n. An antaphroditic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr.
a. [ Pref. anti- + apoplectic. ] (Med.) Alleviating apoplexy. --
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A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to besprinkle;
a. Of or pertaining to a catapult. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. cata + petalous. ] (Bot.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. cata + phonic: cf. F. cataphonique. ] (Physics) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds; catacoustics. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cataphractes, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; covered, fr. &unr_; to cover;
Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. cata + physical. ] Unnatural; contrary to nature. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. cataplasma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to spread over;
n. [ Gr. &unr_; amazement: cf. Apoplexy. ] (Med.) A morbid condition caused by an overwhelming shock or extreme fear and marked by rigidity of the muscles. --
n. [ F. ] (Bot.) Spurge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. catapulta, Gr. &unr_;, prob. from
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A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cenotaph. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; the side of the forehead. ] (Anat.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Anat.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus of lizards of the family
n. [ Dictate + -phone, as in telephone. ] A form of phonographic recorder and reproducer adapted for use in dictation, as in business. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ F. épitaphe, L. epitaphium a funeral oration, fr. Gr. &unr_;, orig. an adj., over or at a tomb;
Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To commemorate by an epitaph. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Let me be epitaphed the inventor of English hexameters. G. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To write or speak after the manner of an epitaph. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
The common in their speeches epitaph upon him . . . “He lived as a wolf and died as a dog.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A writer of epitaphs. Nash.
The noble Pericles in his epitaphian speech. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Epitaphial Latin verses are not to be taken too literally. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to an epitaph; epitaphian. --
n. An epitapher. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. Cf. Staple a mart. ]
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which, in many animals, projects beyond the connection with the stapes. --
n. [ Cf. 1st Hag, and Hig-taper. ] (Bot.) The great woolly mullein (Verbascum Thapsus). [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. [ Hepta- + Gr. &unr_; leaf: cf. F. heptaphylle. ] (Bot.) Having seven leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. Hag-taper. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus
a. [ Infra + stapedial. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, which in many animals projects below the connection with the stapes. --
a. (Anat.) Pertaining to a part of the columella of the ear, between the stapes and the mediostapedial. --
v. t. [ Cf. Juxtaposit, Pose. ] To place in juxtaposition. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. [ L. juxta near + positio position: cf. F. juxtaposition. See Just, v. i., and Position. ] A placing or being placed in nearness or contiguity, or side by side;
Parts that are united by a a mere juxtaposition. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]
Juxtaposition is a very unsafe criterion of continuity. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A long thin plastic ribbon coated with iron oxide or other ferromagnetic material, used to record audio or video signals digital data in the form of small magnetized regions on the tape; it is a common
n. Same as magnetic tape.
n. (Zool.) A large inoffensive chiefly nocturnal ungulate (Tapirus indicus) of tropical America and Southeast Asia having a heavy body and fleshy snout.
a. [ L. medius middle + E. stapedial. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to that part of the columella of the ear which, in some animals, connects the stapes with the other parts of the columella. --