to its supremacy over spiritual men and causes. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Oath supremacy, an oath which acknowledges the supremacy of the sovereign in spiritual affairs, and renounced or abjures the supremacy of the pope in ecclesiastical or temporal affairs. [ Eng. ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]