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n. (Chem.) An unfermentable sugar, obtained as an uncrystallizable sirup by the decomposition of melitose; also obtained from a Tasmanian eucalyptus, -- whence its name. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A glen. See Glen. [ Obs. singly, but occurring often in locative names in Ireland, as Glen does in Scotland. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He could not beat out the Irish, yet he did shut them up within those narrow corners and glyns under the mountain's foot. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Scot. hommelin. ] (Zool) The European sand ray (Raia maculata); -- called also home, mirror ray, and rough ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A waterfall. See Lin. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lynx. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the lynx. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lynched p. pr. & vb. n. Lynching. ] [ See Note under Lynch law. ] To inflict punishment upon, especially death, without the forms of law, as when a mob captures and hangs a suspected person. See Lynch law. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who assists in lynching. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. The act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term Lynch law is said to be derived from a Virginian named Lynch, who took the law into his own hands. But the origin of the term is very doubtful. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. See Linden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Linen. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. lynx, lyncis, Gr. ly`gx; akin to AS. lox, G. luchs, prob. named from its sharp sight, and akin to E. light. See Light, n., and cf. Ounce an animal. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of feline animals of the genus Felis, and subgenus Lynx. They have a short tail, and usually a pencil of hair on the tip of the ears. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Among the well-known species are the European lynx (Felis borealis); the Canada lynx or loup-cervier (Felis Canadensis syn. Lynx lynx); the bay lynx of America (Felis rufa), and its western spotted variety (var. maculata); and the pardine lynx (Felis pardina) of Southern Europe.

2. (Astron.) One of the northern constellations. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having acute sight. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to Malayo-Polynesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A drinking cup. See 1st Maslin, 2. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Poly- + Gr. &unr_; thread. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidæ. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Polyneme + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the polynemes, or the family Polynemidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Polynesia (the islands of the eastern and central Pacific), or to the Polynesians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Polynesian. (Ethnol.) The race of men native in Polynesia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Russ. poluineia a warm place in water, i. e., a place which does not freeze. ] The open sea supposed to surround the north pole. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Poly- + -nomial, as in monomial, binomial: cf. F. polynôme. ] (Alg.) An expression composed of two or more terms, connected by the signs plus or minus; as, a2 - 2ab + b2. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Containing many names or terms; multinominal; as, the polynomial theorem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Consisting of two or more words; having names consisting of two or more words; as, a polynomial name; polynomial nomenclature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + nuclear. ] (Biol.) Containing many nuclei. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Poly- + nucleolar. ] (Biol.) Having more than one nucleolus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Half cylindrical. [ 1913 Webster ]