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adv. In a clammy manner. “Oozing so clammily.” Hood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being clammy or viscous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Clammier superl. Clammiest. ] [ Cf. AS. clām clay. See Clam to clog, and cf. Clay. ] Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. strong-scented herb (Polanisia graveolens) common in the southern U. S. covered with intermixed gland and hairs.
Syn. -- Polanisia graveolens, Polanisia dodecandra. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inflammable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammeus from flamma flame. ] Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammifer; flamma flame + ferre to bear. ] Producing flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammivomus; flamma flame + vomere to vomit. ] Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flammula little flame, dim. fr. flamma flame. ] Of a reddish color. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Half-filled. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Lions' half-clammed entrails roar for food. Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inflammabilite. ] Susceptibility of taking fire readily; the state or quality of being inflammable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ CF. F. inflammable. ] 1. Capable of being easily set fire; easily enkindled; combustible; as, inflammable oils or spirits. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excitable; irritable; irascible; easily provoked; as, an inflammable temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inflammable air, the old chemical name for hydrogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being inflammable; inflammability. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an inflammable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inflammatio: cf. F. inflammation. See Inflame. ] 1. The act of inflaming, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed. “The inflammation of fat.” Wilkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A morbid condition of any part of the body, consisting in congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with tenderness, heat and pain. It may be caused by exposure to any number of injurious agents. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inflammatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. inflammatoire. ] 1. Tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Tending to excite anger, animosity, tumult, or sedition; seditious; as, inflammatory libels, writings, speeches, or publications. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) Accompanied with, or tending to cause, preternatural heat and excitement of arterial action; as, an inflammatory disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inflammatory crust. (Med.) Same as Buffy coat, under Buffy. --
Inflammatory fever, a variety of fever due to inflammation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Lam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hlāmmesse, hlāfmæsse, loaf mass, bread feast, or feast of first fruits; hlāf loaf + mæsse mass. See Loaf, and Mass religious service. ] The first day of August; -- called also Lammas day, and Lammastide. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ G. lämmergeier; lamm, pl. lämmer, lamb + geier vulture. ] (Zool.) A very large vulture (Gypaëtus barbatus), which inhabits the mountains of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. When full-grown it is nine or ten feet in extent of wings. It is brownish black above, with the under parts and neck rusty yellow; the forehead and crown white; the sides of the head and beard black. It feeds partly on carrion and partly on small animals, which it kills. It has the habit of carrying tortoises and marrow bones to a great height, and dropping them on stones to obtain the contents, and is therefore called bonebreaker and ossifrage. It is supposed to be the ossifrage of the Bible. Called also bearded vulture and bearded eagle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Metal + ammonium. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical derived from ammonium by the substitution of metallic atoms in place of hydrogen. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Not easily ignited, and burning only slowly if ignited. [ Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible ] WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Med.) not inflammatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ F. oriflamme, OF. oriflambe, LL. auriflamma; L. aurum gold + flamma flame; cf. L. flammula a little banner. So called because it was a flag of red silk, split into many points, and borne on a gilded lance. ] 1. The ancient royal standard of France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A standard or ensign, in battle. “A handkerchief like an oriflamb.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

And be your oriflamme to-day the helmet of Navarre. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. G. schlampe, schlamp, dim. schlämpchen; schlampen to dangle, to be slovenly in one's dress. ] A slut; a slatternly woman. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]