n. [ Gr. &unr_; undistinguishable;
n. [ Gr. &unr_; cock + &unr_; fight. ] Cockfighting. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) An antidote against poison; a counterpoison. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]
n. (Astron.)
a. [ Gr. &unr_; together + &unr_; power. ] (Photog.) Amasthenic. Sir J. Herschel. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. amphimacrus, Gr. &unr_;;
n. A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
a. [ Pref. bi- + maculate, a. ] Having, or marked with, two spots. [ 1913 Webster ]
A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Turk. ] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a common thorny tropical American tree (Pithecellobium dulce) having terminal racemes of yellow flowers followed by sickle-shaped or circinate edible pods and yielding good timber and a yellow dye and mucilaginous gum.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; centaur + &unr_; battle. ] (Ancient Art) A fight in which centaurs take part, -- a common theme for relief sculpture, as in the Parthenon metopes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, prop., round of a ladder, fr. &unr_; ladder: cf. F. climactère. See Climax. ] See Climacteric, n. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. climactericus, Gr. &unr_;. See Climacter. ] Relating to a climacteric; critical. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. & n. See Climacteric. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to a climax; forming, or of the nature of, a climax, or ascending series.
A fourth kind of parallelism . . . is still sufficiently marked to be noticed by the side of those described by Lowth, viz., climactic parallelism (sometimes called “ascending rhythm”). S. R. Driver. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. (Physics) a
a. [ L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy. ]
There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n.;
The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, dog + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bear + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; fight. ] Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
a. [ See Diatomous. ] consisting of or containing diatoms or their fossils;
(Geol.), a deposit of fine, usually white, siliceous material, composed mainly of the shells of the microscopic plants called
n. [ F. diplomatie. This word, like supremacy, retains the accent of its original. See Diploma. ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; an assay, examination, fr. &unr_; to examine (Metals), fr. &unr_; assayed, tested, fr. &unr_; to take, approve: cf. F. docimasie. ] The art or practice of applying tests to ascertain the nature, quality, etc., of objects, as of metals or ores, of medicines, or of facts pertaining to physiology. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. & i. [ L. emaceratus emaciated; e + macerare to make soft. ] To make lean or to become lean; to emaciate. [ Obs. ] Bullokar. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Emaciation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
v. t. To cause to waste away in flesh and become very lean;
a. [ L. emaciatus, p. p. ] Emaciated. “Emaciate steeds.” T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. having become so thin that the bones noticeably protude under the skin;
n. [ Cf. F. émaciation. ]
v. t. [ L. emaculatus, p. p. of emaculare to clear from spots. See Maculate. ] To clear from spots or stains, or from any imperfection. [ Obs. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of clearing from spots. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; quietly + &unr_; burning, fr. &unr_; to burn. ] A gradual oxidation from exposure to air and moisture, as in the decay of old trees or of dead animals. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ]
n. [ Shortened form of telefax, from tele- and facsimile. ] A device which is designed to transmit and receive images by the facsimile{ 2 } process. Such a device may also be able to perform other functions, such as scanning an image or copying an image; a telefax device. [ PJC ]
n. [ OE. See Pharmacy. ] Medicine; pharmacy. [ Obs. ] Chaucer.
a. (Zool.) Having the structure of a filoplume. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ From Fume. ] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to gems or to gemmæ; of the nature of, or resembling, gems or gemmæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. gigantomachia, fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, giant + &unr_; battle: cf. F. gigantomachie. ] A war of giants; especially, the fabulous war of the giants against heaven.
. (Aëronautics) A construction consisting essentially of one or more aëroplanes for gliding in an inclined path from a height to the ground. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]