n. [ LL. algebra, fr. Ar. al-jebr reduction of parts to a whole, or fractions to whole numbers, fr. jabara to bind together, consolidate; al-jebr w'almuqābalah reduction and comparison (by equations): cf. F. algèbre, It. & Sp. algebra. ]
Algebraic curve,
adv. By algebraic process. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One versed in algebra. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To perform by algebra; to reduce to algebraic form. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Perh. corrup. of vergeboard; or cf. LL. bargus a kind of gallows. ] A vergeboard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. Same as Aitchbone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Mythol.) The god of the earth; father of Osiris and Isis.
a. Born under a hedge; of low birth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eng. Law) Same as Haybote. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Bargeboard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The part of a harness which passes over the saddle, and supports the shafts of a cart; -- called also
n. The backbone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Blood . . . lying cluttered about the ridgebone. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A low irregular shrub (Artemisia tridentata), of the order
. Nevada; -- a nickname. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. A sackbut. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A swashbuckler; a bully; a roisterer. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Verge + board. Cf. Bargeboard. ] (Arch.) The ornament of woodwork upon the gable of a house, used extensively in the 15th century. It was generally suspended from the edge of the projecting roof (see Verge, n., 4), and in a position parallel to the gable wall. Called also bargeboard. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) An Australian crested insessorial bird (Sphenostoma cristatum) having a wedge-shaped bill. Its color is dull brown, like the earth of the plains where it lives. [ 1913 Webster ]