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‖n. [ Sp., prop. p. of adelantar to advance, to promote. ] A governor of a province; a commander. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ballottade, fr. ballotter to toss. See Ballot, v. i. ] (Man.) A leap of a horse, as between two pillars, or upon a straight line, so that when his four feet are in the air, he shows only the shoes of his hind feet, without jerking out. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ballotade. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bestead. Beset; put in peril. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. bouter to thrust. See Butt. ] An outbreak; a caprice; a whim. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a gaseous hydrocarbon C4H6; -- it is used as a monomer unit in making synthetic rubbers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] Chamber; house; -- used in and See Legislature. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cata- + dicrotism. ] (Physiol.) Quality or state of being catacrotic. -- Cat`a*di*crot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{ } a. [ Pref. cata + dioptric: cf. F. catadioptrique. ] (Physics) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kata`dromos race course; kata` down + dro`mos course. ] 1. A race course. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kata` down + dro`mos a running. ] 1. (Bot.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and said of the eel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. citadelle, It. citadella, di&unr_;. of citt&unr_; city, fr. L. civitas. See City. ] A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stronghold. See Fortress. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an Italian farmer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., fr. cro&unr_;te a crust, OF. crouste. ] (Cookery) Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon. Bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Distal + L. ad toward. ] (Anat.) Toward a distal part; on the distal side of; distally. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Ect- + L. ad towards. ] (Anat.) Toward the outside or surface; -- opposed to entad. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Ent- + L. ad towards. ] (Anat.) Toward the inside or central part; away from the surface; -- opposed to ectad. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. see fantod. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Fantigue. ] State of worry or excitement; fidget; fuss; also, indisposition; pet; sulks. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. heptas the number seven. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. "epta` seven.] (Chem.) An atom which has a valence of seven, and which can be theoretically combined with, substituted for, or replaced by, seven monad atoms or radicals; as, iodine is a heptad in iodic acid. Also used as an adjective. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. heptade. See Heptad. ] The sum or number of seven. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. matador, prop., a killer, fr. matar to kill, L. mactare to sacrifice, kill. ] 1. The killer; the man appointed to kill the bull in bullfights; a bullfighter; a toreador. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Card Playing) In the game of quadrille or omber, the three principal trumps, the ace of spades being the first, the ace of clubs the third, and the second being the deuce of a black trump or the seven of a red one. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Lady Tricksey played a four,
You took it with a matadore. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. [ Skat ] The jack of clubs, or any other trump held in sequence with it, whether by the player or by his adversaries. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A certain game of dominoes in which four dominoes (the 4-3, 5-2, 6-1, and double blank), called matadors, may be played at any time in any way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Meta- + discoidal. ] (Anat.) Discoidal by derivation; -- applied especially to the placenta of man and apes, because it is supposed to have been derived from a diffused placenta. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the number eight. ] 1. (Chem.) An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A group of eight things. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'orqo`s straight + &unr_; to place. ] (Anc. Costume) A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. penta`s penta`dos, a body of five, fr. pe`nte five. ] (Chem.) Any element, atom, or radical, having a valence of five, or which can be combined with, substituted for, or compared with, five atoms of hydrogen or other monad; as, nitrogen is a pentad in the ammonium compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any grouping of five things. [ PJC ]

a. (Chem.) Having the valence of a pentad. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. pentada`ktylos with five fingers or toes. See Penta-, and Dactyl. ] 1. (Anat.) Having five digits to the hand or foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having five appendages resembling fingers or toes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pentadactyl + -oid. ] (Anat.) Having the form of, or a structure modified from, a pentadactyl limb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Penta- + Gr. de`ka ten. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the paraffin series, (C15H32) found in petroleum, tar oil, etc., and obtained as a colorless liquid; -- so called from the fifteen carbon atoms in the molecule. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + decatoic. ] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, pentadecane, or designating an acid related to it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + decylic. ] (Chem.) Same as Quindecylic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Penta- + Gr. 'adelfo`s brother. ] (Bot.) Having the stamens arranged in five clusters, those of each cluster having their filaments more or less united, as the flowers of the linden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pintados [ Sp., painted, fr. pintar to paint. ] 1. (Zool.) Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A fish (Scomberomorus regalis) similar to, but larger than, the Spanish mackerel, and having elongated spots, common about Florida and the West Indies. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Rodomontade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Rodomontador. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. It. rodomontana. See Rodomont, n. ] Vain boasting; empty bluster or vaunting; rant. [ 1913 Webster ]

I could show that the rodomontades of Almanzor are neither so irrational nor impossible. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to rant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who boasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rodomontade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A rodomontadist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sotadic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, the lascivious compositions of the Greek poet Sotades. -- n. A Sotadic verse or poem. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To leave the staddles, or saplings, of, as a wood when it is cut. [ R. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To form into staddles, as hay. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. staðol, staðul, a foundation, firm seat; akin to E. stand. √163. See Stand, v. i. ] [ Formerly written stadle. ] 1. Anything which serves for support; a staff; a prop; a crutch; a cane. [ 1913 Webster ]

His weak steps governing
And aged limbs on cypress stadle stout. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The frame of a stack of hay or grain. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A row of dried or drying hay, etc. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A small tree of any kind, especially a forest tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In America, trees are called staddles from the time that they are three or four years old till they are six or eight inches in diameter, or more. This is also the sense in which the word is used by Bacon and Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. stade. ] A stadium. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. G. gestade shore. ] A landing place or wharf. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]