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n. 1. 1 the family comprising the deathwatch beetles.
Syn. -- family Anobiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An anthropoid ape (Pan paniscus), resembling but smaller than the common chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes); -- called also pygmy chimpanzee. It is found in the forests of Zaire. Its genome is the closest known to humans, differing by less than 2% in nucleotide sequence.
Syn. -- pygmy chimpanzee, pygmy chimp. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. coenobita, fr. Gr. koino`bios; koino`s common + bi`os life: cf. F. cénobite. ] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. [ Cf. F. cénobitique. ] Of or pertaining to a cenobite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a member of a religious order living in common. Same as Cenobite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or relating to or befitting cenobites or their practices of communal living. Opposite of eremitic.
Syn. -- cenobitic, cenobitical. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pl. [ from the pigment phycocyanin. ] any of a group of photosynthetic autotrophic prokaryotic microorganisms possessing characteristics of both bacteria and plants. When classed as bacteria, they are assigned to the Cyanobacteria; when classed as plants, they are assigned to the Cyanophyta. They were earlier named blue-green algae, a term less used now in technical discussions. Since the chlorophyll within the cyanobacteria is diffused throughout the cell, rather than being contained in chloroplasts, they are no longer thought of as true plants. [ PJC ]

v. t. To deprive of that which ennobles; to degrade. [ 1913 Webster ]

An unworthy behavior degrades and disennobles a man. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ennobled p. pr. & vb. n. Ennobling ] [ Pref. en- + noble: cf. F. ennoblir. ] 1. To make noble; to elevate in degree, qualities, or excellence; to dignify. “Ennobling all that he touches.” Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

What can ennoble sots, or slaves, or cowards?
Alas! not all the blood of all the Howards. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To raise to the rank of nobility; as, to ennoble a commoner.

Syn. -- To raise; dignify; exalt; elevate; aggrandize. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of making noble, or of exalting, dignifying, or advancing to nobility. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which ennobles; excellence; dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who ennobles. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from the image of St. George on it. ] A gold noble of the time of Henry VIII. See Noble, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gonoblastidium. ] (Zool.) A reproductive bud of a hydroid; a simple gonophore. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gonoblastidia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; to bud. ] (Zool.) A blastostyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. fr. Gr. gymno`s naked + blasta`nein to sprout. ] (Zool.) The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Gymnoblastea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gynh` a woman, female + E. base. ] (Bot.) A dilated base or receptacle, supporting a multilocular ovary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or having, a gynobase. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } v. i. Same as Hobnob. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hornobbed p. pr. & vb. n. Hornobbing. ] 1. To drink familiarly (with another). [ Written also hob-a-nob. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To associate familiarly; to be on intimate terms; as, to hobnob with the political elite. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. habban to have + habban to have not; ne not + habban to have. See Have, and cf. Habnab. ] 1. Have or have not; -- a familiar invitation to reciprocal drinking. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At random; hit or miss. (Obs.) Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Familiar, social intercourse. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. See Hobnob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. Gr. &unr_; sleep + &unr_; to go. ] A somnambulist. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ignobilitas: cf. F. ignobilité. ] Ignobleness. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ignobilis; pref. in- not + nobilis noble: cf. F. ignoble. See In- not, and Noble, a. ] 1. Of low birth or family; not noble; not illustrious; plebeian; common; humble. [ 1913 Webster ]

I was not ignoble of descent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Her royal stock graft with ignoble plants. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not honorable, elevated, or generous; base. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T is but a base, ignoble mind,
That mounts no higher than a bird can soar. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far from the madding crowd's ignoble strife. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Not a true or noble falcon; -- said of certain hawks, as the goshawk.

Syn. -- Degenerate; degraded; mean; base; dishonorable; reproachful; disgraceful; shameful; scandalous; infamous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make ignoble. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being ignoble. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an ignoble manner; basely. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. inoboedientia : cf. F. inobedience. ] Disobedience. [ Obs. ] Wyclif. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inoboediens, p. pr. of inoboedire : cf. F. inobedient. See Obedient. ] Not obedient; disobedient. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.

-- In`o*be"di*ent*ly, adv. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

a. [ L. inobservabilis : cf. F. inobservable. See In- not, and Observable. ] Not observable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inobservantia : cf. F. inobservance. ] Lack or neglect of observance. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inobservans. See In- not, and Observant. ] Not observant; regardless; heedless. Bp. Hurd.

-- In`ob*serv"ant*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. inobservation. ] Neglect or lack of observation. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not obtrusive; unobtrusive.

-- In`ob*tru"sive*ly, adv. -- In`ob*tru"sive*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A modification of knop. Cf. Nob. ] 1. A hard protuberance; a hard swelling or rising; a bunch; a lump; as, a knob in the flesh, or on a bone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A knoblike ornament or handle; as, the knob of a lock, door, or drawer. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A rounded hill or mountain; as, the Pilot Knob. [ U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Arch.) See Knop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Knob latch, a latch which can be operated by turning a knob, without using a key. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To grow into knobs or bunches; to become knobbed. [ Obs. ] Drant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing knobs; full of knobs; ending in a nob. See Illust of Antenna. [ 1913 Webster ]

The horns of a roe deer of Greenland are pointed at the top, and knobbed or tuberous at the bottom. Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Knobbler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Stone Quarrying) Rough dressing by knocking off knobs or projections. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The hart in its second year; a young deer. [ Written also knobber. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has hallooed the hounds upon a velvet-headed knobbler. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. A bloomery fire. See Bloomery. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Knob. ] 1. Full of, or covered with, knobs or hard protuberances. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Irregular; stubborn in particulars. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The informers continued in a knobby kind of obstinacy. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Abounding in rounded hills or mountains; hilly. [ U.S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Boer D. knopkirie, fr. D. knop-hout, knotty stick + Hottentot kïrri club. ] A short wooden club with a knobbed end used as a missile weapon by Kafir and other native tribes of South Africa. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who refuses to join, or withdraws from, a trade union. [ Cant, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stick, cane, or club terminating in a knob; esp., such a stick or club used as a weapon or missile; a knobkerrie. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. ly`chnos a lamp + bi`os life. ] One who labors at night and sleeps in the day. [ 1913 Webster ]