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n. [ Astro- + meteorology. ] The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + meter. ] An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + metry. ] The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auster south wind + -mancy. ] Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; softness, fr. &unr_; soft. ] (Med.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy. ] (Antiq.) (a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. (b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_;, &unr_;, a fungus. ] (Biol.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr. &unr_; to say, speak. ] One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [ Obs. ]

n. [ Norw., a whirlpool. ] 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. Hence: any large or powerful whirlpool.
Syn. -- whirlpool, vortex. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Also (Fig.) An uncontrollable agitated or confusedly disordered state or situation; as, a maelstrom of vice. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Stromata [ L., a bed covering, Gr. &unr_; a couch or bed. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; coverlet of a bed, pl. &unr_; patchwork (for such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, fr. &unr_; anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, fr. &unr_; to spread out. ] Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a bed + -logy. ] (Geol.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Strombus + -oid. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. strombulus, dim. of strombus + -form. See Strombus. ] 1. (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch. [ 1913 Webster ]