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a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + dia` through + &unr_;heat. ] Not pervious to heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. aforement. ] (Old Law) The act of affeering. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ After + math. See Math. ] A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. superl. [ OE. eftemest, AS. æftemest, akin to Gothic aftumist and aftuma, the last, orig. a superlative of of, with the superlative endings -te, -me, -st. ] 1. Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) Nearest the stern; most aft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Aldermen [ AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See Elder, n. ] 1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being an alderman. [ Jocular ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like or suited to an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. “An aldermanly discretion.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The district or ward of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office or rank of an alderman. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. al-qirmiz kermes. See Kermes. ] (Old Pharmacy) A compound cordial, in the form of a confection, deriving its name from the kermes insect, its principal ingredient. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Any fermentation process by which ammonia is formed, as that by which urea is converted into ammonium carbonate when urine is exposed to the air. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Angio- + monospermous. ] (Bot.) Producing one seed only in a seed pod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Angio- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, seed. ] (Bot.) A plant which has its seeds inclosed in a pericarp. Contrasted with gymnosperm. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is restricted to exogenous plants, and applied to one of the two grand divisions of these species, the other division including gymnosperms, or those which have naked seeds. The oak, apple, beech, etc., are angiosperms, while the pines, spruce, hemlock, and the allied varieties, are gymnosperms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Same as Angiospermous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having seeds inclosed in a pod or other pericarp. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ NL. ] (Anat.) The vermiform appendix. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'derm. ] (Zool.) The external covering of an Arthropod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_;, &unr_;, seed. ] (Bot.) Aspermous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; seed. ] (Bot.) Destitute of seeds; aspermatous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Athermanous. ] Inability to transmit radiant heat; impermeability to heat. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + qermai`nein to heat, qe`rma heat: cf. F. athermane. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Athermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attemperament. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. averement, LL. averamentum. See Aver, v. t. ] 1. The act of averring, or that which is averred; affirmation; positive assertion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Signally has this averment received illustration in the course of recent events. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Verification; establishment by evidence. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) A positive statement of facts; an allegation; an offer to justify or prove what is alleged. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In any stage of pleadings, when either party advances new matter, he avers it to be true, by using this form of words: “and this he is ready to verify.” This was formerly called an averment. It modern pleading, it is termed a verification. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fop. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. berme, of German origin; cf. G. brame, bräme, border, akin to E. brim. ] 1. (Fort.) A narrow shelf or path between the bottom of a parapet and the ditch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Engineering) A ledge at the bottom of a bank or cutting, to catch earth that may roll down the slope, or to strengthen the bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as Bermudas.
Syn. -- Bermudas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Bot.) A kind of grass (Cynodon Dactylon) esteemed for pasture in the Southern United States. It is a native of Southern Europe, but is now wide-spread in warm countries; -- called also scutch grass, and in Bermuda, devil grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Bot.) The large white lily (Lilium longiflorum eximium, syn. Lilium Harrisii) which is extensively cultivated in Bermuda. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Bermuda; as, Bermudan beaches. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to Bermudans; as, The Bermudan hotel staff. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Bermuda.
Syn. -- Bermudian. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of islands in the Atlantic off the Carolina coast; British colony; resort.
Syn. -- Bermuda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a native or inhabitant of Bermuda.
Syn. -- Bermudan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A making better; amendment; improvement. W. Montagu. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) An improvement of an estate which renders it better than mere repairing would do; -- generally used in the plural. [ U. S. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Best. [ R. ] “The bettermost classes.” Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being bewildered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Contention. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. someone who gossips indiscreetly.
Syn. -- blabber, tattletale, taleteller, talebearer, telltale. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. tending to talk excessively.
Syn. -- bigmouthed, blabby, talkative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. prone to revealing secrets; -- of people.
Syn. -- leaky, talebearing(prenominal), tattling(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. derm. ] (Embryology) the early stage of an embryo after the first cleavages of the ovum; also, the layer of cells of which the early embryo is composed; specifically: (a) the early embryo developing from a blastodisc, after the blastocoel has formed. (b) in an insect embryo, the layer of cells that surrounds the internal mass of the yolk. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A slow alcoholic fermentation during which the yeast cells collect at the bottom of the fermenting liquid. It takes place at a temperature of 4° - 10° C. (39° - 50°F.). It is used in making lager beer and wines of low alcohol content but fine bouquet. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

(Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]