See Saint Anthony's Fire, under Saint. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Astron.) A row of bright spots observed in connection with total eclipses of the sun. Just before and after a total eclipse, the slender, unobscured crescent of the sun's disk appears momentarily like a row of bright spots resembling a string of beads. The phenomenon (first fully described by Francis Baily, 1774 -- 1844) is thought to be an effect of irradiation, and of inequalities of the moon's edge. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. a Mexican plant (Sedum morganianum) bearing small rose-colored flowers; called also
n. a very long time; ages. [ informal ] [ PJC ]
(Bot.) The common bedstraw (Galium verum); also, a slender-leaved East Indian shrub (Pharnaceum Mollugo), with white flowers in umbels. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. (Bot.) A climbing plant with fragrant blossoms (Clematis vitalba). [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ This term is sometimes applied to other plants of the same genus. [ 1913 Webster ]
def>A kind of broadcloth of light weight, used for women's dresses, cloaks, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Scandix Pecten-Veneris), its clusters of long slender fruits remotely resembling a comb. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) An herb growing in dense tufts; the thrift (Armeria vulgaris). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) An erect or climbing shrub (Fuchsia coccinea) of Brazil with deep pink to red flowers.
pos>n. (Bot.) Ribbon grass. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
pos>n. (Bot.) A slender climbing plant; dodder. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) See
(Bot.) A genus of rosaceous herbs (
(Bot.)
pos>n. (Bot.) Any orchidaceous plant of the genus
pos>n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
pos>n. (Bot.) The harebell. [ 1913 Webster ]
pos>n. (Bot.) An annual weed (Polygonum Persicaria), having a lanceolate leaf with a dark spot in the middle. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
n. A child who is fair of face; -- a reference to a nineteenth century poem. See below. [ PJC ]
Monday's child is fair of face,
Tuesday's child is full of grace,
Wednesday's child is full of woe,
Thursday's child has far to go,
Friday's child is loving and giving,
Saturday's child works hard for a living,
But the child who is born on the Sabbath day,
Is lucky and happy and good and gay. [ PJC ]
(Bot.) A lofty coniferous Chilian tree (Araucaria araucana, formerly Araucaria imbricata), the branches of which are so crowded and intertwisted “as to puzzle a monkey to climb.” It is also called
Very pistol. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]