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n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; body. ] (Zool.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An omen; a prognostic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl
Makes all these bodements. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; demon: cf. F. cacodémon. ] 1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of foreboding; the thing foreboded. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Homo- + 1st deme, 2. ] (Biol.) A morphological term signifying development, in the case of multicellular organisms, from the same unit deme or unit of the inferior orders of individuality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of incommoded. [ Obs. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. Pilotage; skill of a pilot or loadsman. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lodemenage. Chaucer. ] Pilotage. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ by shortening from modulator-demodulator. ] An electronic device that converts electronic signals into sound waves, and sound waves into electronic signals, used to transmit information between computers by the use of ordinary telephone lines; also called modulator-demodulator; as, the latest modems can transmit data at 56, 000 baud over a clear telephone line. The speed of transmission of information by a modem is usually measured in units of baud, equivalent to bits per second. [ PJC ]