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n. Same as Burnoose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a medium-sized blackish-gray seal (Cystophora cristata) with a large inflatable sac on the head; of Arctic-Atlantic waters.
Syn. -- hooded seal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux. ] 1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Filled with small cavities or cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Having a sound caused by a cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cavernous body, a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. --
Cavernous respiration, a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. governor, governour, OF. governeor, F. gouverneur, fr. L. gubernator steersman, ruler, governor. See Govern. ] 1. One who governs; especially, one who is invested with the supreme executive authority in a State; a chief ruler or magistrate; as, the governor of Pennsylvania. “The governor of the town.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who has the care or guardianship of a young man; a tutor; a guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Naut.) A pilot; a steersman. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mach.) A contrivance applied to steam engines, water wheels, and other machinery, to maintain nearly uniform speed when the resistances and motive force are variable.

☞ The illustration shows a form of governor commonly used for steam engines, in wich a heavy sleeve (a) sliding on a rapidly revolving spindle (b), driven by the engine, is raised or lowered, when the speed varies, by the changing centrifugal force of two balls (c c) to which it is connected by links (d d), the balls being attached to arms (e e) which are jointed to the top of the spindle. The sleeve is connected with the throttle valve or cut-off through a lever (f), and its motion produces a greater supply of steam when the engine runs too slowly and a less supply when too fast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Governor cut-off (Steam Engine), a variable cut-off gear in which the governor acts in such a way as to cause the steam to be cut off from entering the cylinder at points of the stroke dependent upon the engine's speed. --
Hydraulic governor (Mach.), a governor which is operated by the action of a liquid in flowing; a cataract. [ 1913 Webster ]

A governor who has lieutenant or deputy governors under him; as, the governor general of Canada, of India. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. See Infernal. ] 1. The infernal regions; hell. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Hence: A raging fire. [ PJC ]

At each sudden explosion in the inferno below they sprang back from the brink [ of the volcanic crater ]. D. C. Worcester. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Anat.) Between the cavernous sinuses; as, the intercavernous sinuses connecting the cavernous sinuses at the base of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to internodes; intervening between nodes or joints. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. internodium; inter between + nodus knot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Bot.) The space between two nodes or points of the stem from which the leaves properly arise. H. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A part between two joints; a segment; specifically, one of the phalanges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Internodal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Jobbernowl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. jobbernoule, fr. jobarde a stupid fellow; cf. E. noll. ] A blockhead. [ Colloq. & Obs. ] H. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. main hand + pernor, for preneor, a taker, F. preneur, fr. prendre to take. ] (Law) A surety, under the old writ of mainprise, for a prisoner's appearance in court at a day. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mainpernors differ from bail in that a man's bail may imprison or surrender him before the stipulated day of appearance; mainpernors can do neither; they are bound to produce him to answer all charges whatsoever. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To overpower by noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., Our Father. ] 1. The Lord's prayer, so called from the first two words of the Latin version. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A beadlike ornament in moldings. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Angling) A line with a row of hooks and bead-shaped sinkers. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Paternoster pump,
Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. --
Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who watches or keeps awake all night. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pernoctatio, fr. pernoctare to stay all night; per + nox, noctis, night. ] The act or state of passing the whole night; a remaining all night. “Pernoctation in prayer.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pern, v. ] (Law) One who receives the profits, as of an estate. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ So called from Charles Pernot, its inventor. ] A reverberatory furnace with a circular revolving hearth, -- used in making steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A speed regulator, as a water-wheel governor, embodying the relay principle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Probably of American Indian origin. ] (Bot.) An American grape, a form of Vitis vulpina, found in the Southern Atlantic States, and often cultivated. [ 1913 Webster ]

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the sternum; as, sternocostal, sternoscapular. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the coracoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Sterno- + costal. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the ribs; as, the sternocostal cartilages. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the hyoid bone or cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the mastoid process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the sternum and the thyroid cartilage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate or assistant governor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the root of a South African plant of the genus Vernonia, as a deliquescent powder, and used as a mild heart tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]