*almy*

a. [ Fr. Calm, n. ] Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [ Poet. ] “A still and calmy day” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Exophthalmia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Micro- + Gr. 'ofqalmo`s eye. ] An unnatural smallness of the eyes, occurring as the result of disease or of imperfect development. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Ophthalmia.
Syn. -- ophthalmitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

His golden sands and palmy wine. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; prosperous. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the most high and palmy state of Rome. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern shores of the Indian Ocean, from the mouth of the Tigris to New Guinea. More than eight hundred uses to which it is put are enumerated by native writers. Its wood is largely used for building purposes; its fruit and roots serve for food, its sap for making toddy, and its leaves for thatching huts. [ 1913 Webster ]