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a. [ L. aliger; ala wing + gerere to carry. ] Having wings; winged. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing arms. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

They belonged to the armigerous part of the population, and were entitled to write themselves Esquire. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ascus + -gerous. ] (Bot.) Having asci. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barba a beard + -gerous. ] Having a beard; bearded; hairy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hindi bajrā. ] A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse. ] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cirrus + -gerous. ] (Biol.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing a club or a key. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corallum coral + -gerous. ] Producing coral; coralliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corniger; cornu horn + gerere to bear. ] Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cotyle + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Having cotyles. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear. ] Bearing hair; hairy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crux, cricis, cross + -gerous. ] Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger. ] 1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us;
The ways are dangerous. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

If they incline to think you dangerous
To less than gods. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [ Colloq. ] Forby. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

My wages ben full strait, and eke full small;
My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Reserved; not affable. [ Obs. ] “Of his speech dangerous.” Chaucer.

-- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dens, dentis, tooth + -gerous. ] Bearing teeth or toothlike structures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics & Chem.) See Dextrogyrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cosmopolitan genus of usually perennial herbs with asterlike flowers; the leaves were formerly used medicinally, but now are only occasionally so used.
Syn. -- genus Erigeron. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. ] See Gerocomy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to gerocomy. Dr. John Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gérocomie, fr. Gr. &unr_; an old man + &unr_; to take care of. ] That part of medicine which treats of regimen for old people. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) Magistrates in Sparta, who with the ephori and kings, constituted the supreme civil authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, an old man + &unr_; to rule. ] Government by old men. [ R. ] Gladstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. geropiga. ] A mixture composed of unfermented grape juice, brandy, sugar, etc., for adulteration of wines. [ Written also jerupigia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. -ger, fr. gerere to bear, carry. See Jest. ] A suffix signifying bearing, producing; as, calcigerous; dentigerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A row of shrubs, or trees, planted for inclosure or separation of fields. [ 1913 Webster ]

By hedgerow elms and hillocks green. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + morigerous. ] Rude; uncivil; disobedient. [ Obs. ] -- Im`mo*rig"er*ous*ness, n. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. laniger; lano wool + gerere to hear. ] Bearing or producing wool. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. linum flax + -gerous. ] Bearing flax; producing linen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. morigerus; mos, moris, custom, manner + gerere to bear, conduct. ] Obedient; obsequious. [ Obs. ] Brathwait. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. naviger; navis ship + gerere to bear. ] Bearing ships; capable of floating vessels. [ R. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An American ranunculaceous plant (Hidrastis Canadensis), having a yellow tuberous root; -- also called yellowroot, golden seal, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ovum + -gerous: cf. F. ovigere. ] (Biol.) Bearing eggs; oviferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Palpus + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing a palpus. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pedi- + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing or having feet or legs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. penniger; penna feather + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) Bearing feathers or quills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pilus hair + -gerous: cf. F. piligère. ] Bearing hair; covered with hair or down; piliferous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. plumiger; pluma a feather + gerere to bear. ] Feathered; having feathers. Bailey [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pupa + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing or containing a pupa; -- said of dipterous larvæ which do not molt when the pupa is formed within them. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ramus a branch + -gerous. ] (Bot.) Bearing branches; branched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Naut.) See Life line (a), under Life. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Seta + -gerous. ] Covered with bristles; having or bearing a seta or setae; setiferous; as, setigerous glands; a setigerous segment of an annelid; specifically (Bot.), tipped with a bristle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. spiniger; spina spine + gerere to bear. ] Bearing a spine or spines; thorn-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. squamiger; squama a scale + gerere to bear. ] (Zool.) Bearing scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tricorniger; tricornis three-horned (see Tri-, and Horn) + -gerere to bear. ] Having three horns. [ 1913 Webster ]