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‖n. [ F. chomage. ] 1. Stoppage; cessation (of labor). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A standing still or idle (of mills, factories, etc.). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. kriqai`, pl., barley + -mancy: cf. F. crithomancie. ] A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being fathomed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo + Gr. &unr_; a spine. ] (Zool.) Having the dorsal fin spines symmetrical, and in the same line; -- said of certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.&unr_; on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human. ] 1. (Feud. Law) A symbolical acknowledgment made by a feudal tenant to, and in the presence of, his lord, on receiving investiture of fee, or coming to it by succession, that he was his man, or vassal; profession of fealty to a sovereign. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Respect or reverential regard; deference; especially, respect paid by external action; obeisance. [ 1913 Webster ]

All things in heaven and earth do her [ Law ] homage. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Reverence directed to the Supreme Being; reverential worship; devout affection. Chaucer.

Syn. -- Fealty; submission; reverence; honor; respect. -- Homage, Fealty. Homage was originally the act of a feudal tenant by which he declared himself, on his knees, to be the hommage or bondman of the lord; hence the term is used to denote reverential submission or respect. Fealty was originally the fidelity of such a tenant to his lord, and hence the term denotes a faithful and solemn adherence to the obligations we owe to superior power or authority. We pay our homage to men of preëminent usefulness and virtue, and profess our fealty to the principles by which they have been guided. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet !
Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man, disobeying,
Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins
Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Homaged p. pr. & vb. n. Homaging. ] [ Cf. OF. hommager. ] 1. To pay reverence to by external action. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To cause to pay homage. [ Obs. ] Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. OF. hommageable. ] Subject to homage. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Homage: cf. F. hommager. ] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Homolographic.

{ } a. [ Gr. "omalo`s even + -oid.] (Geom.) Flat; even; -- a term applied to surfaces and to spaces, whether real or imagined, in which the definitions, axioms, and postulates of Euclid respecting parallel straight lines are assumed to hold true. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "omarh`s well adjusted.] (Zool.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including the common lobsters. -- Hom"a*roid a. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Homo- + atropine. ] (Med.) An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + Gr. &unr_; an axle, axis. ] (Biol.) Relating to that kind of homology or symmetry, the mathematical conception of organic form, in which all axes are equal. See under Promorphology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + -mancy: cf. F. lithomancie. ] Divination by means of stones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Litho- + L. marga marl. ] A clay of a fine smooth texture, and very sectile. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Lymph, and -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor having a structure resembling that of a lymphatic gland; -- called also lymphadenoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

Malignant lymphoma, a fatal disease characterized by the formation in various parts of the body of new growths resembling lymphatic glands in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ny`mfh a bride + mani`a madness. ] (Med.) An uncontrollable excessive sexual desire in women, constituting a true disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A woman afflicted with nymphomania. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. nymphomanie. ] (Med.) Same as Nymphomania. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a finger nail + -mancy: cf. F. onychomancie. ] Divination by the nails. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird + &unr_; divination: cf. F. ornithomancie. ] Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ F. potichomanie; potiche a porcelain vase + manie mania. ] The art or process of coating the inside of glass vessels with engravings or paintings, so as to give them the appearance of painted ware. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. psychomachia, fr. Gr. psychh` the soul + &unr_; fight: cf. &unr_; desperate fighting. ] A conflict of the soul with the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Psycho- + -mancy: cf. F. psychomancie. ] Necromancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a line + -mancy. ] Divination by lines, or passages of books, taken at hazard. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) The doctrine of Thomas Aquinas, esp. with respect to predestination and grace. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Iron Metal.) Same as Basic process, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or }. Same as Basic slag, above. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of the ancient church of Christians established on the Malabar coast of India, which some suppose to have been originally founded by the Apostle Thomas. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; roughness, fr. &unr_; rough. ] (Med.) a contagious granular conjunctivitis caused by the bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis. It is a chronic inflammation of the conjunctiva -- Tra*chom"a*tous a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ L., a kind of plant, from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) Any fern of the genus Trichomanes. The fronds are very delicate and often translucent, and the sporangia are borne on threadlike receptacles rising from the middle of cup-shaped marginal involucres. Several species are common in conservatories; two are native in the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a growth of hair. ] (Med.) Affected with a disease which causes agglutination and matting together; -- said of the hair when affected with plica. See Plica, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Pertaining to typhoid fever and malaria; as, typhomalarial fever, a form of fever having symptoms both of malarial and typhoid fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Typhus, and Mania. ] (Med.) A low delirium common in typhus fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

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‖n. [ NL. See Xantho-, and -oma. ] (Med.) A skin disease marked by the development or irregular yellowish patches upon the skin, especially upon the eyelids; -- called also xanthelasma. [ 1913 Webster ]