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n. [ L. adumbratio. ] 1. The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A faint sketch; an outline; an imperfect portrayal or representation of a thing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elegant adumbrations of sacred truth. Bp. Horsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) The shadow or outlines of a figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Faintly representing; typical. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A balancing; equipoise. [ R. ] De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bratt coarse garnment, AS. bratt cloak, fr. the Celtic; cf. W. brat clout, rag, Gael. brat cloak, apron, rag, Ir. brat cloak; properly then, a child's bib or clout; hence, a child. ] 1. A coarse garment or cloak; also, coarse clothing, in general. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coarse kind of apron for keeping the clothes clean; a bib. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot. ] Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A child; an offspring; -- formerly used in a good sense, but now usually in a contemptuous sense. “This brat is none of mine.” Shak. “A beggar's brat.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

O Israel! O household of the Lord!
O Abraham's brats! O brood of blessed seed! Gascoigne. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The young of an animal. [ Obs. ] L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) A thin bed of coal mixed with pyrites or carbonate of lime. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sc. also bratchart; fr. ME. brachet, fr. OF. brachet; ML. brachetus, dim. of brache a hound. See brach. ] a kind of hound; a brach; -- applied contemptuously to a child. See also brach. [ Also spelled brachet. ] [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

The bratchet's bay
From the dark covert drove the prey. Scott, (Marmion, ii. int.). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

To be plagued with a bratchet whelp -- Whence came ye, my fair-favoured little gossip? . Scott, (Kenilworth, II. xxi). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Slovakia. Population (2000) = 446, 600. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ G., fr. It. viola da braccio viola held on the arm. ] The tenor viola, or viola. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brettice. ] (Mining) (a) A wall of separation in a shaft or gallery used for ventilation. (b) Planking to support a roof or wall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. See Brattice, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) Carved openwork, as of a shrine, battlement, or parapet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ German. ] a small pork sausage seasoned with spices and herbs, and usually served broiled or sauteed. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. i. To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Celebrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Celebrating. ] [ L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous. ] 1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday. [ 1913 Webster ]

From even unto even shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. Lev. xxiii. 32. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage.

Syn. -- To commemorate; distinguish; honor. -- To Celebrate, Commemorate. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence. [ 1913 Webster ]

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee,
Exult to celebrate thy festival. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. [ 1913 Webster ]

Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.

Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See Distinguished. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. celebratio. ] The act, process, or time of celebrating. [ 1913 Webster ]

His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. [ 1913 Webster ]

Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. (Physiol.) To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate. ] To celebrate together. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cribratus, p. p. of cribrare to sift, fr. cribrum a sieve. ] Cribriform. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cribration, fr. L. cribrare to sift. See Cribble, n. ] (Pharmacy) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Delibrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delibrating. ] [ L. delibratus, p. p. of delibrare to delibrate; de from + liber bark. ] To strip off the bark; to peel. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of stripping off the bark. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. de + tenebrare to make dark, fr. tenebrae darkness. ] To remove darkness from. [ Obs. ] Ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. elucubratus, p. p. of elucubrare to compose by lamplight. ] See Lucubrate. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. élucubration. ] See Lucubration. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Equilibrated p. pr. & vb. n. Equilibrating ] [ L. aequilibratus in equilibrium; aequus equal + libra balance. See Equilibrium. ] To balance two scales, sides, or ends; to keep even with equal weight on each side; to keep in equipoise. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Act of keeping a balance, or state of being balanced; equipoise. [ 1913 Webster ]

In . . . running, leaping, and dancing, nature's laws of equilibration are observed. J. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) The process by which animal and vegetable organisms preserve a physiological balance. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ L. evibrare. See Vibrate. ] To vibrate. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. excerebratus deprived of brains; ex out + cerebrum brain. ] The act of removing or beating out the brains. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exprobratus, p. p. of exprobrare; ex out + probrum a shameful or disgraceful act. ] To charge upon with reproach; to upbraid. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exprobration: cf. F. exprobration. ] Reproachful accusation; upbraiding. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A fearful exprobration of our unworthiness. Jer. Taylor.

{ } a. Expressing reproach; upbraiding; reproachful. [ R. ] Sir A. Shirley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) an insect (Thermobia domestica) which is a type of bristletail that lives in warm moist areas e.g. around furnaces.
Syn. -- Thermobia domestica. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. glabrare, fr. glaber smooth. ] (Bot.) Becoming smooth or glabrous from age. Gray.

n. [ See Illecebrous. ] Allurement. [ R. ] T. Brown. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. inumbratus, p. p. of inumbrare to shade. ] To shade; to darken. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. in- not + vertebratus vertebrate. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive division of the animal kingdom, including all except the Vertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a backbone; having no vertebræ; of or pertaining to the Invertebrata. -- n. One of the Invertebrata. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age of invertebrates. See Age, and Silurian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no backbone; invertebrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Librated p. pr. & vb. n. Librating. ] [ L. libratus, p. p. of librare to balance, to make even, fr. libra. Cf. Level, Deliberate, Equilibrium. ] To vibrate as a balance does before resting in equilibrium; hence, to be poised. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their parts all librate on too nice a beam. Clifton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To poise; to balance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. libratio: cf. F. libration. ] 1. The act or state of librating. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A real or apparent libratory motion, like that of a balance before coming to rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Libration of the moon, any one of those small periodical changes in the position of the moon's surface relatively to the earth, in consequence of which narrow portions at opposite limbs become visible or invisible alternately. It receives different names according to the manner in which it takes place; as: (a) Libration in longitude, that which, depending on the place of the moon in its elliptic orbit, causes small portions near the eastern and western borders alternately to appear and disappear each month. (b) Libration in latitude, that which depends on the varying position of the moon's axis in respect to the spectator, causing the alternate appearance and disappearance of either pole. (c) Diurnal or parallactic libration, that which brings into view on the upper limb, at rising and setting, some parts not in the average visible hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lucubrated p. pr. & vb. n. Lucubrated ] [ L. lucubratus, p. p. of lucubrare to work by lamplight, fr. lux light. See Light, n. ] To study by candlelight or a lamp; to study by night. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To elaborate, perfect, or compose, by night study or by laborious endeavor. [ 1913 Webster ]