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n. [ L. centaurus, Gr. Ke`ntayros. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Centaury. ] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (Centaurea Calcitrapa). [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of low-growing herbs mostly of the northern hemisphere having flowers with protruding spirally twisted anthers.
Syn. -- genus Centaurium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere near the Southern Cross.
Syn. -- Centaur, The Centaur. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. kentay`rion, kentay`reion, and kentayri`h, fr. the Centaur Chiron. ] (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Erytheræa Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hippocentaurus, Gr. &unr_;; "i`ppos horse + &unr_; centaur.] (Myth.) Same as Centaur. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Instaurated p. pr. & vb. n. Instaurating ] [ L. instauratus, p. p. of instaurare to renew. See 1st In-, and Store. ] To renew or renovate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. instauratio: cf. F. instauration. ] Restoration after decay, lapse, or dilapidation; renewal; repair; renovation; renaissance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some great catastrophe or . . . instauration. T. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.: cf. F. instaurateur. ] One who renews or restores to a former condition. [ R. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Instaurate. ] To renew or renovate; to instaurate. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Minotaurus, Gr. Minw`tayros; Mi`nos, the husband of Pasiphae + tay^ros a bull, the Minotaur being the offspring of Pasiphae and a bull: cf. F. minotaure. ] (Class. Myth.) A fabled monster, half man and half bull, confined in the labyrinth constructed by Daedalus in Crete. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. petaurista a ropedancer, Gr. petayristh`s, fr. petayri`zein to dance on a rope, fr. pe`tayron a pole, a stage for ropedancers: cf. F. pétauriste. ] (Zool.) Any flying marsupial of the genera Petaurus, Phalangista, Acrobata, and allied genera. See Flying mouse, under Flying, and Phalangister. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of very large Asiatic flying squirrels.
Syn. -- genus Petaurista. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of Old World flying squirrels.
Syn. -- subfamily Petauristidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F., fr. restaurer. See Restore. ] An eating house. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. restauratus, p. p. of restaurare. See Restore. ] To restore. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The keeper of an eating house or a restaurant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. restauratio: cf. F. restauration. ] Restoration. [ Obs. ] Cower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. stayro`s a cross + -lite. ] (Min.) A mineral of a brown to black color occurring in prismatic crystals, often twinned so as to form groups resembling a cross. It is a silicate of alumina and iron, and is generally found imbedded in mica schist. Called also granatite, and grenatite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Of or pertaining to staurolite; resembling or containing staurolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. stayro`s a cross + -scope. ] (Crystallog.) An optical instrument used in determining the position of the planes of light-vibration in sections of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. staurotide, from Gr. stayrwto`s cruciform (from Gr. stayro`s a cross) + e'i^dos form. ] (Min.) Staurolite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Taurus. ] The constellation Taurus. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tauricornis; taurus a bull + cornu a horn. ] (Zool.) Having horns like those of a bull. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Taurus + 1st -id. ] (Astron.) Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Toreador. ] A bullfighter; a toreador. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tauriformis; taurus a bull + -form: cf. F. tauriforme. ] Having the form of a bull. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. taurinus, fr. taurus a bull. See Taurus. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Taurus, or cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named because it was discovered in the bile of the ox. See Taurus. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A chemical compound occurring in small quantity in the juices of muscle, in the lungs, and elsewhere, but especially in the bile, where it is found as a component part of taurocholic acid, from which it can be prepared by decomposition of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido-isethionic acid, C2H7NSO3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A salt of taurocholic acid; as, sodium taurocholate, which occurs in human bile. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Taurine + cholic. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, a conjugate acid (called taurocholic acid) composed of taurine and cholic acid, present abundantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL. taurocolla, fr. Gr. tayro`kolla; tay^ros a bull + ko`lla glue: cf. F. taurocolle. ] Glue made from a bull's hide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Tauromachy. ] Of or pertaining to bullfights. -- n. A bullfighter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. tayromachi`a; tay^ros bull + ma`chh fight. ] Bullfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., akin to Gr. tay^ros, and E. steer. See Steer a young ox. ] 1. (Astron.) (a) The Bull; the second in order of the twelve signs of the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of April; -- marked thus [ &taurus_; ] in almanacs. (b) A zodiacal constellation, containing the well-known clusters called the Pleiades and the Hyades, in the latter of which is situated the remarkably bright Aldebaran. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of ruminants comprising the common domestic cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]