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n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + E. electrode. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. cata + elecrode. ] (Physics) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Kinematics) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Do I look as if I were crow-trodden? Beau. & FL. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Trodden down; trampled down; abused by superior power. Shak.

n. [ Electro- + Gr. "odo`s way, path: cf. F. électrode.] (Elec.) a conducting object by which electricity is conveyed into or from a solution or other non-metallic conducting medium; esp., the ends of the wires or conductors, leading from source of electricity, and terminating in the medium traversed by the current. Electrodes may be specially designed or made of a special material for particular purposes, as for example silver electrodes used in electroplating. [1913 Webster +PJC]

n. [ Gastro- + disc. ] (Biol.) That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -duodenal. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and duodenum; as, the gastroduodenal artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Gastroduodenal, and -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the stomach and duodenum. It is one of the most frequent causes of jaundice. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Introduced p. pr. & vb. n. Introducing ] [ L. introducere, introductum; intro within + ducere to lead. See Intro-, and Duke. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To lead or bring in; to conduct or usher in; as, to introduce a person into a drawing-room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To put (something into a place); to insert; as, to introduce the finger, or a probe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To lead to and make known by formal announcement or recommendation; hence, to cause to be acquainted; as, to introduce strangers; to introduce one person to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To bring into notice, practice, cultivation, or use; as, to introduce a new fashion, method, or plant. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To produce; to cause to exist; to induce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Whosoever introduces habits in children, deserves the care and attention of their governors. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To open to notice; to begin; to present; as, he introduced the subject with a long preface.

Syn. -- To bring in; usher in; insert; begin; preface. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Introduction. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, introduces. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To introduce. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. introductio: cf. F. introduction. See Introduce. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of introducing, or bringing to notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of formally making persons known to each other; a presentation or making known of one person to another by name; as, the introduction of one stranger to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That part of a book or discourse which introduces or leads the way to the main subject, or part; preliminary; matter; preface; proem; exordium. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A formal and elaborate preliminary treatise; specifically, a treatise introductory to other treatises, or to a course of study; a guide; as, an introduction to English literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. introductif. ] Serving to introduce; introductory. -- In`tro*duc"tive*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. ] An introducer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of introduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. itroductorius: cf. F. introductoire. ] Serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female introducer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An excursion. [ Obs. ] “Outrodes by the ways of Judea.” Macc. xv. 41 (Geneva Bible). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To introduce again. -- Re*in`tro*duc"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ L. retroducere, retroductum, to lead or bring back; retro backward + ducere to lead. ] A leading or bringing back. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Strude. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Stride. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, tooth. ] (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of plectognath fishes belonging to Tetrodon and allied genera. Each jaw is furnished with two large, thick, beaklike, bony teeth. [ Written also tetradon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The skin is usually spinous, and the belly is capable of being greatly distended by air or water. It includes the swellfish, puffer (a), and similar species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the tetrodons. -- n. A tetrodon. [ Written also tetradont, and tetraodont. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. & p. p. of Tread. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Tread. [ 1913 Webster ]

archaic imp. of Tread. [ 1913 Webster ]

On burnished hooves his war-horse trode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]