n. The time just after dinner. “An after-dinner's sleep.” Shak. [ Obs. ] --
n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]
A sermon of a new beginner. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]
I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]
Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ For bittacle, corrupted (perh. by influence of bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place, fr. habitare to dwell. See Habit, and cf. Bittacle. ] (Naut.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather. ] (Zool.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnatifid. ] (Bot.) Doubly pinnatifid. [ 1913 Webster ]
A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary divisions are pinnæ and the secondary pinnules. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr.
Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Certainty. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds;
(Geol.) An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near
n.;
n. [ L. cinnabaris, Gr. &unr_;; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinbār, Hind. shangarf. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Cinnabar Græcorum [ L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks. ] (Med.)
Green cinnabar,
Hepatic cinnabar (Min.),
a. [ Cf. F. cinabarin. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it;
n. [ From Cinnamic. ] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Cinnamon. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cinnamic acid (Chem.),
a. [ L. cinnamomum cinnamon. ] (Chem.) See Cinnamic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Heb. qinnāmōn; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay kājū mānis sweet wood. ]
Cinnamon stone (Min.),
Oil of cinnamon,
Wild cinnamon.
n. [ Cinnamic + -one. ] A yellow crystalline substance,
n. [ Cinnamic + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical,
n. [ Cinnamic + quinoline. ] A nitrogenous organic base,
v. t. [ L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity. ] To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin. ] Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. concinnus. ] Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne. De Quiency. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. (Zool.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle.
adj.
n. [ F. dîner, fr. dîner to dine. See Dine. ]
A grand political dinner. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Having no dinner;
a. Of or pertaining to dinner. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The dinnerly officer. Copley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the time when people eat dinner, usually the time for the evening meal.
a. A native of Finland; one of the Finn&unr_; in the ethnological sense. See Finns. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ See Haddock. ] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. f&ibreve_;n"&aitalic_;n), Scotland. The name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock.
a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A finback whale. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Finns. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse.
a. Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language. --
n. pl.;
a.
With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. See Genet, a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Gin, v. i. ] Beginning. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also
n. (Zool.) See Goldfinny. [ 1913 Webster ]