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‖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 ]

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

‖n. [ L. ] A point; a sharp end. [ 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 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A shield-bearer or armor-bearer. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to cover with a shield; "ype`r over + &unr_; shield.] One who holds a shield over another; hence, a defender. [Obs.] Chillingworth. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Inspissated p. pr. & vb. n. Inspissating ] [ L. inspissatus, p. p. of inspissare to thicken; pref. in- + spissare to thicken, fr. spissus thick. ] To thicken or bring to greater consistence, as fluids by evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. inspissatus, p. p. ] Thick or thickened; inspissated. Greenhill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the process of inspissating, or thickening a fluid substance, as by evaporation; also, the state of being so thickened. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The raspberry. [ Obs. ] Langham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. spissus. ] Thick; crowded; compact; dense. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This spiss and . . . copious, yet concise, treatise. Brerewood. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Rendered dense or compact, as by evaporation; inspissated; thickened. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The spissated juice of the poppy. Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. spissitudo. ] The quality or state of being spissated; as, the spissitude of coagulated blood, or of any coagulum. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]