v. i. [ L. accumbere; ad + cumbere (only in compounds) to lie down. ] To recline, as at table. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being accumbent or reclining. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a.
The Roman . . . accumbent posture in eating. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]
Accumbent cotyledons have their edges placed against the caulicle. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who reclines at table. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To encumber. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. adumbrans, p. pr. of adumbrare. ] Giving a faint shadow, or slight resemblance; shadowing forth. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. [ L. adumbratus, p. p. of adumbrare; ad + umbrare to shade; umbra shadow. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Both in the vastness and the richness of the visible universe the invisible God is adumbrated. L. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. adumbratio. ]
Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A number that precedes another. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Ambry. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To jumble together. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
The creeping death benumbed her senses first. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Made torpid; numbed; stupefied; deadened;
n. Act of benumbing, or state of being benumbed; torpor. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To handle; to wear or soil by handling; as books. Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
From her betumbled couch she starteth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the mailing address to which answers to a newspaper ad can be sent. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital
n. [ A corruption of bound bailiff. ] [ Low, Eng. ] See
See Bombard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. See Bumboat. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
See Bombast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. [ See Bump to boom. ] (Zool.) The bittern. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern. [ 1913 Webster ]
As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; -- sometimes used with
v. t. to bungle (a task). [ PJC ]
n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus
☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Origin unknown; cf. Bumble, n. ]
adj. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands;
n. [ From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat. ] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique. ] (Med.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic.
American calumba,
n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root.
n. A roundabout or indirect way. [ Jocular ] Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle. ] (Zool.) A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) See Calumba. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl.; [ L. columba pigeon. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the pigeons. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n.;
n. [ Cf. F. colombate. See Columbium. ] (Chem.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ From Kolumbatz, a mountain in Germany. ] (Zool.) See
‖n. [ NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species. ] (Zool.) A genus of univalve shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of
n. [ From Columbia the United States. ] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Since the War of 1812 the
a. [ From Columbia. ] Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Columbium. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. [ 1913 Webster ]
Columbic acid (Chem.),
a. [ From Columbo. ] Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. [ 1913 Webster ]
Columbic acid (Chem.),
n. See Colombier. [ 1913 Webster ]