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n. a hairy Eurasian plant (Geum urbanum) with small yellow flowers and an astringent root formerly used medicinally.
Syn. -- herb bennet, wood avens, Geum urbanum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Cf.F. fiévreux. ] 1. Affected with fever or ague; feverish. [ 1913 Webster ]

His heart, love's feverous citadel. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fever; as, a feverous pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

All maladies . . . all feverous kinds. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having the tendency to produce fever; as, a feverous disposition of the year. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Feverishly. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lark the bird. ] The lark. [ Old Eng. & Scot. ] [ Written also lavrock. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Lark. ] A lark. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To domineer over by virtue of office. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Too busy; too ready to intermeddle; too officious. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the poppy; of the nature of the poppy. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. L. pulvereus, from pulvis, pulveris, dust, powder. ] Consisting of dust or powder; like powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Law) The demandant in a common recovery after judgment. Wharton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It. Veronese. ] Of or pertaining to Verona, in Italy. -- n. sing. & pl. A native of Verona; collectively, the people of Verona. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL.; -- so called from Veronica, a woman who, according to an old legend, as Christ was carrying the cross, wiped his face with a cloth, which received an impression of his countenance; Veronica is fr. MGr. Beroni`kh, fr. Macedonian Bereni`kh, for Gr. Fereni`kh, literally, carrying off victory, victorious. ] 1. A portrait or representation of the face of our Savior on the alleged handkerchief of Saint Veronica, preserved at Rome; hence, a representation of this portrait, or any similar representation of the face of the Savior. Formerly called also Vernacle, and Vernicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A genus of scrophulariaceous plants; the speedwell. See Speedwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Several herbaceous species are common in both Europe and America, most of which have small blue flowers. A few shrubby species from New Zealand are sometimes found in cultivation. [ 1913 Webster ]