*dean*

a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Archimedeus. ] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Archimedean screw, or
Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw. When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end. Francis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. khāsad to be pious. ] One of a body of devoted Jews who opposed the Hellenistic Jews, and supported the Asmoneans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cestoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Chaldaeus. ] Of or pertaining to Chaldea. -- n. (a) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea. (b) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans. (c) Nestorian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool) One of the Crinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Relating to the Ctenoidei. -- n. One of the Ctenoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Cystidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. Same as Cystidean. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir. ] 1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. --
Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [ Eng. ] --
Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. Shipley. --
Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. --
Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches. --
Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. --
Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. --
Dean of a monastery,
Monastic dean, a monastic superior over ten monks. --
Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Deaneries 1. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The residence of a dean. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of a dean. [ 1913 Webster ]

I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Endo- + Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a shield. ] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the inner side; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Same as Epiglottic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; out + &unr_;, &unr_;, a shield. ] (Zoöl.) Having the anterior scutes extending around the tarsus on the outer side, leaving the inner side naked; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the glottis; glottal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the islands called Hebrides, west of Scotland. -- n. A native or inhabitant of the Hebrides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Holo- + Gr.&unr_;, &unr_;, shield. ] (Zool.) Having a single series of large scutes on the posterior side of the tarsus; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Same as Hyoid, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. iaspideus. See Jasper. ] Consisting of jasper, or containing jasper; jaspery; jasperlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Judaeus. See Jew. ] Of or pertaining to Judea. -- n. A native of Judea; a Jew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Ahura-Mazda, or Ormuzd, the beneficent deity in the Zoroastrian dualistic system; hence, Zoroastrian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. (Zool.) Nematoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Orchidaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 4th Pan. ] Of or relating to the god Pan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl., A primitive wind instrument, consisting of a series of short hollow reeds or pipes, graduated in length by the musical scale, and fastened together side by side; a syrinx; a mouth organ; -- said to have been invented by the god Pan. Called also pipes of Pan, Pan's pipes and Panpipes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes.
Syn. -- percoid fish, percoid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) Pholad. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Proboscidian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; thick, crowded + &unr_;, &unr_;, a shield. ] (Zool.) Having the posterior side of the tarsus covered with small irregular scales; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Sotadic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Zool.) A starfish, or brittle star. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. sub- + dean: cf. F. sousdoyen. ] An under dean; the deputy or substitute of a dean. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office or rank of subdean. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat. & Med.) Situated or performed beneath the hyoid bone; as, subhyoidean laryngotomy. [ 1913 Webster ]