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n. A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Luke. ] 1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. “ Lukewarm blood.” Spenser. “ Lukewarm patriots.” Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden.

-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To crowd or throng. Fanshawe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. Swerve. ] To climb a tree, pole, or the like, by embracing it with the arms and legs alternately. See Shin. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those who could swarm up and seize it. W. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. swarm, AS. swearm; akin to D. zwerm, G. schwarm, OHG. swaram, Icel. svarmr a tumult, Sw. svärm a swarm, Dan. svaerm, and G. schwirren to whiz, to buzz, Skr. svar to sound, and perhaps to E. swear. √177. Cf. Swerve, Swirl. ] 1. A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion. “A deadly swarm of hornets.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Especially, a great number of honeybees which emigrate from a hive at once, and seek new lodgings under the direction of a queen; a like body of bees settled permanently in a hive. “A swarm of bees.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, any great number or multitude, as of people in motion, or sometimes of inanimate objects; as, a swarm of meteorites. [ 1913 Webster ]

Those prodigious swarms that had settled themselves in every part of it [ Italy ]. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Multitude; crowd; throng. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Swarmed p. pr. & vb. n. Swarming. ] 1. To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; -- said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To be crowded; to be thronged with a multitude of beings in motion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every place swarms with soldiers. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To abound; to be filled (with). Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To breed multitudes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Not so thick swarmed once the soil
Bedropped with blood of Gorgon. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Bot.) One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algae and fungi; a zoospore. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the minute flagellate germs produced by the sporulation of a protozoan; -- called also zoospore. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + warm. ] To lose warmth; to grow cold. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. & i. To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [ R. ] Shak. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest. ] [ AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. “Whose blood is warm within.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad&unr_; mouths at. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

I had been none of the warmest of partisans. Hawthor&unr_;&unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Warm householders, every one of them. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting “warm, ” &unr_;&unr_; children say at blindman's buff. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Warmed p. pr. & vb. n. Warming. ] [ AS. wearmian. See Warm, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To communicate a moderate degree of heat to; to render warm; to supply or furnish heat to; as, a stove warms an apartment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then shall it [ an ash tree ] be for a man to burn; for he will take thereof and warm himself. Isa. xliv 15 [ 1913 Webster ]

Enough to warm, but not enough to burn. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make engaged or earnest; to interest; to engage; to excite ardor or zeal; to enliven. [ 1913 Webster ]

I formerly warmed my head with reading controversial writings. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bright hopes, that erst bosom warmed. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. i. [ AS. wearmian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. To become warm, or moderately heated; as, the earth soon warms in a clear day summer. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall not be a coal to warm at. Isa. xlvii. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To become ardent or animated; as, the speake&unr_; warms as he proceeds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of warming, or the state of being warmed; a warming; a heating. [ Colloq. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

a. Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [ R. ] Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic. -- Warm"-heart`ed*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

a. & n. from Warm, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a warm manner; ardently. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Warmth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [ R. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chaenobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of lively and excited interest; zeal; ardor; fervor; passion; enthusiasm; earnestness; as, the warmth of love or piety; he replied with much warmth. “Spiritual warmth, and holy fires.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

That warmth . . . which agrees with Christian zeal. Sprat. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Paint.) The glowing effect which arises from the use of warm colors; hence, any similar appearance or effect in a painting, or work of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Zeal; ardor; fervor; fervency; heat; glow; earnestness; cordiality; animation; eagerness; excitement; vehemence. [ 1913 Webster ]