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a. [ L. decem ten + E. locular. ] (Bot.) Having ten cells for seeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hemeluc, humloc, AS. hemlic, hymlic. ] 1. (Bot.) The name of several poisonous umbelliferous herbs having finely cut leaves and small white flowers, as the Cicuta maculata, Cicuta bulbifera, and Cicuta virosa, and the Conium maculatum. See Conium. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The potion of hemlock administered to Socrates is by some thought to have been a decoction of Cicuta virosa, or water hemlock, by others, of Conium maculatum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An evergreen tree common in North America (Abies Canadensis or Tsuga Canadensis); hemlock spruce. [ 1913 Webster ]

The murmuring pines and the hemlocks. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The wood or timber of the hemlock tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ground hemlock, or
Dwarf hemlock. See under Ground. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The jharal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ. kremle. ] 1. The citadel of a town or city; especially, the citadel of Moscow, a large inclosure which contains imperial palaces, cathedrals, churches, an arsenal, etc. [ Russia ]

2. Hence: The government of Russia (or, 1920-1992, of the Soviet Union). [ metonymical ] [ PJC ]

a. Unseemly. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a seemly manner. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being seemly: comeliness; propriety. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar.Seemlier superl. Seeliest. ] [ Icel. sæmiligr, fr. sæmr becoming, fit; akin to samr same, E. same; the sense being properly, the same or like, hence, fitting. See Seem, v. i. ] Suited to the object, occasion, purpose, or character; suitable; fit; becoming; comely; decorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had a seemly nose. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am a woman, lacking wit
To make a seemly answer to such persons. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suspense of judgment and exercise of charity were safer and seemlier for Christian men than the hot pursuit of these controversies. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Becoming; fit; suitable; proper; appropriate; congruous; meet; decent; decorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Compar. Seemlier; superl. Seemliest. ] In a decent or suitable manner; becomingly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suddenly a men before him stood,
Not rustic as before, but seemlier clad,
As one in city or court or place bred. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See -hood. ] Comely or decent appearance. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no stem; (Bot.) acaulescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small or young stem. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Being without system. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Nat. Hist.) Not agreeing with some artificial system of classification. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Not having any of the distinct systems or types of structure, as the radiate, articulate, etc., characteristic of organic nature; as, all unicellular organisms are systemless. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not fruitful or prolific; barren; as, a teemless earth. [ Poetic ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being unseemly; unbecomingness. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. [ 1913 Webster ]

An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an unseemly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot) (a) A poisonous umbelliferous plant (Cicuta virosa) of Europe; also, any one of several plants of that genus. (b) A poisonous plant (Œnanthe crocata) resembling the above. [ 1913 Webster ]