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n. [ Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + -lite. ] (Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; image. See Idol. ] An image or representation; a form; a phantom; an apparition. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. formidolosus, fr. formido fear. ] Very much afraid. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. idole, F. idole, L. idolum, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; that which is seen, the form, shape, figure, fr. &unr_; to see. See Wit, and cf. Eidolon. ] 1. An image or representation of anything. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Do her adore with sacred reverence,
As th' idol of her maker's great magnificence. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god. [ 1913 Webster ]

That they should not worship devils, and idols of gold. Rev. ix. 20. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored. [ 1913 Webster ]

The soldier's god and people's idol. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A false notion or conception; a fallacy. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The idols of preconceived opinion. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE., for idolatre. ] An idolater. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. idolâtre: cf. L. idololatres, Gr. &unr_;. See Idolatry. ] 1. A worshiper of idols; one who pays divine honors to images, statues, or representations of anything made by hands; one who worships as a deity that which is not God; a pagan. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An adorer; a great admirer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Jonson was an idolater of the ancients. Bp. Hurd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female worshiper of idols. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. idolâtrique. ] Idolatrous. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Idolatrized p. pr. & vb. n. Idolatrizing ] To worship idols; to pay idolatrous worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make in idol of; to idolize. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to idolatry; partaking of the nature of idolatry; given to idolatry or the worship of false gods; as, idolatrous sacrifices. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Josiah ] put down the idolatrous priests. 2 Kings xxiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting in, or partaking of, an excessive attachment or reverence; as, an idolatrous veneration for antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a idolatrous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Idolatries [ F. idolâtrie, LL. idolatria, L. idololatria, Fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; idol + &unr_; service. ] 1. The worship of idols, images, or anything which is not God; the worship of false gods. [ 1913 Webster ]

His eye surveyed the dark idolatries
Of alienated Judah. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excessive attachment or veneration for anything; respect or love which borders on adoration. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Idolatrous. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The worship of idols. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A worshiper of idols. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Idolized p. pr. & vb. n. Idolizing ] 1. To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice idolatry. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To idolize after the manner of Egypt. Fairbairn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who idolizes or loves to the point of reverence; an idolater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; idol + &unr_; to break. ] A breaker of idols; an iconoclast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Idol + -graph. ] Descriptive of idols. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖/mhw>, n.; pl. Idola /plu>. [ L. See Idol; cf. Eidolon. ] Appearance or image; a phantasm; a spectral image; also, a mental image or idea. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Idolatrous. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Iridescent + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) A nitrogenous base C10H9N, extracted from coal-tar naphtha, as an oily liquid. It is a member of the quinoline series, and is probably identical with lepidine.

n. (Min.) See Crocidolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + -lite: cf. F. lépidolithe. ] (Min.) A species of mica, of a lilac or rose-violet color, containing lithia. It usually occurs in masses consisting of small scales. See Mica. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in orchidology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the orchis + -logy. ] The branch of botany which treats of orchids. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in pteridology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a fern + -logy. ] That department of botany which treats of ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. fan + -lite. ] (Min.) A translucent mineral of a green color and micaceous structure, belonging to the chlorite group; a hydrous silicate of alumina, magnesia, and iron; -- called also clinochlore. [ 1913 Webster ]