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‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; chest, box. ] (Zool.) A division of Hydroidea in which the zooids are naked, or not inclosed in a capsule. See Tubularian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Bibliotheke. ] A library. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bibliothecalis. See Bibliotheke. ] Belonging to a library. Byrom. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bibliothecarius: cf. F. bibliothécaire. ] A librarian. [ Obs. ] Evelin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. da`ktylos finger, toe + qh`kh case, box. ] (Zool.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; beak + &unr_; box, case. ] (Zool.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

{ } a. [ Pref. di- + theca. ] (Bot.) Having two thecæ, cells, or compartments. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'e`ndon within + qh`kh a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place. ] (Zoöl.) The tissue which partially fills the interior of the interseptal chambers of most madreporarian corals. It usually consists of a series of oblique tranverse septa, one above another. -- En`do*the"cal a. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'epi` upon + &unr_; a case, box, fr. &unr_; to place. ] (Zoöl.) A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Nl., fr. Gr. 'e`xw outside + &unr_; a case, box. ] (Zoöl.) The tissue which fills the interspaces between the costæ of many madreporarian corals, usually consisting of small transverse or oblique septa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; carved + &unr_; case, box. ] A building or room devoted to works of sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gnathothecae [ NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw + &unr_; a box. ] (Zool.) The horney covering of the lower mandible of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gonothec&unr_; [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; offspring + &unr_; box. ] (Zool.) A capsule developed on certain hydroids (Thecaphora), inclosing the blastostyle upon which the medusoid buds or gonophores are developed; -- called also gonangium, and teleophore. See Hydroidea, and Illust. of Campanularian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -cæ [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + &unr_; chest.] A receptacle for sacred objects. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. L. Hydrothecæ E. Hydrothecas [ NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. &unr_; a box. ] (Zool.) One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a thing subject to some obligation, fr. &unr_; to put under, put down, pledge. See Hypothesis. ] (Rom. Law) An obligation by which property of a debtor was made over to his creditor in security of his debt. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It differed from pledge in regard to possession of the property subject to the obligation; pledge requiring, simple hypotheca not requiring, possession of it by the creditor. The modern mortgage corresponds very closely with it. Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hypothecated p. pr. & vb. n. Hypothecating ] [ LL. hypothecatus, p. p. of hypothecare to pledge, fr. L. hypotheca pledge, security. See Hypotheca. ] (Law) To subject, as property, to liability for a debt or engagement without delivery of possession or transfer of title; to pledge without delivery of possession; to mortgage, as ships, or other personal property; to make a contract by bottomry. See Hypothecation, Bottomry. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had found the treasury empty and the pay of the navy in arrear. He had no power to hypothecate any part of the public revenue. Those who lent him money lent it on no security but his bare word. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. hypothecatio. ] 1. (Civ. Law) The act or contract by which property is hypothecated; a right which a creditor has in or to the property of his debtor, in virtue of which he may cause it to be sold and the price appropriated in payment of his debt. This is a right in the thing, or jus in re. Pothier. B. R. Curtis. [ 1913 Webster ]

There are but few cases, if any, in our law, where an hypothecation, in the strict sense of the Roman law, exists; that is a pledge without possession by the pledgee. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the modern civil law, this contract has no application to movable property, not even to ships, to which and their cargoes it is most frequently applied in England and America. See Hypothecate. B. R. Curtis. Domat. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law of Shipping) A contract whereby, in consideration of money advanced for the necessities of the ship, the vessel, freight, or cargo is made liable for its repayment, provided the ship arrives in safety. It is usually effected by a bottomry bond. See Bottomry. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term is often applied to mortgages of ships. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) One who hypothecates or pledges anything as security for the repayment of money borrowed.

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + &unr_; box. ] (Zool.) The middle layer of the gonophore in the Hydrozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mono- + Br. &unr_; box. ] (Bot.) Having a single loculament. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Oothecae [ NL., fr. Gr. w, 'o`n an egg + &unr_; a case. ] (Zool.) An egg case, especially those of many kinds of mollusks, and of some insects, as the cockroach. Cf. Ooecium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. pinacotheca, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, a picture + &unr_; repisitory. ] A picture gallery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL.; Gr. pi`qhkos ape + 'a`nqrwpos man. ] 1. A hypothetical genus of primates intermediate between man and the anthropoid apes. Haeckel. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A genus consisting of an extinct primate (Pithecanthropus erectus) apparently intermediate between man and the existing anthropoid apes, known from bones first found in Java (hence called Java man) in 1891-92, and other bones found later. The species was renamed Homo erectus around 1960. The Javan bones are believed to be from 1.6 to 1.9 million years old, and include a thigh bone of the human type, two molar teeth intermediate between those of man and the anthropoids, and the calvaria of the skull, indicating a brain capacity of about 900 cubic centimeters, and resembling in form that of the Neanderthal man. Additional specimens of what are considerd as variants of the species have been found in China, Africa, and Europe. Homo erectus is currently believed to have evolved in Africa from Homo habilis, the first member of the genus Homo. Anatomically and physiologically, Homo erectus resembles contemporary humans except for having a stouter bone structure. Also [ pl. -thropi , an animal of this genus. -- Pith`e*can"thrope n. -- Pith`e*can"thro*poid a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Podothecæ [ NL., fr. Gr. poy`s, podo`s, foot + &unr_; case. ] (Zool.) The scaly covering of the foot of a bird or reptile. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An apothecary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Law) To hypothecate again. -- Re`hy*poth`e*ca"tion, n. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Rhamphothecae [ NL., fr. Gr "ra`mnos a beak + &unr_;&unr_; a case.] (Zool.) The horny covering of the bill of birds. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. Rhinothecae [ NL., from gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, the nose + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; case. ] (Zool.) The sheath of the upper mandible of a bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Spermathecae [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; seed + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; case, or receptacle. ] (Zool.) A small sac connected with the female reproductive organs of insects and many other invertebrates, serving to receive and retain the spermatozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + thecal. ] (Bot.) Having four loculaments, or thecae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Thecae [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a case to put anything in. See Tick a cover. ] 1. A sheath; a case; as, the theca, or cell, of an anther; the theca, or spore case, of a fungus; the theca of the spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The chitinous cup which protects the hydranths of certain hydroids. (b) The more or less cuplike calicle of a coral. (c) The wall forming a calicle of a coral. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a theca; as, a thecal abscess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Theca + Gr. fe`rein to bear: cf. F. thécaphore. ] (Bot.) (a) A surface or organ bearing a theca, or covered with thecae. (b) See Basigynium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Having the spores in thecae, or cases. [ 1913 Webster ]