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n. [ Jav. antjar. ] A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A poisonous principle obtained from antiar. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. bestiarium, fr. L. bestiarius pert. to beasts, fr. bestia beast: cf. F. bestiaire. ] A treatise on beasts; esp., one of the moralizing or allegorical beast tales written in the Middle Ages. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bestiary . . . in itself one of the numerous mediæval renderings of the fantastic mystical Zoology. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. See Centare. ] See centare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a thin layer of geologic deposits, of varying thickness in different parts of the world, found between the geological strata identified as Cretaceous and the strata above, identified as Tertiary; also, the time point or period marking the boundary between the Cretaceous and Tertiary periods.
Syn. -- K/T boundary. [ PJC ]

☞According to a theory gaining acceptance (as of 1997), these deposits were formed as the debris of a large comet or meteorite impact on the earth, which threw up a large quantity of dust into the atmosphere, causing profound though temporary climatic change, and caused or hastened the extinction of numerous species, including the dinosaurs. This hypothesis was first postulated by Luis and Walter Alvarez on the basis of an excess of iridium found in the boundary layer, and was later supported by additional evidence of various types. The impact is believed to have occurred at the edge of the Yucatan peninsula in Mexico, forming what is termed the Chicxulub crater, which is partly under the Gulf of Mexico, is not evident from surface topography, and was detected primarily by gravity anomaly readings and subsurface geological characteristics. [ PJC ]

a. Furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential. [ 1913 Webster ]

When a fact is supposed, although incorrectly, to be evidentiary of, or a mark of, some other fact. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives information; an intelligencer. [ Obs. ] Holinshed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ries [ L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher. ] 1. The mouth of a river; an estuary. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter. N. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pénitentiaire. ] 1. Relating to penance, or to the rules and measures of penance. “A penitentiary tax.” Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Expressive of penitence; as, a penitentiary letter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Used for punishment, discipline, and reformation. “Penitentiary houses.” Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Penitentiaries [ Cf. F. pénitencier. See Penitent. ] 1. One who prescribes the rules and measures of penance. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who does penance. [ Obs. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small building in a monastery where penitents confessed. Shpiley. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That part of a church to which penitents were admitted. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (R. C. Ch.) (a) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope. (b) An officer in some dioceses since A. D. 1215, vested with power from the bishop to absolve in cases reserved to him. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A house of correction, in which offenders are confined for punishment, discipline, and reformation, and in which they are generally compelled to labor; a prison; a jail. Colloquially often shortened to pen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court. [ R. ] Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Plenipotentiaries [ LL. plenipotentiarius: cf. F. plénipotentiaire. ] A person invested with full power to transact any business; especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power; as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary ministers. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. post- + tertiary. ] (Geol.) Following, or more recent than, the Tertiary; Quaternary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) Earlier than Tertiary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. residentiaris. ] Having residence; as, a canon residentary; a residentiary guardian. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who is resident. [ 1913 Webster ]

The residentiary, or the frequent visitor of the favored spot, . . . will discover that both have been there. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ecclesiastic who keeps a certain residence. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Inhabitant; inhabiter; dweller; sojourner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office or condition of a residentiary. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. rete a net. ] (Rom.Antiq.) A gladiator armed with a net for entangling his adversary and a trident for despatching him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Retiarius. ] 1. (Zool.) Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A retiarius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. retiarius. ] 1. Netlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. revestiarium: cf. F. revestiaire. See Revest. ] The apartment, in a church or temple, where the vestments, etc., are kept; -- now contracted into vestry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sententiary. Barnas Sears (Life of Luther). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. sententiarius. ] One who read lectures, or commented, on the Sentences of Peter Lombard, Bishop of Paris (1159-1160), a school divine. R. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. silentiarius: cf. F. silenciaire. See Silence. ] One appointed to keep silence and order in court; also, one sworn not to divulge secrets of state. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. tertiarius containing a third part, fr. tertius third: cf. F. tertiaire. See Tierce. ] 1. Being of the third formation, order, or rank; third; as, a tertiary use of a word. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) Possessing some quality in the third degree; having been subjected to the substitution of three atoms or radicals; as, a tertiary alcohol, amine, or salt. Cf. Primary, and Secondary. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) Later than, or subsequent to, the Secondary. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) Growing on the innermost joint of a bird's wing; tertial; -- said of quills. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tertiary age. (Geol.) See under Age, 8. --
Tertiary color, a color produced by the mixture of two secondaries. “The so-called tertiary colors are citrine, russet, and olive.” Fairholt. --
Tertiary period. (Geol.) (a) The first period of the age of mammals, or of the Cenozoic era. (b) The rock formation of that period; -- called also Tertiary formation. See the Chart of Geology. --
Tertiary syphilis (Med.), the third and last stage of syphilis, in which it invades the bones and internal organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Tertiaries 1. (R. C. Ch.) A member of the Third Order in any monastic system; as, the Franciscan tertiaries; the Dominican tertiaries; the Carmelite tertiaries. See Third Order, under Third. Addis & Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) The Tertiary era, period, or formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) One of the quill feathers which are borne upon the basal joint of the wing of a bird. See Illust. of Bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. tiare. See Tiara. ] A tiara. [ Poetic ] Milton. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; of Persian origin. ] 1. A form of headdress worn by the ancient Persians. According to Xenophon, the royal tiara was encircled with a diadem, and was high and erect, while those of the people were flexible, or had rims turned over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The pope's triple crown. It was at first a round, high cap, but was afterward encompassed with a crown, subsequently with a second, and finally with a third. Fig.: The papal dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Adorned with, or wearing, a tiara. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Vestiary. ] Of or pertaining to a vestiary or vestments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vestiarium. See Vestry. ] A wardrobe; a robing room; a vestry. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]