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n. a genus of plants of the parsley family having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, including the dill Anethum graveolens.
Syn. -- genus Anethum. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Zool.), small harmless hammerhead shark (Sphyrna tiburio) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a spade-shaped head; abundant in bays and estuaries.
Syn. -- shovelhead, bonnet shark, Sphyrna tiburo. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order comprising the false scorpions.
Syn. -- order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. genethliacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; belonging to one's birth, gene`qlh birth, fr. gi`gnesqai to be born. ] Pertaining to nativities; calculated by astrologers; showing position of stars at one's birth. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A birthday poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled in genethliacs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Genethliac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. geneqlhalogi`a astrology; gene`qlh birth + lo`gos discourse. ] Divination as to the destinies of one newly born; the act or art of casting nativities; astrology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A month. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √201. Cf. Beneath. ] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to upper. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lower, nether. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost. ] Lowest; as, the nethermost abyss. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ Heb., pl. of nāthīn given, granted, a slave of the temple, fr. nāthan to give. ] (jewish Antiq.) Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Scarcely. See Unnethe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sphenoid + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.), a bone of the skull which surrounds the anterior end of the brain in many amphibia; the girdle bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. With difficulty; scarcely. See Uneath. [ Written also unethe, unneth, unnethe, unnethes, etc. ] [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]