n. A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livery. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]
. A meal made from hulled cotton seeds after the oil has been expressed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
. A fixed, semidrying oil extracted from cottonseed. It is pale yellow when pure (sp. gr., .92-.93). and is extensively used in soap making, in cookery, and as an adulterant of other oils. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. The office of a sexton. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. tonsill&unr_;, pl.: cf. F. tonsille. ] (Anat.) One of the two glandular organs situated in the throat at the sides of the fauces. The tonsils are sometimes called the
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the tonsils; tonsilitic.
a. [ L. tonsilis, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear, clip. See Tonsure. ] Capable of being clipped. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Tonsilar.
‖n. [ NL. See Tonsil, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the tonsils; quinsy.
n. (Surg.) The operation of removing the tonsils; -- formerly also called
n. (Med.) Inflammation of the tonsils; --- same as tonsilitis. [ PJC ]
n. [ Tonsil + Gr.
n. (Surg.) The operation of removing the tonsils, or a portion thereof; -- called more commonly
n. [ L. ] A barber. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. tonsorius, fr. tonsor a shearer, barber, fr. tondere, tonsum, to shear. See Tonsure. ] Of or pertaining to a barber, or shaving. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. tonsura a shearing, clipping, from tondere, tonsum, to shear, shave; cf. Gr. &unr_; to gnaw; perhaps akin to Gr. &unr_; to cut, and E. tome. ]
a. Having the tonsure; shaven; shorn; clipped; hence, bald. [ 1913 Webster ]
A tonsured head in middle age forlorn. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. [ After the Duke of