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a. [ Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or Abella a city of Campania. ] (Her.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Formed to a bevel angle; sloping; as, the beveled edge of a table. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Replaced by two planes inclining equally upon the adjacent planes, as an edge; having its edges replaced by sloping planes, as a cube or other solid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [ Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Clavate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. LL. cineres clavelatti ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, F. clavel an inferior sort of soda, E. clavate. ] (Old Chem.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. convellens, p. pr. of convellere. See Convulse. ] Tending to tear or pull up. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ends of the fragment . . . will not yield to the convellent force. Todd & Bowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ After Covelli, the discoverer. ] (Min.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as, disheveled hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the hair in loose disorder. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. divellens, p. pr. ] Drawing asunder. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. di- = vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to pluck, fr. vellere to pull. ] To pull in pieces. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., prob. from L. favus a honeycomb. ] (Bot.) A group of spores arranged without order and covered with a thin gelatinous envelope, as in certain delicate red algæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being gravelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

or , n. 1. The act of covering with gravel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A layer or coating of gravel (on a path, etc.).

or , n. (Zool.) A salmon one or two years old, before it has gone to sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Abounding with gravel; consisting of gravel; as, a gravelly soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

, a. Lying prone; low; debased; submissive in a self-abasing manner. “A groveling creature.” Cowper.
Syn. -- cringing, wormlike, wormy. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. In an even or level manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Machiavel (also called Machiavelli), an Italian writer, secretary and historiographer to the republic of Florence. ] Of or pertaining to Machiavelli, or to his supposed principles for conduct of government, as enunciated in his tract The Prince; politically cunning; characterized by duplicity, political expediency, unscrupulous cunning, or bad faith; crafty. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

, n. One who adopts the principles of Machiavelli; a cunning and unprincipled politician. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. machiavélisme; It. machiavellismo. ] The supposed principles of Machiavelli, or practice in conformity to them; political artifice, intended to favor arbitrary power. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Marvelous.
Syn. -- improbable, marvelous, tall(prenominal). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖m., ‖f. }; pl. m. Noveaux riches f. Nouvelles riches /plu>. [ F. ] A person newly rich. Contrasted with old money. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. [ L. revellens, p. pr. of revellere. See Revel, v. t. ] Causing revulsion; revulsive. -- n. (Med.) A revulsive medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. L. vellus the skin of a sheep with the wool on it, a fleece, a hide or pelt, or E. fell a hide. ] The salted stomach of a calf, used in making cheese; a rennet bag. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Vell, n. ] To cut the turf from, as for burning. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. velléité (cf. It. velleità), fr. L. velle to will, to be willing. ] The lowest degree of desire; imperfect or incomplete volition. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Velvet. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Vellicated p. pr. & vb. n. Vellicating. ] [ L. vellicatus, p. p. of vellicare to twitch, fr. vellere to pluck, pull. ] To twitch; to cause to twitch convulsively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Convulsions, arising from something vellicating a nerve in its extremity, are not very dangerous. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To move spasmodically; to twitch; as, a nerve vellicates. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ L. vellicatio. ] 1. The act of twitching, or of causing to twitch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A local twitching, or convulsive motion, of a muscular fiber, especially of the face. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of vellicating, plucking, or twitching; causing vellication. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A word occurring in the phrase real vellon. See the Note under 1st Real. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. velim, F. vélin, fr. L. vitulinus of a calf, fr. vitulus a calf. See Veal. ] A fine kind of parchment, usually made from calfskin, and rendered clear and white, -- used as for writing upon, and for binding books. [ 1913 Webster ]

Vellum cloth, a fine kind of cotton fabric, made very transparent, and used as a tracing cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Resembling vellum. [ 1913 Webster ]