n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also
a. Cancellarean. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell. ] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. cellararius, equiv. to L. cellarius steward: cf. F. cellérier. See Cellar. ] (Eccl.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim of cellar. ] A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Same as Cellarer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Between or among the stars;
a. Interstellar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. lamellaire. ] Flat and thin; lamelliform; composed of lamellAE. --
a. Of or pertaining to lamella or to lamellae; lamellar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Mono- + carpellary. ] (Bot.) Consisting of a single carpel, as the fruit of the pea, cherry, and almond. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to ocelli. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneecap. [ 1913 Webster ]
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‖n.;
a. (Bot.) Composed of several or numerous carpels; -- said of such fruits as the orange. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. procella a storm. ] (Zool.) One of a family of oceanic birds (
a. Pertaining to a rostellum. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From L. rupes a rock. ] Rocky. [ Obs. ] “This rupellary nidary.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. saltsaler; salt + F. salière saltcellar, from L. sal salt. See Salt, and cf. Salary. ] Formerly a large vessel, now a small vessel of glass or other material, used for holding salt on the table. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ These soft fires ] in part shed down
Their stellar virtue. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A cellar beneath another story wholly or partly underground; usually, a cellar under a cellar. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., dim. fr. L. turbo a whirling. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of worms which have the body covered externally with vibrating cilia. It includes the Rhabdocœla and Dendrocœla. Formerly, the nemerteans were also included in this group. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) One of the Turbellaria. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an umbel; having the form of an umbel. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. vitellus a little calf, the yolk of an egg. ] (Biol.) Vitelline. [ 1913 Webster ]