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n. Existence or state of angels. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Checking the flow of saliva. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A remedy against excessive salivation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Of or pertaining to an archipelago. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -goes or -gos [ It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref &unr_; + &unr_; sea, perh. akin to &unr_; blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The Grecian Archipelago, or Ægean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. assemblage. See Assemble. ] 1. The act of assembling, or the state of being assembled; association. [ 1913 Webster ]

In sweet assemblage every blooming grace. Fenton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of individuals, or of individuals, or of particular things; as, a political assemblage; an assemblage of ideas. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Company; group; collection; concourse; gathering; meeting; convention. Assemblage, Assembly. An assembly consists only of persons; an assemblage may be composed of things as well as persons, as, an assemblage of incoherent objects. Nor is every assemblage of persons an assembly; since the latter term denotes a body who have met, and are acting, in concert for some common end, such as to hear, to deliberate, to unite in music, dancing, etc. An assemblage of skaters on a lake, or of horse jockeys at a race course, is not an assembly, but might be turned into one by collecting into a body with a view to discuss and decide as to some object of common interest. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A by-product from the manufacture of steel by the basic process, used as a fertilizer. It is rich in lime and contains 14 to 20 per cent of phosphoric acid. Called also Thomas slag, phosphatic slag, and odorless phosphate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + flagellate. ] Having two long, narrow, whiplike appendages. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. & i. Same as Bilge. [ 1913 Webster ]

. An organization composed originally of Chinese rebels that had been driven into Tonkin by the suppression of the Taiping rebellion, but later increased by bands of pirates and adventurers. It took a prominent part in fighting the French during their hostilities with Anam, 1873-85. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] Mendacious boasting; falsehood; humbug. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Med.) a severe and often fatal disease caused by infection with the bacterium Yersinia pestis (formerly Pasteurella pestis), transmitted to man by the bite of fleas, themselves usually infected by biting infected rodents. It is characterized by the formation of buboes, most notably on the groin and armpits, and accompanied by weakness and high fever. The disease was known as the black death, and was responsible for several devastating plagues throughout the middle ages. When lungs became infected, the disease was called the pneumonic plague. It is still found occasionally in poor areas of undeveloped countries but is rare in developed countries. [ PJC ]

n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. carcelladium, carceragium, fr. L. carcer prison. ] Prison fees. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage. ] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication. [ 1913 Webster ]

Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints. --
Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage. --
Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilageneus. ] See Cartilaginous. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make. ] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux. ] 1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. cholagwgo`s; cholh` bile + 'agwgo`s leading, 'a`gein to lead: cf. F. cholagogue. ] (Med.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. -- n. An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. Clog. ] Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Clientele, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any picture made by sticking together pieces of paper or photographs, especially in unusual or surprising ways.
Syn. -- montage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the technique of producing a work of art that is a collage{ 1 }. [ PJC ]

3. any composite object, whether abstract or concrete, created by assembling components of varied types. [ PJC ]

4. (Cinema) a film having scenes of different types or from different locations displayed in rapid succession without transitions. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. ko`lla glue + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Containing or resembling collagen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conflagrans, p. pr. of conflagrare; con- + flagrare to blaze. See Flagrant. ] Burning together in a common flame. [ R. ] “The conflagrant mass.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conflagratio: cf. F. conflagration. ] A fire extending to many objects, or over a large space; a general burning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Till one wide conflagration swallows all. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their commerce by means of a consul in a foreign place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See Court. ] (Law) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Deflagrate. ] (Chem.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating. ] [ L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn. ] (Chem.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. deflagratio: cf. F. déflagration. ] 1. A burning up; conflagration. “Innumerable deluges and deflagrations.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus comprising the tree wallabies.
Syn. -- genus Dendrolagus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a mountain in Nepal, 26, 810 feet high. [ proper name ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; interchange, change, fr. &unr_; to interchange. ] (Rhet.) A figure by which arguments are placed in various points of view, and then turned to one point. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; change, alluding to the change and inequality of luster between the natural joints of the mineral. ] (Min.) A dark green or bronze-colored laminated variety of pyroxene, common in certain igneous rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. and order of plankton, in some classifications it is considered a phylum of the kingdom Protista; in others it is included in the plant phylum Pyrrophyta. Its members usually have two flagella, one of which extends from its center.
Syn. -- order Dinoflagellata, Cilioflagellata, order Cilioflagellata. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. a member of the Dinoflagellata, chiefly marine protozoa having two flagella. The dinoflagellates form a chief constituent of plankton. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. efflagitatus, p. p. of efflagitare. ] To ask urgently. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. galle gall (with the letters reversed). ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; an exchange, fr. &unr_; to exchange; &unr_; in + &unr_; to change. ] (Gram.) A substitution, as of one part of speech for another, of one gender, number, case, person, tense, mode, or voice, of the same word, for another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F.; pref. en- (L. in) + silo. See Silo. ] 1. The process of preserving fodder (such as cornstalks, rye, oats, millet, etc.) by compressing it while green and fresh in a pit or vat called a silo, where it is kept covered from the air; as, the ensilage of fodder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fodder preserved in a silo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ensilaged p. pr. & vb. n. Ensilaging ] To preserve in a silo; as, to ensilage cornstalks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fibra a fiber + E. cartilage. ] (Anat.) A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous a. [1913 Webster]

n. variant spelling of filigree.
Syn. -- filigree, filagree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Flagged p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging ] [ Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an ensign. ] 1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. [ 1913 Webster ]

As loose it [ the sail ] flagged around the mast. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the strength flags. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift.

Syn. -- To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine. [ 1913 Webster ]