n. A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A soldier of light cavalry of the 16th century, who carried a demilance. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. demi- lune. ]
☞ Each crescent is made of polyhedral cells which under some circumstances are supposed to give rise to new salivary cells. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol.) The milk secreted just before, or directly after, the birth of a child or of the young of an animal; colostrum. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Previous to the millennium. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Imperfectly changed into stone. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Opt.) The half of a lens divided along a plane passing through its axis. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half lenticular or convex; imperfectly resembling a lens. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half or partially ligneous, as a stem partly woody and partly herbaceous. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half liquid; semifluid. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The quality or state of being semiliquid; partial liquidity. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Half logical; partly logical; said of fallacies. Whately. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. G. similor, semilor. ] A yellowish alloy of copper and zinc. See Simplor. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Anat.) The semilunar bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Shaped like a half moon. [ 1913 Webster ]
Semilunar bone (Anat.),
Semilunar valves,
Sigmoid valves
a. Semilunar. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Semilunar. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Geom.) The half of a lune. [ 1913 Webster ]