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See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Antichthones [ Gr. &unr_;; 'anti` against + &unr_; the earth. ] 1. A hypothetical earth counter to ours, or on the opposite side of the sun. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Inhabitants of opposite hemispheres. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; silent; 'a priv. + &unr_; voice, sound, fr. &unr_; to sound. ] A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal a. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. E. Authochthons L. Autochthones [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. &unr_;, from the land itself; a'yto`s self + &unr_; earth, land. ] 1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being autochthonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An aboriginal or autochthonous condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; in or under the earth, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth. ] Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
Syn. -- chthonic, lower, nether. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, the earth. ] Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ The ] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max Müller. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chthonophagia; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth + &unr_; to eat. ] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To form or pronounce as a diphthong; diphthongize. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. diphthongus, Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; voice, sound, fr. &unr_; to utter a sound: cf. F. diphthongue. ] (Orthoëpy) (a) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong. (b) A vowel digraph; a union of two vowels in the same syllable, only one of them being sounded; as, ai in rain, eo in people; -- called an improper diphthong. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating or belonging to a diphthong; having the nature of a diphthong. -- Diph*thon"gal*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

v. t. To make into a diphthong; to pronounce as a diphthong. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Diphthongization. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of the nature of diphthong; diphthongal. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of changing into a diphthong. H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To change into a diphthong, as by affixing another vowel to a simple vowel. “The diphthongized long vowels.” H. Sweet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. Gnatho, name of a parasite in the “Eunuchus” of Terence, Gr. &unr_;; hence, a parasite in general. ] Flattering; deceitful. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. & n. [ Litho- + Gr. &unr_; to crush. ] Same as Lithontriptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. li`qos, acc. &unr_;, a stone + &unr_; to rub, grind: cf. F. lithontriptique. ] (Med.) Having the quality of, or used for, dissolving or destroying stone in the bladder or kidneys; as, lithontriptic forcéps. -- n. A lithontriptic remedy or agent, as distilled water. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Lithotriptist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Surg.) See Lithotriptor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. (Med.) See Lithontriptic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A footrace of 26 miles 385 yards. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Hence: Any long and arduous undertaking, straining the endurance of the participants. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- endurance contest. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. (Capitalized)a battle in 490 BC in which the Athenians and their allies defeated the Persians. [ wns=3 ]
Syn. -- battle of Marathon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; with one sound; mo`nos alone + &unr_; sound, voice. ] 1. A single uncompounded vowel sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A combination of two written vowels pronounced as one; a digraph. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or pertaining to, a monophthong. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ oenanthic + -one ] (Chem.) The ketone of oenanthic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. 'o`rnis, 'o`rniqos, a bird. ] An aviary; a poultry house. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A South African plant of the genus Othonna having smooth often fleshy leaves and heads of yellow flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. [ L., Phaëthon (in sense 1), fr. Gr. Fae`qwn, fr. fae`qein, fa`ein, to shine. See Phantom. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) The son of Helios (Phœbus), that is, the son of light, or of the sun. He is fabled to have obtained permission to drive the chariot of the sun, in doing which his want of skill would have set the world on fire, had he not been struck with a thunderbolt by Jupiter, and hurled headlong into the river Po. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A genus of oceanic birds including the tropic birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, prop. p. pr. of &unr_; to blaze. ] (Class Myth.) One of the principal rivers of Hades, in the channel of which fire flowed instead of water.

Fierce Phlegethon,
Whose waves of torrent fire inflame with rage. Milton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A vocalized element or letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; voice. ] Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; voice + -meter. ] An instrument for measuring vocal sounds. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office of a prothonotary. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n.; pl. -ries [ LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire. ] 1. A chief notary or clerk. “ My private prothonotary.” Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [ Eng. ] Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prothonotary warbler (Zool.), a small American warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pyro- + Gr. &unr_; linen. ] (Med.) A kind of empyreumatic oil produced by the combustion of textures of hemp, linen, or cotton in a copper vessel, -- formerly used as a remedial agent. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. L. Python the serpent slain near Delphi by Apollo, Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Zool.) Any species of very large snakes of the genus Python, and allied genera, of the family Pythonidæ. They are nearly allied to the boas. Called also rock snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The pythons have small pelvic bones, or anal spurs, two rows of subcaudal scales, and pitted labials. They are found in Africa, Asia, and the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A diviner by spirits. “[ Manasses ] observed omens, and appointed pythons.” 4 Kings xxi. 6 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pythonissa: cf. F. pythonisse. See Pythian. ] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) The priestess who gave oracular answers at Delphi in Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any woman supposed to have a spirit of divination; a sort of witch. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pythonicus, Gr. &unr_;. See Pythian. ] Prophetic; oracular; pretending to foretell events. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art of predicting events after the manner of the priestess of Apollo at Delphi; equivocal prophesying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A conjurer; a diviner. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Python, and -morphous. ] (Paleon.) Same as Mosasauria. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A kind of blackish seaweed (Himanthalia lorea) found on the northern coasts of the Atlantic. It has a thonglike forking process rising from a top-shaped base. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. thong, þwong, thwang, AS. þwang; akin to Icel. þvengr a thong, latchet. √57. Cf. Twinge. ] A strap of leather; especially, one used for fastening anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

And nails for loosened spears, and thongs for shields, provide. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thong seal (Zool.), the bearded seal. See the Note under Seal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Tithonius belonging to Tithonus, the consort of Aurora, Gr. &unr_;. ] Of, pertaining to, or denoting, those rays of light which produce chemical effects; actinic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Physics) The state or property of being tithonic; actinism. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]