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n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -scope: cf. F. baroscope. ] Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ It., clear dark. ] (a) The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color. (b) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Barranco Jaroso, in Spain. ] (Min.) An ocher-yellow mineral occurring in minute rhombohedral crystals. It is a hydrous sulphate of iron and potash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Native name. ] A native garment or rug of skin sewed together in the form of a square. [ South Africa ]

The wants of a native . . . are confined to a kaross (skin cloak) or some pieces of cotton cloth. James Bryce. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Med.) A slender endoscope, containing fiber-optic viewing capability and miniature surgical devices, which can be inserted through a small incision in the abdominal wall, allowing a surgeon to perform minor surgery with minimal damage to the abdominal muscles. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Laparotomy performed with a laparoscope. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

(Physiol.) Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Para-, and Ostosis. ] (Physiol.) Ossification which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to parostosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. fa`ros, fr. Fa`ros an island in the Bay of Alexandria, where king Ptolemy Philadelphus built a famous lighthouse, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. ] A lighthouse or beacon for the guidance of seamen. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . built a pharos, or lighthouse. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Cane sugar; sucrose; also, in general, any one of the group of which saccharose, or sucrose proper, is the type. See Sucrose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; ] (Astron) A Chaldean astronomical period or cycle, the length of which has been variously estimated from 3, 600 years to 3, 600 days, or a little short of 10 years. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Pol. starosta, from stary old. ] A nobleman who possessed a starosty. [ Poland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A castle and domain conferred on a nobleman for life. [ Poland ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]