a. Habitual; customary; wonted. “Accustomable goodness.” Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. According to custom; ordinarily; customarily. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. accoustumance, F. accoutumance. ] Custom; habitual use. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Customarily. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Usual; customary. [ Archaic ] Featley. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; barley meal + -mancy: cf. F. alphitomancie. ] Divination by means of barley meal. Knowles. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. a tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum. Stedman [ PJC ]
adj. (Med.) showing no symptoms of disease.
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adj.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; self + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] One who is self-taught. [ R. ] Young. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Nothing can be said to be automatic. Sir H. Davy. [ 1913 Webster ]
Unconscious or automatic reasoning. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
Automatic arts,
adv. In an automatic manner. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state or quality of being automatic; the power of self-moving; automatic, mechanical, or involuntary action.
v. t. same as automate.
n.;
So great and admirable an automaton as the world. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
These living automata, human bodies. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. automatus, Gr. &unr_;. See Automaton. ] Automatic. [ Obs. ] “Automatous organs.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a ballet enthusiast. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
‖n. [ NL., fr., Gr. &unr_; gill + &unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) The lancelet. See Amphioxus. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy. ] The art of telling fortunes with cards. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. charta paper + -mancy. Cf. Cartomancy. ] Divination by written paper or by cards. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Teaching what is useful. “A chrestomathic school.” Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; useful + &unr_;, &unr_;, to learn. ] A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language;
‖n. [ NL. ] See Kleptomania. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, comb + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, -&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; mouth. ] (Zool.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. OF. coustumable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Usually. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a customary manner; habitually. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality of being customary. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ CF. OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See Custom, and cf. Customer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Even now I met him
With customary compliment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. ] A book containing laws and usages, or customs;
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bear + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; fight. ] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ See Diatomous. ] consisting of or containing diatoms or their fossils;
(Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;, &unr_;, the mouth. ] (Zoöl.) A plate which supports the labrum in certain Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; visible in (a thing) + -mancy. ] Divination by the use of a mirror. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. ] An epitomist. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, giant + &unr_; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie. ] A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
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