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‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., pl. of Alcyon. ] (Zool.) The kingfishers. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a zoöphyte, so called from being like the halcyon's nest. ] (Zool.) A genus of fleshy Alcyonaria, its polyps somewhat resembling flowers with eight fringed rays. The term was also formerly used for certain species of sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'alkyo`nion + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the Alcyonaria. -- n. A zoöphyte of the order Alcyonaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to the Amphictyons or their League or Council; as, an Amphictyonic town or state; the Amphictyonic body. W. Smith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ L. Amphictyones, Gr. &unr_;. Prob. the word was orig. &unr_; dwellers around, neighbors. ] (Grecian Hist.) Deputies from the confederated states of ancient Greece to a congress or council. They considered both political and religious matters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Amphictyonies [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Grecian Hist.) A league of states of ancient Greece; esp. the celebrated confederation known as the Amphictyonic Council. Its object was to maintain the common interests of Greece. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the antiparticle of a baryon; a hadron with a baryon number of -1. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One taken at random rather than by selection; anybody. [ Commonly written as two words. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; destroying, fr. &unr_;, &unr_;, to destroy utterly; &unr_; from, entirely + &unr_; to destroy. ] The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. Beyond. [ North of Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. & adv. Beyond. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. any of the elementary particles having a mass equal to or greater than that of a proton and that participate in strong interactions; a hadron with a baryon number of +1.
Syn. -- heavy particle. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. bayonnette, baïonnette; -- so called, it is said, because the first bayonets were made at Bayonne. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Mil.) A pointed instrument of the dagger kind fitted on the muzzle of a musket or rifle, so as to give the soldier increased means of offense and defense. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Originally, the bayonet was made with a handle, which required to be fitted into the bore of the musket after the soldier had fired. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A pin which plays in and out of holes made to receive it, and which thus serves to engage or disengage parts of the machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bayonet clutch. See Clutch. --
Bayonet joint, a form of coupling similar to that by which a bayonet is fixed on the barrel of a musket. Knight. --
bayonet mount, (photography) a coupling mechanism for attaching removable lenses to the body of a camera, using a bayonet socket. --
bayonet socket, a coupling mechanism for attaching matching cylindrical parts to each other, where each of which has an arced L-shaped slot with the longer side perpendicular to the axis of the cylinder, such that the slots slide inside each other. There is also usually a knoblike projection on the mount so that when the two parts to be connected are fully inserted in proper alignment, they are locked in place. It is designed for rapid coupling and decoupling, requiring the turning of one part through only a small arc, in place of a screw-type arrangement, which requires several full turns. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bayoneted; p. pr. & vb. n. Bayoneting. ] 1. To stab with a bayonet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To compel or drive by the bayonet. [ 1913 Webster ]

To bayonet us into submission. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. [ OE. biyonde, bi&yogh_;eonde, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder. ] 1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond that flaming hill. G. Fletcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At a place or time not yet reached; before. [ 1913 Webster ]

A thing beyond us, even before our death. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. “Beyond expectation.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond any of the great men of my country. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea. --
To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent. [ 1913 Webster ]

That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. 1 Thess. iv. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. large tree (Heritiera trifoliolata or Terrietia trifoliolata) of Australasia.
Syn. -- red beech, brown oak, crow's foot, stave wood, silky elm. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the root of the bryony (Bryonia alba and Bryonia dioica). It is a white, or slightly colored, substance, and is emetic and cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. bryonia, Gr. brywni`a, fr. bry`ein to swell, esp. of plants. ] (Bot.) The common name of several cucurbitaceous plants of the genus Bryonia. The root of Bryonia alba (rough bryony or white bryony) and of Bryonia dioica is a strong, irritating cathartic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Black bryony, a plant (Tamus communis) so named from its dark glossy leaves and black root; black bindweed. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. Prov. E. bunny a small swelling, fr. OF. bugne, It. bugna, bugnone. See Bun. ] (Med.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the bursæ muscosæ), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. Haliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The English form of the Spanish word Cañon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. caña reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane. ] A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [ Mexico & Western U. S. ] [ Also spelled canyon. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Conté Conté's pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Conté), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. Cretaceous. ] 1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See Chalk, and Sanguine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A crayon drawing. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crayon board, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing. --
Crayon drawing, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crayoned p. pr. & vb. n. Crayoning. ] [ Cf. F. crayonner. ] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan. [ 1913 Webster ]

He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cion, and Scion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. [ NL. ] See Embryo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Pertaining to an embryo, or the initial state of any organ; embryonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Embryonic.

{ } a. (Biol.) In the state of, or having, an embryonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to an embryo; embryonal; rudimentary. [ 1913 Webster ]

Embryonic sac or
Embryonic vesicle (Bot.), the vesicle within which the embryo is developed in the ovule; -- sometimes called also amnios sac, and embryonal sac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Embryo + -ferous. ] (Biol.) Having an embryo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Embryo + -form. ] (Biol.) Like an embryo in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. everychon. ] Everybody; -- commonly separated, every one. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. halcyon, alcyon, Gr. "alkyw`n, 'alkyw`n: cf. F. halcyon.] (Zool.) A kingfisher. By modern ornithologists restricted to a genus including a limited number of species having omnivorous habits, as the sacred kingfisher (Halcyon sancta) of Australia. [1913 Webster]

Amidst our arms as quiet you shall be
As halcyons brooding on a winter sea. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

a. 1. Pertaining to, or resembling, the halcyon, which was anciently said to lay her eggs in nests on or near the sea during the calm weather about the winter solstice. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. “Deep, halcyon repose.” De Quincy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Halcyon; calm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. [ Halcyon + -oid. ] (Zool.) See Alcyonoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Not embryonate. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of evergreen or deciduous shrubs or small trees of the U. S. to the Antilles and eastern Asia to Himalaya.
Syn. -- genus Lyonia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. a former province of east central France; now administered by Rhone-Alpes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ F. lyonnaise, fem. of lyonnais of Lyons. ] (Cookery) Applied to boiled potatoes cut into small pieces and heated in oil or butter. They are usually flavored with onion and parsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] A thick white sauce compounded of raw yolks of eggs beaten up with olive oil to the consistency near to that of a gel, and seasoned with vinegar, pepper, salt, etc.; -- used in dressing salads, fish, etc. Also, a dish dressed with this sauce. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. meso`fryon. ] (Anat.) See Glabella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mono-, and Embryo. ] (Bot.) The condition of an ovule having but a single embryo. -- Mon*em`bry*on"ic a. [1913 Webster]