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n. [ Cf. F. alcoolature. ] (Med.) An alcoholic tincture prepared with fresh plants. New Eng. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. caelare to engrave in relief. ] Art of producing metal decorative work other than statuary, as reliefs, intaglios, engraving, chasing, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. capillatura. ] A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caelatura, fr. caelare to engrave in relief. ] 1. The act or art of engraving or embossing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is engraved. [ Obs. ] Hakewill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colatura, from colare: cf. F. colature. See Colander. ] The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. entablature: cf. It intavolatura, fr. LL. intabulare to construct a basis; L. in + tabulatum board work, flooring, fr. tabula. See Table. ] (Arch.) The superstructure which lies horizontally upon the columns. See Illust. of Column, Cornice. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is commonly divided into architrave, the part immediately above the column; frieze, the central space; and cornice, the upper projecting moldings. Parker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. filatura, fr. filare to spin: cf. F. filature. See Filatory. ] 1. A drawing out into threads; hence, the reeling of silk from cocoons. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reel for drawing off silk from cocoons; also, an establishment for reeling silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. flatulence. ] The state or quality of being flatulent. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow. ] 1. Affected with flatus{ 2 } or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flatulent manner; with flatulence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. flatuosité. ] Flatulence. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. flatueux. ] Windy; generating wind. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. E. Flatuses L. Flatus. [ L., fr. flare to blow. ] 1. A breath; a puff of wind. Clarke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gas generated in the stomach, intestine, or other cavities of the body. Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. gallus a cock. ] (Zool.) The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Inflate, v. t. ] A blowing or breathing into; inflation; inspiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

The divine breath that blows the nostrils out
To ineffable inflatus. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ L., the right side. ] (Conic Sections) The line drawn through a focus of a conic section parallel to the directrix and terminated both ways by the curve. It is the parameter of the principal axis. See Focus, and Parameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. législature. ] The body of persons in a state or kingdom invested with power to make and repeal laws; a legislative body. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without the concurrent consent of all three parts of the legislature, no law is, or can be, made. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The legislature of Great Britain consists of the Lords and Commons, with the king or queen, whose sanction is necessary to every bill before it becomes a law. The legislatures of most of the United States consist of two houses or branches; but the sanction or consent of the governor is required to give their acts the force of law, or a concurrence of two thirds of the two houses after he has refused his sanction and assigned his objections. [ 1913 Webster ]

The legislatures of some of the more important states having constitutional government are as follows, the general name (or a translation of it) of the legislative body collectively being given under the heading legislature, or parliament:

 StateLegislature, or parliamentUpper HouseNameNumber of members -- how chosen or composed -- term of officeLower HouseNameNumber of members -- suffrage -- term of office ----------------------------------------------------------------- ArgentinaNational CongressSenate30 -- 2 from each provincew and 2 from capital -- 9 yearsHouse of Deputies120 (1 to 33, 000) -- Manhood -- 4 years AustriaReichsrath BelgiumThe Chambers BrazilNational Congress ChileNational Congress DenmarkRigsdag FranceNational Assembly German EmpireImperial legislature *Great BritainParliamentHouse of LordsAbout 600House of CommonsAbout 670 -- 7 years, or until dissolution Greece HungaryOrzág-gyülés ItalyParliament JapanImperial Diet MexicoCongress NetherlandsStates-General #NorwayStorthing PortugalCortes Geraes (general Assembly) PrussiaLandtagHerrenhausNo limit -- very various classes -- For different termsAbgeordnetenhaus433 -- Indirect election, general suffrage§ -- 5 years, or until dissolution SpainCortes SwedenDiet SwitzerlandBundesversammlung United StatesCongressSenate92(1908) -- 6 yearsHouse of Representatives391 (1908) -- 2 years. 

n. Blotting paper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. musculature. ] (Anat.) The muscular system of an animal, or of any of its parts; musculation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining or according to a nomenclature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nomenclatura: cf. F. nomenclature. See Nomenclator. ] 1. A name. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A vocabulary, dictionary, or glossary. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The technical names used in any particular branch of science or art, or by any school or individual; as, the nomenclature of botany or of chemistry; the nomenclature of Lavoisier and his associates. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Oblata [ NL. See Oblate. ] (Geom.) An oblate spheroid; a figure described by the revolution of an ellipse about its minor axis. Cf. Oblongum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Pharm.) A semisolid unctuous substance, neutral, and without taste or odor, derived from petroleum by distilling off the lighter portions and purifying the residue. It is a yellowish, fatlike mass, transparent in thin layers, and somewhat fluorescent. It is used as a bland protective dressing, and as a substitute for fatty materials in ointments. U. S. Pharm. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Petrolatum is the official name for the purified product. Cosmoline and vaseline are commercial names for substances essentially the same, but differing slightly in appearance and consistency or fusibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Postulata [ L. See Postulate, n. ] A postulate. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ F. prélature, or LL. praelatura. ] The state or dignity of a prelate; prelacy. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prolata [ NL. See Prolate. ] (Geom.) A prolate spheroid. See Ellipsoid of revolution, under Ellipsoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tablature ancient mode of musical notation. See Table. ] 1. (Paint.) A painting on a wall or ceiling; a single piece comprehended in one view, and formed according to one design; hence, a picture in general. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) An ancient mode of indicating musical sounds by letters and other signs instead of by notes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chimes of bells are so rarely managed that I went up to that of Sir Nicholas, where I found who played all sorts of compositions from the tablature before him as if he had fingered an organ. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Division into plates or tables with intervening spaces; as, the tablature of the cranial bones. [ 1913 Webster ]