a. Mentioned or recited before. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Literally, bare sark or shirt. ] A Berserker, or Norse warrior who fought without armor, or shirt of mail. Hence, adverbially: Without shirt of mail or armor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To make a saint of. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Bezant. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. ] A Roman emperor, as being the successor of
Marlborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by Cæsar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. same as caesarean section. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
n. (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also
n. [ Cf. F. Césarisme. ] A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Cæsar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This word came into prominence in the time of Napoleon III., as an expression of the claims and political views of that emperor, and of the politicians of his court. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
n. (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius Cæsar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation; -- called also
n. See Cæsarism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. contrefaisance, fr. contrefaire. See Counterfeit, a. ] The act of forging; forgery. [ Obs. ]
n. [ F. courtisane, fr. courtisan courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp. cortesana. See Court. ] A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Harlotry. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. to remove the salt from, especially from water;
n. same as desalinization.
n. same as desalinization.
n. the removal of salt (especially from sea water); the act or process of desalinating.
v. t. same as desalinate.
v. to remove the salt from (a solution of salt). This term is used in a more general sense than desalinate, which usually refers to the removal of common salt (sodium chloride) from a water solution, such as sea water.
a. [ LL. dioecesanus: cf. F. diocésain. ] Of or pertaining to a diocese;
n.
n. [ Cf. G. dudelsack. ] The Scotch bagpipe. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Elcesai, the leader of the sect. ] (Eccl.) One of a sect of Asiatic Gnostics of the time of the Emperor Trajan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Ointment for the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Mentioned before; aforesaid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Naut.)
v. t. [ AS. foresecgan; fore + secgan to say. See Say, v. t. ] To foretell. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Her danger nigh that sudden change foresaid. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ He is represented as a short, fat, red-colored man, with a large belly and the head of an elephant. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Imide + isatin. ] (Chem.) A dark yellow, crystalline substance, obtained by the action of ammonia on isatin. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ It. See Emprise, and cf. Impress, n., 4. ] (Her.) A device on a shield or seal, or used as a bookplate or the like.
My impresa to your lordship; a swain
Flying to a laurel for shelter. J. Webster. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
a. (Anat.) Between sesamoid bones;
n. See Kaiser. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. lancepessade, lanspessade, anspessade, It. lancia spezzata a broken lance or demilance, a demilance roan, a light horseman, bodyguard. ] An assistant to a corporal; a private performing the duties of a corporal; -- called also
n. (Chem.) A manganate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. ] A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [ Southwestern U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A salt of mesaconic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mes- + -aconic, as in citraconic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Same as mesiad. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Same as Mesial. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] A marriage with a person of inferior social position; a misalliance. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Same as Mesially. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Mes- + amœboid. ] (Biol.) One of a class of independent, isolated cells found in the mesoderm, while the germ layers are undergoing differentiation. [ 1913 Webster ]