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n. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A Brazilian dipterous insect of the genus Trypeta, which lays its eggs in the nostrils or in wounds of man and beast, where the larvæ do great injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. -- n. A Cistercian monk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the city or canton of Bern, in Switzerland, or to its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bern. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st Barnacle. ] A bernicle goose. [ Written also barnacle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bernicle goose (Zool.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Burnoose. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ L. contubernalis a tent companion, fr. contubernium tent companionship. ] Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship. [ 1913 Webster ]

Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Government. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. gubernatus, p. p. of gubernare. See Govern. ] To govern. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gubernatio. ] The act of governing; government [ Obs. ] I. Watts. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Governing. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gubernator governor. See Gabernate. ] Pertaining to a governor, or to government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. hibernaculum a winter residence, pl. hibernacula winter quarters: cf. F. hibernacle. See Hibernate. ] That which serves for protection or shelter in winter; winter quarters; as, the hibernacle of an animal or a plant. Martyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Hibernacle. ] 1. (Bot.) A winter bud, in which the rudimentary foliage or flower, as of most trees and shrubs in the temperate zone, is protected by closely overlapping scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A little case in which certain insects pass the winter. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Winter home or abiding place. J. Burroughs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. hibernalis, from the root of hiems winter; akin to Gr. &unr_; snow, Skr. hima cold, winter, snow: cf. F. hibernal. ] Belonging or relating to winter; wintry; winterish. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hibernated p. pr. & vb. n. Hibernating ] [ L. hibernare, hibernatum, fr. hibernus wintry. See Hibernal. ] To winter; to pass the season of winter in close quarters, in a torpid or lethargic state, as certain mammals, reptiles, and insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

Inclination would lead me to hibernate, during half the year, in this uncomfortable climate of Great Britain. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. in a state of suspended animation; -- of animals that sleep most of the winter. [ prenominal ]
Syn. -- dormant, torpid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. hibernation. ] The act or state of hibernating. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Hibernia, Ireland. ] Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Ireland.

{ } n. An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish. Todd. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } See Hibernacle, Hibernate, Hibernation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Jobbernowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. jobbernoule, fr. jobarde a stupid fellow; cf. E. noll. ] A blockhead. [ Colloq. & Obs. ] H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being limber; flexibleness. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sober. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. The quality or state of being somber; gloominess. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. tabernaculum, dim. of taberna nut. See Tabern. ] 1. A slightly built or temporary habitation; especially, a tent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob. Heb. xi. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Orange trees planted in the ground, and secured in winter with a wooden tabernacle and stoves. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Jewish Antiq.) A portable structure of wooden framework covered with curtains, which was carried through the wilderness in the Israelitish exodus, as a place of sacrifice and worship. Ex. xxvi. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence, the Jewish temple; sometimes, any other place for worship. Acts xv. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Figuratively: The human body, as the temporary abode of the soul. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shortly I must put off this my tabernacle. 2 Pet. i. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Any small cell, or like place, in which some holy or precious things was deposited or kept. Specifically: -- [ 1913 Webster ]

(a) The ornamental receptacle for the pyx, or for the consecrated elements, whether a part of a building or movable. [ 1913 Webster ]

(b) A niche for the image of a saint, or for any sacred painting or sculpture. [ 1913 Webster ]

(c) Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

(d) A tryptich for sacred imagery. [ 1913 Webster ]

(e) A seat or stall in a choir, with its canopy. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) A boxlike step for a mast with the after side open, so that the mast can be lowered to pass under bridges, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Feast of Tabernacles (Jewish Antiq.), one of the three principal festivals of the Jews, lasting seven days, during which the people dwelt in booths formed of the boughs of trees, in commemoration of the habitation of their ancestors in similar dwellings during their pilgrimage in the wilderness. --
Tabernacle work, rich canopy work like that over the head of niches, used over seats or stalls, or over sepulchral monuments. Oxf. Gloss. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Tabernacled p. pr. & vb. n. Tabernacling ] To dwell or reside for a time; to be temporary housed. [ 1913 Webster ]

He assumed our nature, and tabernacled among us in the flesh. Dr. J. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a tabernacle, especially the Jewish tabernacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed in latticework; latticed. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to huts or booths; hence, common; low. “Horribly tabernacular.” De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]