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{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; other + direction, way, &unr_; to turn: cf. F. allotropie. ] (Chem.) The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Thus, carbon occurs crystallized in octahedrons and other related forms, in a state of extreme hardness, in the diamond; it occurs in hexagonal forms, and of little hardness, in black lead; and again occurs in a third form, with entire softness, in lampblack and charcoal. In some cases, one of these is peculiarly an active state, and the other a passive one. Thus, ozone is an active state of oxygen, and is distinct from ordinary oxygen, which is the element in its passive state. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F.: cf. Sp. & Pg. alpiste. ] The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., bee. ] (Zool.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The apish gallantry of a fantastic boy. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archbishop. an archepiscopal see
Syn. -- archiepiscopal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopacy. ] 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or dignity of an archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. archi- + episcopal. ] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopate. ] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an asp. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'asth`r star + &unr_; scale. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone. Hugh Miller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + Gr. &unr_; to turn. ] (Plant Physiol.) The tendency of plant organs to grow in a straight line when uninfluenced by external stimuli. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Biol.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. [ from Colonel Blimp, a fictional character ] pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
Syn. -- Erastianism, Byzantinism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter. ] (Zool.) Hooded; cowled. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head + &unr_; a shield. ] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chorepiscopi [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; chw^ros, chw`ra, place, country + &unr_; bishop. Cf. Bishop. ] (Eccl.) A “country” or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Firearms) A self-loading or semi-automatic pistol with removable magazine in the handle holding seven cartridges. The recoil extracts and ejects the empty cartridge case, and reloads ready for another shot. Called also Browning pistol, Colt-Browning pistol, automatic pistol and automatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ F., fr. L. concupiscentia. ] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet. ] Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to concupiscence. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Concupiscent. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. concupiscible. ] 1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exciting desire, good or evil. [ 1913 Webster ]

The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being concupiscible. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. conspissatio, fr. conspissare to make thick. ] A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. copiste. See Copy. ] A copier. [ Obs. ] “A copist after nature.” Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cornets-à-piston. [ F. ] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of plants including the hawk's beard; cosmopolitan in the northern hemisphere.
Syn. -- genus Crepis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L. ] A point; a sharp end. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. One who takes daguerreotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moderately damp or moist.

-- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
Syn. -- Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendraspis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a genus of African snakes comprising the mambas.
Syn. -- Dendraspis, genus Dendroaspis, genus Dendroaspis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf. OF. despisable. ] Despicable; contemptible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A despising; contempt. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A despisal of religion. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Despised p. pr. & vb. n. Despising. ] [ OF. despis-, in some forms of despire to despise, fr. L. despicere, despectum, to look down upon, despise; de- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy, and cf. Despicable, Despite. ] To look down upon with disfavor or contempt; to contemn; to scorn; to disdain; to have a low opinion or contemptuous dislike of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fools despise wisdom and instruction. Prov. i. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

Men naturally despise those who court them, but respect those who do not give way to them. Jowett (Thucyd. ).

Syn. -- To contemn; scorn; disdain; slight; undervalue. See Contemn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being despised. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A despising. [ R. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who despises; a contemner; a scorner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Contemptuously. [ 1913 Webster ]