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n. [ OF. alkemie, arquemie, F. alchimie, Ar. al-kīmīa, fr. late Gr. &unr_;, for &unr_;, a mingling, infusion, &unr_; juice, liquid, especially as extracted from plants, fr. &unr_; to pour; for chemistry was originally the art of extracting the juices from plants for medicinal purposes. Cf. Sp. alquimia, It. alchimia. Gr. &unr_; is prob. akin to L. fundere to pour, Goth. guitan, AS. geótan, to pour, and so to E. fuse. See Fuse, and cf. Chemistry. ] 1. An imaginary art which aimed to transmute the baser metals into gold, to find the panacea, or universal remedy for diseases, etc. It led the way to modern chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mixed metal composed mainly of brass, formerly used for various utensils; hence, a trumpet. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Put to their mouths the sounding alchemy. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Miraculous power of transmuting something common into something precious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Kissing with golden face the meadows green,
Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + enemy. ] A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. blasphemia, Gr. &unr_;: cf. OF. blasphemie. ] 1. An indignity offered to God in words, writing, or signs; impiously irreverent words or signs addressed to, or used in reference to, God; speaking evil of God; also, the act of claiming the attributes or prerogatives of deity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used generally in statutes or at common law, blasphemy is the use of irreverent words or signs in reference to the Supreme Being in such a way as to produce scandal or provoke violence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Figuratively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification. [ 1913 Webster ]

Punished for his blasphemy against learning. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Demies [ See Demi-. ] 1. A printing and a writing paper of particular sizes. See under Paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A half fellow at Magdalen College, Oxford. [ Written also demi. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He was elected into Magdalen College as a demy; a term by which that society denominates those elsewhere called “scholars, ” young men who partake of the founder's benefaction, and succeed in their order to vacant fellowships. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or made of, the size of paper called demy; as, a demy book. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as demythologization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the restatement of a message (as a religious one) in rational terms.
Syn. -- demythologisation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. to remove the mythical elements from; -- of writings, such as the Bible. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. having mythical elements removed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n.; pl. E. Emyds E. Emyd&unr_;&unr_; [ See Emydea. ] (Zoöl.) A fresh-water tortoise of the family Emydidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Emys a genus of tortoises, L. emys a kind of fresh-water tortoise, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zoöl.) A group of chelonians which comprises many species of fresh-water tortoises and terrapins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Enemies [ OF. enemi, F. ennemi, from L. inimicus; in- (negative) + amicus friend. See Amicable. ] One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy to truth, or to falsehood. [ 1913 Webster ]

To all good he enemy was still. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

I say unto you, Love your enemies. Matt. v. 44. [ 1913 Webster ]

The enemy (Mil.), the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours. [ 1913 Webster ] It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Hostile; inimical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They . . . every day grow more enemy to God. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. épidémie. See Epidemic. ] (Med.) An epidemic disease. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hetero- + Gr. &unr_; voice, speech, fr. &unr_; to speak. ] The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness. R. G. White. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of alligator snapping turtles.
Syn. -- genus Macroclemys. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Polemic. ] Warfare; war; hence, contention; opposition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]