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n. [ See Alutaceous. ] The tanning or dressing of leather. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glutaric + aconitic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, an acid intermediate between glutaric and aconitic acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ NL. See Gluteal. ] (Anat.) Any of several muscles in the buttocks of man and most mammals, especially the great muscle of the buttock (the gluteus maximus); also, the corresponding muscle in many lower animals. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ In man, the gluteus is composed of three distinct parts, which extend and abduct the thigh, and help support the body in standing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gluten + -amic. ] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to gluten. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glutamic acid, a nitrogenous organic acid obtained from certain albuminoids, as gluten; -- called also amido-glutaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Glutamic + tartaric. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid so called; as, glutaric ethers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Glutaric acid, an organic acid obtained as a white crystalline substance, isomeric with pyrotartaric acid; -- called also normal pyrotartaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance, forming a heavy, sandy powder, white or nearly so. It is a derivative of pyridine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. il- in + L. lutum mud: cf. F. illutation. ] The act or operation of smearing the body with mud, especially with the sediment from mineral springs; a mud bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. insaluteris : cf. F. insalutaire. See In- not, and Salutary. ] 1. Not salutary or wholesome; unfavorable to health. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not tending to safety; productive of evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. lutanista, fr. lutana lute. See Lute the instrument. ] A person that plays on the lute. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. lutarius fr. lutum mud. ] Of, pertaining to, or like, mud; living in mud. [ Obs. ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lutare, lutatum, to bedaub with mud, fr. lutum mud: cf. F. lutation. ] The act or method of luting vessels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The monosodium salt of the natural amino acid L-glutamine (C5H8NNaO4), used as a food additive to enhance flavor; abbreviated MSG. It is usually marketed as the monhydrate (C5H8NNaO4.H2O). It is commmonly used in Chinese-American restaurants, and has been identified as a main cause of Chinese restaurant syndrome. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wealth + -archy. ] Plutocracy; the rule of wealth. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salutaris, from salus, -utis, health, safety: cf. F. salutaire. See Salubrious. ] 1. Wholesome; healthful; promoting health; as, salutary exercise. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Promotive of, or contributing to, some beneficial purpose; beneficial; advantageous; as, a salutary design. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Wholesome; healthful; salubrious; beneficial; useful; advantageous; profitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Sal"u*ta*ri*ly adv. -- Sal"u*ta*ri*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. salutatio: cf. F. salutation. See Salute. ] The act of saluting, or paying respect or reverence, by the customary words or actions; the act of greeting, or expressing good will or courtesy; also, that which is uttered or done in saluting or greeting. [ 1913 Webster ]

In all public meetings or private addresses, use those forms of salutation, reverence, and decency usual amongst the most sober persons. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Greeting; salute; address. -- Salutation, Greeting, Salute. Greeting is the general word for all manner of expressions of recognition, agreeable or otherwise, made when persons meet or communicate with each other. A greeting may be hearty and loving, chilling and offensive, or merely formal, as in the opening sentence of legal documents. Salutation more definitely implies a wishing well, and is used of expressions at parting as well as at meeting. It is used especially of uttered expressions of good will. Salute, while formerly and sometimes still in the sense of either greeting or salutation, is now used specifically to denote a conventional demonstration not expressed in words. The guests received a greeting which relieved their embarrassment, offered their salutations in well-chosen terms, and when they retired, as when they entered, made a deferential salute. [ 1913 Webster ]

Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Luke xi. 43. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb. Luke i. 41. [ 1913 Webster ]

I shall not trouble my reader with the first salutes of our three friends. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The student who pronounces the salutatory oration at the annual Commencement or like exercises of a college, -- an honor commonly assigned to that member of the graduating class who ranks second in scholarship. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of salutation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salutatorius. See Salute. ] Containing or expressing salutations; speaking a welcome; greeting; -- applied especially to the oration which introduces the exercises of the Commencements, or similar public exhibitions, in American colleges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A place for saluting or greeting; a vestibule; a porch. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (American Colleges) The salutatory oration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tolutim on a trot, properly, lifting up the feet, akin to tollere to lift up. ] A pacing or ambling. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Volutas L. Volutae [ L., a spiral scroll. See Volute. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]