‖n. [ Per. ] The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. archimandrita, LGr.
n. See Ahriman. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. See Bimanous. ] (Zool.) Animals having two hands; -- a term applied by Cuvier to man as a special order of Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. bis twice + manus hand. ] (Zool.) Having two hands; two-handed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) See Cayman. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Native name ] (Zool.) A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf. Clamant. ] One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A declaimer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A half man. [ R. ] Knolles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small genus of terrestrial orchids of Europe and Mediterranean region.
n. one of two genera of stilts; they are similar to avocets but with straight bills.
n. (Zool.) A carnivorous animal (Crossarchus obscurus) of tropical Africa. It its allied to the civets. Called also
n. [ F. limon, fr. L. limus slime. ] The deposit of slime at the mouth of a river; slime. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. longus long + manus hand. ] Having long hands. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. pes, pedis, foot + manus hand. ] (Zool.) A division of marsupials, including the opossums. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. pédimane. ] (Zool.) A pedimanous marsupial; an opossum. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Pedimana. ] (Zool.) Having feet resembling hands, or with the first toe opposable, as the opossums and monkeys. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. réclamant, p. pr. ] One who reclaims; one who cries out against or contradicts. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. réprimande, fr. L. reprimendus, reprimenda, that is to be checked or suppressed, fr. reprimere to check, repress; pref. re- re + premere to press. See Press, and cf. Repress. ] Severe or formal reproof; reprehension, private or public. [ 1913 Webster ]
Goldsmith gave his landlady a sharp reprimand for her treatment of him. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Germanicus was severely reprimanded by Tiberius for traveling into Egypt without his permission. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who reprimands. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ After Benjamin Siliman, an American meneralogist. ] (Min.) Same as Fibrolite. [ 1913 Webster ]