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a. Anguineous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Annealed p. pr. & vb. n. Annealing. ] [ OE. anelen to heat, burn, AS. an&unr_;lan; an on + &unr_;lan to burn; also OE. anelen to enamel, prob. influenced by OF. neeler, nieler, to put a black enamel on gold or silver, F. nieller, fr. LL. nigellare to blacken, fr. L. nigellus blackish, dim. of niger black. Cf. Niello, Negro. ] 1. To subject to great heat, and then cool slowly, as glass, cast iron, steel, or other metal, for the purpose of rendering it less brittle; to temper; to toughen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To heat, as glass, tiles, or earthenware, in order to fix the colors laid on them. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. 1. The process used to render glass, iron, etc., less brittle, performed by allowing them to cool very gradually from a high heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The burning of metallic colors into glass, earthenware, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Self-produced; autogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. balneum bath. ] Of or pertaining to a bath. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. centrum + linea line. ] Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. ko`kkos berry, especially the kermes insect, used to dye scarlet, as the cochineal was formerly supposed to be the grain or seed of a plant, and this word was formerly defined to be the grain of the Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig. ] A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry. When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which yields carmine red. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A plant of Central and Southern America, of the Cactus family, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. cuneus a wege. See Coin. ] Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear. ] Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as cutaneous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Genealogical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. généalogique. ] Of or pertaining to genealogy; as, a genealogical table; genealogical order. -- Gen`e*a*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

Genealogical tree, a family lineage or genealogy drawn out under the form of a tree and its branches. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. généalogiste. ] One who traces genealogies or the descent of persons or families. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To investigate, or relate the history of, descents. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Genealogies [ OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; birth, race, descent (akin to L. genus) + &unr_; discourse. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Gramineous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Heterogeneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Homogeneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Homogeneousness. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. hymeneius, a., also Hymenaeus, n., Hymen, Gr. &unr_; the wedding song, also &unr_; Hymen: cf. F. hyménéal, hyménéen. ] Of or pertaining to marriage; as, hymeneal rites. Pope.

{ } n. A marriage song. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. LL. interlinearis, F. interlinéaire. ] Contained between lines; written or inserted between lines already written or printed; containing interlineations; as, an interlinear manuscript, translation, etc. -- In`ter*lin"e*ar*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. linealis belonging to a line, fr. linea line: cf. F. linéal. See 3d Line. ] 1. Descending in a direct line from an ancestor; hereditary; derived from ancestors; -- opposed to collateral; as, a lineal descent or a lineal descendant. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prime and ancient right of lineal succession. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Inheriting by direct descent; having the right by direct descent to succeed (to). [ 1913 Webster ]

For only you are lineal to the throne. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Composed of lines; delineated; as, lineal designs. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In the direction of a line; of or pertaining to a line; measured on, or ascertained by, a line; linear; as, lineal magnitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lineal measure, the measure of length; -- usually written linear measure. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

adv. In a lineal manner; as, the prince is lineally descended from the Conqueror. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. tracing descent through the female line. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ L. mixtus mixed (p. p. of miscere to mix) + E. lineal, linear. ] Containing, or consisting of, lines of different kinds, as straight, curved, and the like; as, a mixtilinear angle, that is, an angle contained by a straight line and a curve. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + lineal. ] Having many lines. Steevens. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To anneal. [ R. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be tempered by heat. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. tracing descent through the male line; as, a patrilineal society. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ See Pecten. ] (Anat.) (a) Of or pertaining to the pecten. (b) Relating to, or connected with, the pubic bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the perineum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. péritonéal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the peritoneum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; the fibula. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the fibula; in the region of the fibula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pinea the cone of a pine, from pineus of the pine, from pinus a pine: cf. F. pinéale. ] Of or pertaining to a pine cone; resembling a pine cone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pineal gland (Anat.), a glandlike body in the roof of the third ventricle of the vertebrate brain; -- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pleural and peritoneal membranes or cavities, or to the pleuroperitoneum. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Recti- + lineal, linear. ] Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. stamineus, from stamen thread. ] 1. Consisting of stamens or threads. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the stamens; possessing stamens; also, attached to the stamens; as, a stamineous nectary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated under the peritoneal membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Subterranean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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