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‖n. [ F. ] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult; -- called also shivaree.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a noisy mock serenade (made by banging pans and kettles) to a newly married couple.
Syn. -- shivaree, charivari, callithump, callathump. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. pl. [ Mex. Sp. ] Leggings. [ Mex. & Southwestern U. S. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a variety of a plant developed from a natural species and maintained under cultivation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Divaricated; p. pr. & vb. n. Divaricating. ] [ L. divaricatus, p. p. of divaricare to stretch apart; di- = dis- + varicare to straddle, fr. varicus straddling, fr. varus stretched outwards. ] 1. To part into two branches; to become bifid; to fork. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To diverge; to be divaricate. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To divide into two branches; to cause to branch apart. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. divaricatus, p. p. ] 1. Diverging; spreading asunder; widely diverging. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Forking and diverging; widely diverging; as the branches of a tree, or as lines of sculpture, or color markings on animals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With divarication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. divarication. ] 1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the muscles which open the shell of brachiopods; a cardinal muscle. See Illust. of Brachiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. olivarius belonging to olives, fr. oliva an olive: cf. F. olivaire. ] (Anat.) Like an olive. [ 1913 Webster ]

Olivary body (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; -- called also olive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salivarius slimy, clammy: cf. F. salivaire. ] (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to saliva; producing or carrying saliva; as, the salivary ferment; the salivary glands; the salivary ducts, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Having one degree of freedom or variability. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. E. Vivariums L. Vivaria [ L., fr. vivarius belonging to living creatures, fr. vivus alive, living. See Vivid. ] A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]