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n. a term essentially coextensive with the genus Bos, including cattle, buffalo, and sometimes kudu; -- it is not used technically.
Syn. -- subfamily Bovinae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. divinatio, fr. divinare, divinatum, to foresee, foretell, fr. divinus: cf. F. divination. See Divine. ] 1. The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events; the pretended art discovering secret or future by preternatural means. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall not be found among you any one that . . . useth divination, or an observer of times, or an enchanter. Deut. xviii. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Among the ancient heathen philosophers natural divination was supposed to be effected by a divine afflatus; artificial divination by certain rites, omens, or appearances, as the flight of birds, entrails of animals, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Birds which do give a happy divination of things to come. Sir T. North. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. See Divination. ] One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [ R. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. divinatoire. ] Professing, or relating to, divination. “A natural divinatory instinct.” Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A genus having only one species: the Chilean nut.
Syn. -- genus Guevina. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ L., a cushion. ] (Anat.) A prominence on the posterior part of the thalamus of the human brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pulvinatus, fr. pulvinus a cushion, an elevation. ] 1. (Arch.) Curved convexly or swelled; as, a pulvinated frieze. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having the form of a cushion. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. vinaceus. See Vine. ] 1. Belonging to, or like, wine or grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the color of wine, especially of red wine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. vinaigre vinegar. ] 1. (Cookery) A sauce, made of vinegar, oil, and other ingredients, -- used esp. for cold meats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small perforated box for holding aromatic vinegar contained in a sponge, or a smelling bottle for smelling salts; -- called also vinegarette. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A small, two-wheeled vehicle, like a Bath chair, to be drawn or pushed by a boy or man. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. vinaigre vinegar. ] 1. Resembling vinegar; sour. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Fig. ]: Unamiable; morose. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Chem.) The waste liquor remaining in the process of making beet sugar, -- used in the manufacture of potassium carbonate. [ 1913 Webster ]