*adan*

adv. Dancing. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Dangling. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ From Adanson, a French botanist. ] (Bot.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, Adansonia digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and Adansonia Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth. D. C. Eaton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + L. Padanus, pert. to the Padus or Po. ] On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of the state of Colorado. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F. contrdance. Cf. Country-dance. ] A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ladanum, ledanum, Gr. la`danon, lh`danon, fr. lh^don name of a shrub, mastic; cf. Per. lādan, lāden. Cf. Laudanum. ] A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation. [ Written also labdanum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Mohammedanism; Islam. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A Muslim. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Islamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A resident of Nevada. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Ar. rama&dsdot_;ān, or ramazān, properly, the hot month. ] [ Written also Ramadhan, Ramadzan, and Rhamadan. ] 1. The ninth Mohammedan month. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The great annual fast of the Mohammedans, kept during daylight through the ninth month. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. See Ramadan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A valuable kind of wood obtained on the shores of the Demerara River in South America, much used for timbers, rails, naves and fellies of wheels, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. transpadanus; trans across + Padus the Po. ] Lying or being on the further side of the river Po with reference to Rome, that is, on the north side; -- opposed to cispadane. [ 1913 Webster ]