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imp. of Draw. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Archæol.) A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in Babylon, Nineveh, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -hepatic. ] (Med.) Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) Cæsarean section. See under Cæsarean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micr- + ohm. ] (Elec.) The millionth part of an ohm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inferior commercial variety of India rubber made up into round masses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Nitro- + hydrochloric. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, nitric and hydrochloric acids. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nitrohydrochloric acid, a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids, usually in the proportion of one part of the former to three of the latter, and remarkable for its solvent action on gold and platinum; -- called also aqua regia, and nitromuriatic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`ros mountain + helio- + -graph. ] (Photog.) A camera for obtaining a circular panoramic view of the horizon. The photographic plate is placed horizontally with a vertical lens above. A mirror of peculiar shape reflects light from the entire horizon to the lens, by means of which it is focused upon the plate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'o`ros, mountain (referring to the Rocky Mountain region) + "i`ppos horse.] (Paleon.) A genus of American Eocene mammals allied to the horse, but having four toes in front and three behind. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Petro + hyoid. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the petrous, or periotic, portion of the skull and the hyoid arch; as, the petrohyoid muscles of the frog. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Proem. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Prohibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Prohibiting. ] [ L. prohibitus, p. p. of prohibere to prohibit; pro before, forth + habere to have, hold. See Habit. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To forbid by authority; to interdict; as, God prohibited Adam from eating of the fruit of a certain tree; we prohibit a person from doing a thing, and also the doing of the thing; as, the law prohibits men from stealing, or it prohibits stealing. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Prohibit was formerly followed by to with the infinitive, but is now commonly followed by from with the verbal noun in -ing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To hinder; to debar; to prevent; to preclude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gates of burning adamant,
Barred over us, prohibit all egress. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To forbid; interdict; debar; prevent; hinder. -- Prohibit, Forbid. To forbid is Anglo-Saxon, and is more familiar; to prohibit is Latin, and is more formal or official. A parent forbids his child to be out late at night; he prohibits his intercourse with the profane and vicious. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who prohibits or forbids; a forbidder; an interdicter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prohibitio: cf. F. prohibition. ] 1. The act of prohibiting; a declaration or injunction forbidding some action; interdict. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specifically, the forbidding by law of the sale of alcoholic liquors as beverages. [ 1913 Webster ]

Writ of prohibition (Law), a writ issued by a superior tribunal, directed to an inferior court, commanding the latter to cease from the prosecution of a suit depending before it. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ By ellipsis, prohibition is used for the writ itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The period of 1920 to 1932 in the United States, during which sale of alcoholic beverages were forbidden by the consitution. [ PJC ]

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1. One who favors prohibitory duties on foreign goods in commerce; a protectionist. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who favors the prohibition of the sale (or of the sale and manufacture) of alcoholic liquors as beverages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. prohibitif. ] That prohibits; prohibitory; as, a tax whose effect is prohibitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. prohibitorius. ] Tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prohibitory index. (R. C. Ch.) See under Index. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An inspissated juice. See Rob. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Spectrum + heloi- + -gram. ] (Astrophysics) A photograph of the sun made by monochromatic light, usually of the calcium line (k), and showing the sun's faculae and prominences. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Astrophysics) An apparatus for making spectroheliograms, consisting of a spectroscopic camera used in combination with a telescope, and provided with clockwork for moving the sun's image across the slit. -- Spec`tro*he`li*o*graph"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. (Anat.) One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ 1st uro- + haematin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Urinary haematin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the haematin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin. [ 1913 Webster ]