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[ See Exodus vii. 9 and Numbers xvii. 8 ] 1. (Arch.) A rod with one serpent twined around it, thus differing from the caduceus of Mercury, which has two. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) A plant with a tall flowering stem; esp. the great mullein, or hag-taper, and the golden-rod. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL., acarus a mite + -oid. ] (Zool.) Shaped like or resembling a mite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. albumen + parere to bear, bring forth. ] Producing albumin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. algarroba, fr. Ar. al-kharr&unr_;bah. Cf. Carob. ] (Bot.) (a) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread. (b) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti. ] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ambo both + parere to bring forth. ] (Bot.) Characterized by containing the rudiments of both flowers and leaves; -- applied to a bud. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aqua water + parere to bring forth. ] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Tupi. ] 1. Goa powder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A fabaceous tree of Brazil (Centrolobium robustum) having handsomely striped wood; -- called also zebrawood. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Arum + -oid. ] (Bot.) Any plant of the Arum family (Araceæ); -- have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.
Syn. -- arum [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, a. [ Arum + -oid. ] (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants (Araceae).
Syn. -- araceous [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. [ Cf. Prov. E. rynt, rynt thee, roynt, or runt, terms used by milkmaids to a cow that has been milked, in order to drive her away, to make room for others; AS. r&ymacr_;man to make room or way, fr. rūm room. The final t is perh. for ta, for thou. Cf. Room space. ] Stand off, or begone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Aroint thee, witch, the rump-fed ronyon cries. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To drive or scare off by some exclamation. [ R. ] “Whiskered cats arointed flee.” Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. arolle. ] (Bot.) The stone pine (Pinus Cembra). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. aroma, Gr. &unr_;: cf. OE. aromaz, aromat, spice, F. aromate. ] 1. The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: The fine diffusive quality of intellectual power; flavor; as, the subtile aroma of genius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon, spices. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. aromaticus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aromatique. See Aroma. ] Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aromatic compound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extended also to many of their derivatives. --
Aromatic vinegar. See under Vinegar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. aromatisation. ] The act of impregnating or secting with aroma. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aromatized p. pr. & vb. n. Aromatizing. ] [ L. aromatizare, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. aromatiser. ] To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Aromatic. [ Obs. ] Caxton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A contraction of aroma philosophorum. ] A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The past or preterit tense of Arise. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + round. ] 1. In a circle; circularly; on every side; round. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a circuit; here and there within the surrounding space; all about; as, to travel around from town to town. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Near; in the neighborhood; as, this man was standing around when the fight took place. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ See Round, the shorter form, adv. & prep., which, in some of the meanings, is more commonly used. [ 1913 Webster ]

prep. 1. On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about. [ 1913 Webster ]

A lambent flame arose, which gently spread
Around his brows. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. From one part to another of; at random through; about; on another side of; as, to travel around the country; a house standing around the corner. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. 1 proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day. around-the-clock nursing care
Syn. -- day-and-night, nonstop, round-the-clock, twenty four hours a day. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whatever has associated itself with the arousal and activity of our better nature. Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Aroused p. pr. & vb. n. Arousing. ] [ Pref. a- + rouse. ] To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grasping his spear, forth issued to arouse
His brother, mighty sovereign on the host. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

No suspicion was aroused. Merivale. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. emotionally stimulated.
Syn. -- stimulated, stirred, stirred up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. 1 brought to a state of great psychological tension.
Syn. -- wound up. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. 1 stimulated to a state of awareness and interest. the aroused opposition
Syn. -- awakened. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. sexually aroused; feeling a strong urge for sexual activity.
Syn. -- aflame, hot, turned on(predicate), horny. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

5. excessively affected by emotion; -- of persons.
Syn. -- emotional, excited. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. [ Pref. a- + row. ] In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And twenty, rank in rank, they rode arow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

interj. See Aroint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. 'a`saron ] (Chem.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europæum; -- called also camphor of asarum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. avarus. ] Avaricious. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. azerole, the name of the fruit, fr. Ar. az-zo'r&unr_;r: cf. It. azzeruolo, Sp. acerolo. ] (Bot.) The Neapolitan medlar (Cratægus azarolus), a shrub of southern Europe; also, its fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. barbarus, Gr. ba`rbaros, strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L. balbus stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf. Brave, a. ] 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Barbarous gold. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. [ 1913 Webster ]

By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. [ 1913 Webster ]

A barbarous expression G. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a barbarous manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. barcarolle, fr. It. barcaruola, fr. barca bark, barge. ] (Mus.) (a) A popular song or melody sung by Venetian gondoliers. (b) A piece of music composed in imitation of such a song. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It. ] (Arch.) See Baroque. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + cyclone + -meter. ] (Meteorol.) An aneroid barometer for use with accompanying graphic diagrams and printed directions designed to aid mariners to interpret the indications of the barometer so as to determine the existence of a violent storm at a distance of several hundred miles. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -gram. ] (Meteor.) A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -graph. ] (Meteor.) An instrument for recording automatically the variations of atmospheric pressure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A mnemonic word. ] (Logic) A form or mode of syllogism of which the first proposition is a universal affirmative, and the other two are particular negatives. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -logy. ] The science of weight or gravity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + makro`s long + -meter. ] (Med.) An instrument for ascertaining the weight and length of a newborn infant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -meter: cf. F. baromètre. ] An instrument for determining the weight or pressure of the atmosphere, and hence for judging of the probable changes of weather, or for ascertaining the height of any ascent. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The barometer was invented by Torricelli at Florence about 1643. It is made in its simplest form by filling a graduated glass tube about 34 inches long with mercury and inverting it in a cup containing mercury. The column of mercury in the tube descends until balanced by the weight of the atmosphere, and its rise or fall under varying conditions is a measure of the change in the atmospheric pressure. At the sea level its ordinary height is about 30 inches (760 millimeters). See Sympiesometer. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aneroid barometer. See Aneroid barometer, under Aneroid. --
Marine barometer, a barometer with tube contracted at bottom to prevent rapid oscillations of the mercury, and suspended in gimbals from an arm or support on shipboard. --
Mountain barometer, a portable mercurial barometer with tripod support, and long scale, for measuring heights. --
Siphon barometer, a barometer having a tube bent like a hook with the longer leg closed at the top. The height of the mercury in the longer leg shows the pressure of the atmosphere. --
Wheel barometer, a barometer with recurved tube, and a float, from which a cord passes over a pulley and moves an index. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the barometer; made or indicated by a barometer; as, barometric changes; barometrical observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By means of a barometer, or according to barometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]