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v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Alluding. ] [ L. alludere to play with, to allude; ad + ludere to play. ] To refer to something indirectly or by suggestion; to have reference to a subject not specifically and plainly mentioned; -- followed by to; as, the story alludes to a recent transaction. [ 1913 Webster ]

These speeches . . . do seem to allude unto such ministerial garments as were then in use. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To refer; point; indicate; hint; suggest; intimate; signify; insinuate; advert. See Refer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To compare allusively; to refer (something) as applicable. [ Obs. ] Wither. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., from allumer to light. ] A match for lighting candles, lamps, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. alumineor, fr. L. ad + liminare. See Luminate. ] An illuminator of manuscripts and books; a limner. [ Obs. ] Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Alluded p. pr. & vb. n. Alluring. ] [ OF. aleurrer, alurer, fr. a (L. ad) + leurre lure. See Lure. ] To attempt to draw; to tempt by a lure or bait, that is, by the offer of some good, real or apparent; to invite by something flattering or acceptable; to entice; to attract. [ 1913 Webster ]

With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven
Allured his eye. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. -- To Allure, Entice, Decoy, Seduce. These words agree in the idea of acting upon the mind by some strong controlling influence, and differ according to the image under which is presented. They are all used in a bad sense, except allure, which has sometimes (though rarely) a good one. We are allured by the prospect or offer (usually deceptive) of some future good. We are commonly enticed into evil by appeals to our passions. We are decoyed into danger by false appearances or representations. We are seduced when drawn aside from the path of rectitude. What allures draws by gentle means; what entices leads us by promises and persuasions; what decoys betrays us, as it were, into a snare or net; what seduces deceives us by artful appeals to the passions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Allurement. [ R. ] Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F.; aller to go. ] Gait; bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act alluring; temptation; enticement. [ 1913 Webster ]

Though Adam by his wife's allurement fell. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which allures; any real or apparent good held forth, or operating, as a motive to action; as, the allurements of pleasure, or of honor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, allures. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv. -- Al*lur"ing*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. allusio, fr. alludere to allude: cf. F. allusion. ] 1. A figurative or symbolical reference. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reference to something supposed to be known, but not explicitly mentioned; a covert indication; indirect reference; a hint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Figurative; symbolical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having reference to something not fully expressed; containing an allusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Figuratively [ Obs. ]; by way of allusion; by implication, suggestion, or insinuation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being allusive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Allusive. [ R. ] Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alluvial soil; specif., in Australia, gold-bearing alluvial soil. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Cf. F. alluvial. See Alluvion. ] Pertaining to, contained in, or composed of, alluvium; relating to the deposits made by flowing water; washed away from one place and deposited in another; as, alluvial soil, mud, accumulations, deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. alluvion, L. alluvio, fr. alluere to wash against; ad + luere, equiv. to lavare, to wash. See Lave. ] 1. Wash or flow of water against the shore or bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An overflowing; an inundation; a flood. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Matter deposited by an inundation or the action of flowing water; alluvium. [ 1913 Webster ]

The golden alluvions are there [ in California and Australia ] spread over a far wider space: they are found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) An accession of land gradually washed to the shore or bank by the flowing of water. See Accretion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. alluvius. See Alluvion. ] Alluvial. [ R. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Alluviums, L. Alluvia [ L., neut. of alluvius. See Alluvious. ] (Geol.) Deposits of earth, sand, gravel, and other transported matter, made by rivers, floods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any plant of the genus Amorphophallus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. belonging to a period before a war, especially the American Civil War. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖/mhw>, n. [ From LL. arilli dry grapes, perh. fr. L. aridus dry: cf. F, . arille. ] (Bot.) A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis.
Syn. -- genus Ascophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ LL. aspergillum, fr. L. aspergere. See Asperse, v. t. ] 1. The brush used in the Roman Catholic church for sprinkling holy water on the people. [ Also written aspergillus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) See Wateringpot shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Bacilli [ NL., for L. bacillum. See Bacillariæ. ] (Biol.) A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as balls-up. [ British ]
Syn. -- balls-up, cockup, mess-up, foul-up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Bot.) Barbellate with diminutive hairs or barbs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. belluinus, fr. bellua beast. ] Pertaining to, or like, a beast; brutal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Animal and belluine life. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus having only one species.
Syn. -- genus Calluna. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. See Callous. ] 1. (Med.) (a) Same as Callosity. (b) The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. karpo`s fruit. ] (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Castor and Pollux were twin sons of Jupiter and Leda. ] (Naut.) See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cellula a little cell: cf. F. cellulaire. See Cellule. ] 1. Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. porous; containing cavities. [ PJC ]

3. pertaining to or using a system of transmission of telephone signals by radio, in which areas are divided into geographical parts (cells), each of which is served by a transmitter whose range is limited to that region, thus permitting a single transmission frequency to be used simulataneously in different parts of the same area. Cellular telephones are typically small and battery powered, allowing a subscriber with such a telephone to carry the telephone in a pocket or purse, over the entire area served, and to be contacted by a single telephone number. The system became widespread and popular in the 1980's and 1990's; as, cellular telephones sometimes lose their link unpredictably. [ PJC ]

Cellular plants,
Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and algæ. --
Cellular theory, or
Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell; the whole series of cells having been formed from the development of the germ cell and by differentiation converted into tissues and organs which, both in plants and animals, are to be considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other. --
Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the state of having cells. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Cellular. Caldwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cellula a small apartment, dim. of cella: cf. F. cellule. See Cell. ] A small cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cellula + -ferous. ] Bearing or producing little cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. small lumpy deposits of body fat esp. on women's thighs and buttocks. Not used as a technical term. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis. ] An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cellulose + -oid. ] A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originally called xylonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or containing, cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, cotton, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or containing or made from cellulose.
Syn. -- cellulosic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the sole genus constituting the family Ceratophyllaceae; the hornworts.
Syn. -- genus Ceratophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. E. Cerebellums L. Cerebella /plu>. [ L., dim. of cerebrum brain. ] (Anat.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of tropical American evergreen trees or shrubs.
Syn. -- genus Chrysophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]