adj.
n. See Ballotade. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. cachalot. ] (Zoöl.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called
To assume the calotte,
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Cephalo- + thorax. ] (Zool.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cephalo- + Gr. &unr_; to cut. ] (Med.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ Cephalo- + Gr. to rub, grind. ] An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Cephalotribe. ] (Med.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr.
‖n. [ Sp., prob. of Mex. origin. ] (Bot.) A Mexican prickly poppy (Argemone platyceras), which has migrated into California. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ Gr.
n. (Bot.) See Shallot. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; the navel +
n. [ Opal + -type. ] (Photog.) A picture taken on “milky” glass. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. zélote, L. zelotes, Gr. &unr_;. See Zeal. ] One who is zealous; one who engages warmly in any cause, and pursues his object with earnestness and ardor; especially, one who is overzealous, or carried away by his zeal; one absorbed in devotion to anything; an enthusiast; a fanatical partisan. [ 1913 Webster ]
Zealots for the one [ tradition ] were in hostile array against zealots for the other. Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]
In Ayrshire, Clydesdale, Nithisdale, Annandale, every parish was visited by these turbulent zealots. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. [ R. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A zealot. [ Obs. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The character and behavior of a zealot; excess of zeal; fanatical devotion to a cause. [ 1913 Webster ]
Enthusiasm, visionariness, seems the tendency of the German; zeal, zealotry, of the English; fanaticism, of the French. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]