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n.
a.
Celestial Dian, goddess argentine. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. argentin, fr. L. argentum silver. ]
adj.
n.
n.
a. Giving or implying assent. --
a. Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood. Bryant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A post of security or defense. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Into the castle's tower,
The only Aventine that now is left him. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Bark, n., a vessel. ] (Naut.) A threemasted vessel, having the foremast square-rigged, and the others schooner-rigged.
The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Sentinel. [ Obs. ] Sackville. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode. ] (Bot.) A weed with a stem of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St. Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to dentine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. dentine. ] (Anat.) The dense calcified substance of which teeth are largely composed. It contains less animal matter than bone, and in the teeth of man is situated beneath the enamel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
adj.
adj. disagreeing, especially with a majority.
a. [ L. Florentinus, fr. Florentia Florence: cf. F. florentin. ] Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Florentine mosaic,
n.
Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Indentation; an impression like that made by a tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Lamantin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Lamentation. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lamentings heard i' the air. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a lamenting manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The most important genus of mushrooms in the Far East.
n. [ Osteo- + dentine. ] (Anat.) A hard substance, somewhat like bone, which is sometimes deposited within the pulp cavity of teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Penta-. ] (Chem.) An unsaturated hydrocarbon,
n. [ LL. plica fold + E. dentine. ] (Anat.) A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Porcupine. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. So as to prevent or hinder. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. With repentance; penitently. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.
adv. By scent. [ R. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. sentina bilge water, hold of a ship, dregs: cf. F. sentine. ] A place for dregs and dirt; a sink; a sewer. [ Obs. ] Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. sentinelle (cf. It. sentinella); probably originally, a litle path, the sentinel's beat, and a dim. of a word meaning, path; cf. F. sente path. L. semita; and OF. sentine, sentele, senteret, diminutive words. Cf. Sentry. ]
The sentinels who paced the ramparts. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ L. serpentinus: cf. F. serpentin. ] Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag;
Thy shape
Like his, and color serpentine. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. (for sense 1) F. serpentine, (for sense 2) serpentin. ]
☞ Serpentine has been largely produced by the alteration of other minerals, especially of chrysolite. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To serpentize. [ R. ] Lyttleton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a serpentine manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl.) See 2d Ophite. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. (Min.) To convert (a magnesian silicate) into serpentine. --
a. Relating to, or like, serpentine;
n. An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
a. Causing torment;