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[ Prob. a corruption of Almain furnace, i. e., German furnace. See Almain. ] A kind of furnace used in refining, to separate the metal from cinders and other foreign matter. Chambers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Almandine [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. having the shape of an almond, i.e. ellipsoidal with somewhat pointed ends.
Syn. -- amygdaliform, amygdaloid, amygdaloidal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. aumener, aulmener, OF. almosnier, aumosnier, F. aumônier, fr. OF. almosne, alms, L. eleemosyna. See Alms. ] 1. One who distributes alms, esp. the doles and alms of religious houses, almshouses, etc.; also, one who dispenses alms for another, as the almoner of a prince, bishop, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A social worker in a hospital. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

3. An official in a hospital whose job it is to calculate how much a patient must pay for treatment. [ Chiefly Brit. ] [ PJC ]

n. The office of an almoner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Almonries [ OF. aumosnerie, F. aumônerie, fr. OF. aumosnier. See Almoner. ] The place where an almoner resides, or where alms are distributed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Alms. [ Obs. ] Cheke. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ AS. ealmæst, ælmæst, quite the most, almost all; eal (OE. al) all + m&unr_;st most. ] Nearly; well nigh; all but; for the greatest part. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian. Acts xxvi. 28. [ 1913 Webster ]

Almost never, hardly ever; scarcely ever. --
Almost nothing, scarcely anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Balmoral Castle, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. ] 1. A long woolen petticoat, worn immediately under the dress. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of stout walking shoe, laced in front. [ 1913 Webster ]

A man who uses his balmorals to tread on your toes. George Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Edriophthalma. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖‖/mhw>, n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Same as Exophthalmia.
Syn. -- exophthalmus, exophthalmy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. franc free + Norm. F. almoigne alma, for almosne, F. aumône. See Frank, a., and Almoner. ] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (hockey or soccer) The area immediately in front of the goal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

. A small salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) which ascends the rivers of the Pacific coast from California to Alaska, and also on the Asiatic side. In the breeding season the male has a large dorsal hump and distorted jaws. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ NL. lagophtalmia, fr. Gr. lagw`s hare + 'ofqalmo`s eye; -- so called from the notion that a hare sleeps with his eyes open. ] (Med.) A morbid condition in which the eye stands wide open, giving a peculiar staring appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to ophthalmology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in ophthalmology; an oculist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ofqalmo`s the eye + -logy: cf. F. ophthalmologie. ] The science which treats of the structure, functions, and diseases of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ofqalmo`s eye + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An instrument devised by Helmholtz for measuring the size of a reflected image on the convex surface of the cornea and lens of the eye, by which their curvature can be ascertained. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. 'ofqalmo`s the eye + -scope. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for viewing the interior of the eye, particularly the retina. Light is thrown into the eye by a mirror (usually concave) and the interior is then examined with or without the aid of a lens. -- Oph*thal`mo*scop"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. ophthalmoscopie. ] 1. A branch of physiognomy which deduces the knowledge of a person's temper and character from the appearance of the eyes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Examination of the eye with the ophthalmoscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Podo- + Gr. &unr_; an eye. ] (Zool.) (a) Having the eyes on movable footstalks, or pedicels. (b) Of or pertaining to the Podophthalmia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. psalmodique. ] Relating to psalmody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who sings sacred songs; a psalmist. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To practice psalmody. “ The psalmodizing art.” J. G. Cooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; psalm + &unr_; a song, an ode: cf. F. psalmodie, LL. psalmodia. See Psalm, and Ode. ] The act, practice, or art of singing psalms or sacred songs; also, psalms collectively, or a collection of psalms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Psalmographer. ] A writer of psalms; a psalmographer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. psalmographus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a psalm + &unr_; to write. ] A writer of psalms, or sacred songs and hymns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. psalmographie. ] The act or practice of writing psalms, or sacred songs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Salmons it>or (collectively) Salmon. [ OE. saumoun, salmon, F. saumon, fr. L. salmo, salmonis, perhaps from salire to leap. Cf. Sally, v. ] 1. (Zool.) Any one of several species of fishes of the genus Salmo and allied genera. The common salmon (Salmo salar) of Northern Europe and Eastern North America, and the California salmon, or quinnat, are the most important species. They are extensively preserved for food. See Quinnat. [ 1913 Webster ]

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☞ The salmons ascend rivers and penetrate to their head streams to spawn. They are remarkably strong fishes, and will even leap over considerable falls which lie in the way of their progress. The common salmon has been known to grow to the weight of seventy-five pounds; more generally it is from fifteen to twenty-five pounds. Young salmon are called parr, peal, smolt, and grilse. Among the true salmons are:
Black salmon, or
Lake salmon, the namaycush. --
Dog salmon, a salmon of Western North America (Oncorhynchus keta). --
Humpbacked salmon, a Pacific-coast salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha). --
King salmon, the quinnat. --
Landlocked salmon, a variety of the common salmon (var. Sebago), long confined in certain lakes in consequence of obstructions that prevented it from returning to the sea. This last is called also dwarf salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Among fishes of other families which are locally and erroneously called salmon are: the pike perch, called jack salmon; the spotted, or southern, squeteague; the cabrilla, called kelp salmon; young pollock, called sea salmon; and the California yellowtail. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A reddish yellow or orange color, like the flesh of the salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Salmon berry (Bot.), a large red raspberry growing from Alaska to California, the fruit of the Rubus Nutkanus. --
Salmon killer (Zool.), a stickleback (Gasterosteus cataphractus) of Western North America and Northern Asia. --
Salmon ladder,
Salmon stair. See Fish ladder, under Fish. --
Salmon peel, a young salmon. --
Salmon pipe, a certain device for catching salmon. Crabb. --
Salmon trout. (Zool.) (a) The European sea trout (Salmo trutta). It resembles the salmon, but is smaller, and has smaller and more numerous scales. (b) The American namaycush. (c) A name that is also applied locally to the adult black spotted trout (Salmo purpuratus), and to the steel head and other large trout of the Pacific coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a reddish yellow or orange color, like that of the flesh of the salmon. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ After Daniel E. Salmon, a U. S. pathologist (1850-1914). ] A genus of gram-negative bacteria that may be motile or non-motile; they are typically rod-shaped and may be aerobic or facultatively aerobic. They may be pathogenic for humans and other animals. Their metabolism is fermentative, and they produce acid and usually gas from glucose, but they do not metabolize lactose. The type species is Salmonella cholerae-suis, which is found in pigs. Other species, pathogenic in man, are Salmonella typhi (Salmonella typhosa), Salmonella typhimurium, and Salmonella schotmulleri, whih cause typhoid fever, food poisoning, and enteric fever, respectively. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. Infection with bacteria of the genus Salmonella. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. [ Cf. Samlet. ] (Zool.) A salmon of small size; a samlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Salmon + -oid. ] (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, the Salmonidae, a family of fishes including the trout and salmon. -- n. Any fish of the family Salmonidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) (a) A young pollock. (b) The spotted squeteague. (c) See Sea bass (b). [ 1913 Webster ]