a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme. ]
n. One opposed to vaccination. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. bi- + laciniate. ] Doubly fringed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. former name of the family Characidae.
n.;
The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ It., dim. fr. fante child. ] Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr.
n. [ Gr.
a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum;
n.;
a. [ See Lacinia. ] (Bot.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniæ. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A genus of birds including the nightingale Luscinia megarhyncos.
n. (Zool.) One of the Oscines, or singing birds. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the family
☞ Some, whose larvae live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (Oscinis frit), destroy the heads of grain. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Oscines. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by,
Pacinian corpuscles,
a. [ L. ricinus castor-oil plant. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called
n. [ L. ricinus castor-oil plant. ] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid (
n. [ L. scinifes, cinifes, or ciniphes, pl., Gr. &unr_;. ] Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like. Ex. viii. 17 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Eccl. Hist.) The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ Cf. F. succinique. See Succinate. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C&unr_;H&unr_;.(CO&unr_;H)&unr_;, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance,
n. [ Cf. F. succinite. ] (Min.)
‖n. [ NL. See Vaccine. ] (Med.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A vaccinator. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L., the blueberry, or whortleberry. ] (Bot.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr.
A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]