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n. [ Cf. Brettice. ] (Arch.) A small, overhanging structure for lookout or defense, usually projecting at an angle of a building or near an entrance gateway. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Byzant. ] 1. A gold coin of Byzantium or Constantinople, varying in weight and value, usually (those current in England) between a sovereign and a half sovereign. There were also white or silver bezants. [ Written also besant, byzant, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) A circle in or, i. e., gold, representing the gold coin called bezant. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A decoration of a flat surface, as of a band or belt, representing circular disks lapping one upon another. [ 1913 Webster ]

See Byzantine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Byzantine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pos>n. }[ OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium. ] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also Bizantine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church. See under Greek. --
Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from a. d. 364 or a. d. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, a. d. 1453. --
Byzantine historians, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. P. Cyc. --
Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are of endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine that the state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters.
Syn. -- Erastianism, Caesaropapism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An ancient city on the Bosphorus founded by the Greeks. It was later renamed Constaninople in honor of the emperor Constantine, and renamed Istanbul by the Turks, which name it still retains. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. cicatrisant, properly p. pr. of cicatriser. ] (Med.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. conissance, conoissance, F. connaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See Cognition, and cf. Cognoscence, Connoisseur. ] 1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Recollection; recognition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance,
Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Law) (a) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b) The hearing a matter judicially. (c) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [ Eng. ] (d) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [ Eng. ] Cowell. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

This pale and angry rose,
As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Cognizance, and cf. Connusant. ] Having cognizance or knowledge. (of). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It., prop. p. p. of forzare to force. ] (Mus.) See Sforzato. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any plant of the genus Gazania valued for their showy daisy flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Failure to cognize, apprehended, or notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

This incognizance may be explained. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not cognizant; failing to apprehended or notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of the several operations themselves, as acts of volition, we are wholly incognizant. Sir W. Hamilton. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Japanese Mythology) The god who fathered the islands and gods of Japan with his sister Izanami. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. (Japanese Mythology) The sister and consort of Izanagi; mother of the islands and gods of Japan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Olive Trade) A kind of small roundish olive with a small freestone pit, a fine skin, and a peculiar bitterish flavor. Manzanillas are commonly pitted and stuffed with Spanish pimientos. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A very dry pale sherry from Spain. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp., dim. of manzana an apple. ] (Bot.) A name given to several species of Arctostaphylos, but mostly to Arctostaphylos glauca and Arctostaphylos pungens, shrubs of California, Oregon, etc., with reddish smooth bark, ovate or oval coriaceous evergreen leaves, and bearing clusters of red berries, which are said to be a favorite food of the grizzly bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mezzanine, It. mezzanino, fr. mezzano middle, fr. mezzo middle, half. See Mezzo. ] 1. (Arch.) (a) Same as Entresol. (b) A partial story which is not on the same level with the story of the main part of the edifice, as of a back building, where the floors are on a level with landings of the staircase of the main house. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A flooring laid over a floor to bring it up to some height or level. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. Also
mezzanine floor. (Theat.) A floor under the stage, from which various contrivances, as traps, are worked. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. The lowest balcony in a theater, or the forward part of the first balcony. [ PJC ]

a. (Law) Not cognizant; ignorant; not knowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as nonpartisan, 1.
Syn. -- nonpartisan. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To exceed in buffoonery. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. reconnaissance, OF. recognoissance, fr. recognoissant, p. pr. of recognoistre to recognize, F. reconnaître, fr. L. recognoscere; pref. re- re- + cognoscere to know. See Cognizance, Know, and cf. Recognize, Reconnoissance. ] [ Written also recognisance. ] 1. (Law) (a) An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal. (b) The verdict of a jury impaneled upon assize. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Among lawyers the g in this and the related words (except recognize) is usually silent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A token; a symbol; a pledge; a badge. [ 1913 Webster ]

That recognizance and pledge of love
Which I first gave her. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Acknowledgment of a person or thing; avowal; profession; recognition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; root + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; flower. ] (Bot.) Producing flowers from a rootstock, or apparently from a root. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It., fr. rinforzare to reenforce, strengthen. ] (Mus.) Increasing; strengthening; -- a direction indicating a sudden increase of force (abbreviated rf., rfz.) Cf. Forzando, and Sforzando. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖adv. [ It. ] (Mus.) In a playful or sportive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } a. [ It. sforzando, p. pr., and sforzato, p. p. of sforzare to force. ] (Mus.) Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or &unr_;. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Growing gradually fainter and softer; dying away; morendo. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Weasand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Weasand. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. zand sand. ] (Zool.) A European pike perch (Stizostedion lucioperca) allied to the wall-eye; -- called also sandari, sander, sannat, schill, and zant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. D. zand sand. See Sand, and Mole the animal. ] (Zool.) The sand mole. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Zantewood. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of seedless grape or raisin; -- so called from Zante, one of the Ionian Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) (a) A yellow dyewood; fustet; -- called also zante, and zante fustic. See Fustet, and the Note under Fustic. (b) Satinwood (Chloroxylon Swietenia). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A native or inhabitant of Zante, one of the Ionian Islands. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Zanies [ It. zanni a buffoon, merry-andrew, orig. same as Giovanni John, i. e., merry John, L. Ioannes, Gr. &unr_;, Heb. Yōkhānān, prop., the Lord graciously gave: cf. F. zani, fr. the Italian. Cf. Jenneting. ] A merry-andrew; a buffoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then write that I may follow, and so be
Thy echo, thy debtor, thy foil, thy zany. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Preacher at once, and zany of thy age. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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v. t. To mimic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Your part is acted; give me leave at distance
To zany it. Massinger. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Comical in a clownish or buffoonish manner; whimsically comical. [ PJC ]

n. State or character of a zany; buffoonery. Coleridge. H. Morley. [ 1913 Webster ]