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a. See Equine. “An equinal shape.” Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. equinus, fr. equus horse; akin to Gr. &unr_;, Skr. a&unr_;va, OS. ehu, AS. eh, eoh, Icel. j&unr_;r, OIr. ech, cf. Skr. a&unr_; to reach, overtake, perh. akin to E. acute, edge, eager, a. Cf. Hippopotamus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

The shoulders, body, things, and mane are equine; the head completely bovine. Sir J. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Equine. ] (Med.) Glanders. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequinoctials, fr. aequinoctium equinox: cf. F. équinoxial. See Equinox. ] 1. Pertaining to an equinox, or the equinoxes, or to the time of equal day and night; as, the equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to the regions or climate of the equinoctial line or equator; in or near that line; as, equinoctial heat; an equinoctial sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Pertaining to the time when the sun enters the equinoctial points; as, an equinoctial gale or storm, that is, one happening at or near the time of the equinox, in any part of the world. [ 1913 Webster ]

Equinoctial colure (Astron.), the meridian passing through the equinoctial points. --
Equinoctial line (Astron.), the celestial equator; -- so called because when the sun is on it, the nights and days are of equal length in all parts of the world. See Equator. [ 1913 Webster ] Thrice the equinoctial line
He circled. Milton. --
Equinoctial points (Astron.), the two points where the celestial and ecliptic intersect each other; the one being in the first point of Aries, the other in the first point of Libra. --
Equinoctial time (Astron.) reckoned in any year from the instant when the mean sun is at the mean vernal equinoctial point. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The equinoctial line. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Towards the equinox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. equinoxium, equenoxium, L. aequinoctium; aequus equal + nox, noctis, night: cf. F. équinoxe. See Equal, and Night. ] 1. The time when the sun enters one of the equinoctial points, that is, about March 21 and September 22. See Autumnal equinox, Vernal equinox, under Autumnal and Vernal. [ 1913 Webster ]

When descends on the Atlantic
The gigantic
Stormwind of the equinox. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Equinoctial wind or storm. [ R. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + L. numerans, p. pr. of numerare to number. ] Equal as to number. [ Obs. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arlequin, formerly written also harlequin (cf. It, arlecchino), prob. fr. OF. hierlekin, hellequin, goblin, elf, which is prob. of German or Dutch origin; cf. D. hel hell. Cf. Hell, Kin. ] A buffoon, dressed in parti-colored clothes, who plays tricks, often without speaking, to divert the bystanders or an audience; a merry-andrew; originally, a droll rogue of Italian comedy. Percy Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

As dumb harlequin is exhibited in our theaters. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Harlequin bat (Zool.), an Indian bat (Scotophilus ornatus), curiously variegated with white spots. --
Harlequin beetle (Zool.), a very large South American beetle (Acrocinus longimanus) having very long legs and antennae. The elytra are curiously marked with red, black, and gray. --
Harlequin cabbage bug. (Zool.) See Calicoback. --
Harlequin caterpillar. (Zool.), the larva of an American bombycid moth (Euchaetes egle) which is covered with black, white, yellow, and orange tufts of hair. --
Harlequin duck (Zool.), a North American duck (Histrionicus histrionicus). The male is dark ash, curiously streaked with white. --
Harlequin moth. (Zool.) See Magpie Moth. --
Harlequin opal. See Opal. --
Harlequin snake (Zool.), See harlequin snake in the vocabulary. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To play the droll; to make sport by playing ludicrous tricks. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To remove or conjure away, as by a harlequin's trick. [ 1913 Webster ]

And kitten, if the humor hit
Has harlequined away the fit. M. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arleguinade. ] A play or part of a play in which the harlequin is conspicuous; the part of a harlequin. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several venomous New World snakes brilliantly banded in red and black and either yellow or white, especially the eastern coral snake, a small poisonous snake (Micrurus fulvius or Elaps fulvius), ringed with red and black, found in the Southeastern United States. They are widely distributed in Southern and Central America;
Syn. -- coral snake, New World coral snake. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Coming between the equinoxes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Summer and winter I have called interequinoctial intervals. F. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Lamboys, Label. ] 1. A kind of pendent scarf or covering attached to the helmet, to protect it from wet or heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A leather flap hanging from a cuirass. Wilhelm. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A piece of ornament drapery or short decorative hanging, pendent from a shelf or from the casing above a window, hiding the curtain fixtures, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Manikin. ] An artist's model of wood or other material. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a woman who wears clothes to display fashions; a fashion model. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- fashion model, model. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A three-dimensional model of a person, used to display clothes, especially in retail stores and in window displays; a dummy. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- manikin, mannikin, manakin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A model of a human form used by tailors to help make clothing of the proper shape. [ PJC ]

n. The vernal equinox. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. ] 1. (Cookery) A mixture of cheese, eggs, etc., formed in a mold, or served on bread. [ Written also ramekin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The porcelian or earthen mold in which ramequins are baked and served, by extension, any dish so used. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. reqiem a Mass sung for the dead. See Requiem. ] (Zool.) The man-eater, or white shark (Carcharodon carcharias); -- so called on account of its causing requiems to be sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. An engine of war used in the Middle Ages, consisting of a protected elevated staging on wheels, and armed in front with pikes. It was (after the 14th century) furnished with small cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sequin, It. zecchino, from zecca the mint, fr. Ar. sekkah, sikkah, a die, a stamp. Cf. Zechin. ] An old gold coin of Italy and Turkey. It was first struck at Venice about the end of the 13th century, and afterward in the other Italian cities, and by the Levant trade was introduced into Turkey. It is worth about 9s. 3d. sterling, or about $2.25. The different kinds vary somewhat in value. [ Written also chequin, and zequin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]