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a. Pertaining to an adage; proverbial. “Adagial verse.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. 'adh`n gland + 'a`lgos pain. ] (Med.) Pain in a gland. Called also adenodynia [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. [ OE. alegeaunce; pref. a- + OF. lige, liege. The meaning was influenced by L. ligare to bind, and even by lex, legis, law. See Liege, Ligeance. ] 1. The tie or obligation, implied or expressed, which a subject owes to his sovereign or government; the duty of fidelity to one's king, government, or state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Devotion; loyalty; as, allegiance to science. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Loyalty; fealty. -- Allegiance, Loyalty. These words agree in expressing the general idea of fidelity and attachment to the “powers that be.” Allegiance is an obligation to a ruling power. Loyalty is a feeling or sentiment towards such power. Allegiance may exist under any form of government, and, in a republic, we generally speak of allegiance to the government, to the state, etc. In well conducted monarchies, loyalty is a warm-hearted feeling of fidelity and obedience to the sovereign. It is personal in its nature; and hence we speak of the loyalty of a wife to her husband, not of her allegiance. In cases where we personify, loyalty is more commonly the word used; as, loyalty to the constitution; loyalty to the cause of virtue; loyalty to truth and religion, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear me, recreant, on thine allegiance hear me! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

So spake the Seraph Abdiel, faithful found, . . .
Unshaken, unseduced, unterrified,
His loyalty he kept, his love, his zeal. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Loyal. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. Alogiani, Alogii, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; word. ] (Eccl.) One of an ancient sect who rejected St. John's Gospel and the Apocalypse, which speak of Christ as the Logos. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. anergia, fr. Gr. &unr_;- not + &unr_; work. ] Lack of energy; inactivity. -- An*er"gic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n. [ It., fr. appogiarre to lean, to rest; ap- (L. ad) + poggiare to mount, ascend, poggio hill, fr. L. podium an elevated place. ] (Mus.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a plant of the genus Aquilegia having irregular showy spurred flowers; N temperate regions esp. mountains.
Syn. -- columbine, aquilege [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An archæologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. astrologien. ] An astrologer. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. auriphrigiatus; L. aurum gold + LL. phrygiare to adorn with Phrygian needlework, or with embroidery; perhaps corrupted from some other word. Cf. Orfrays. ] Embroidered or decorated with gold. [ R. ] Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Belgium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Belgium. [ 1913 Webster ]

. An oblong, often nearly cubical, block of some tough stone, esp. granite, used as a material for street pavements. Its usual diameter is 5 to 7 inches. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. a genus of marsupials including the jerboa kangaroo, the bettong.
Syn. -- genus Bettongia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Brobdingnag, a country of giants in “Gulliver's Travels.” ] Colossal; of extraordinary height; gigantic. -- n. A giant. [ Spelt often Brobdignagian. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of climbing or scrambling herbs; bindweed.
Syn. -- genus Calystegia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Carlovingen. ] Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. cephalalgia, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; pain: cf. F. céphalalgie. ] (Med.) Pain in the head; headache. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. ke`ras, ke`ratos horn + &unr_; sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. chondropterygien. ] Having a cartilaginous skeleton. -- n. One of the Chondropterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chthonophagia; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth + &unr_; to eat. ] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Learned; erudite; clerical. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. collegialis. ] Collegiate. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. collegiatus. ] Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A member of a college. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Congiaries /plu>. [ L. congiarium, fr. congius a liquid measure. ] A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal. ] Conjugal. [ R. ] Swedenborg. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. coxalgia, fr. L. coxa hip. + Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; pain: cf. F. coxalgie. ] (Med.) Pain in the hip. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n. One of the Crossopterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of tropical trees having pinnate leaves and paniculate flowers and cultivated commercially for their dramatically grained and colored timbers.
Syn. -- genus Dalbergia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; a fin, dim. of &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) Having two dorsal fins; -- said of certain fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to eat. ] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow.
Syn. -- aglutition. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

a. Relating to an effigy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. effigiatus, p. p. of effigiare to form, fr. effigies. See Effigy. ] To form as an effigy; hence, to fashion; to adapt. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He must ] effigiate and conform himself to those circumstances. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. effigiatio. ] The act of forming in resemblance; an effigy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. elegiacus, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. élégiaque. See Elegy. ] 1. Belonging to elegy, or written in elegiacs; plaintive; expressing sorrow or lamentation; as, an elegiac lay; elegiac strains. [ 1913 Webster ]

Elegiac griefs, and songs of love. Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Used in elegies; as, elegiac verse; the elegiac distich or couplet, consisting of a dactylic hexameter and pentameter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Elegiac verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Elegiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who composes elegies. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Endo- + lymphangial. ] (Anat.) Within a lymphatic vessel. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`nteron an intestine + &unr_; pain: cf. F. entéralgie. ] (Med.) Pain in the intestines; colic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. fastigium gable end, top, height, summit. ] 1. Narrowing towards the top. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Clustered, parallel, and upright, as the branches of the Lombardy poplar; pointed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) United into a conical bundle, or into a bundle with an enlarged head, like a sheaf of wheat. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fibra a fiber + spongia a sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of sponges having a fibrous skeleton, including the commercial sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Terra del Fuego. -- n. A native of Terra del Fuego. [ 1913 Webster ]