*herman*

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + qermai`nein to heat, qe`rma heat: cf. F. athermane. ] (Chem.) Not transmitting heat; -- opposed to diathermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Diathermanous. ] The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous. Melloni. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; to warm through; dia` through + &unr_; to warm, &unr_; warm. ] Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; -- opposed to athermanous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That branch of electrical science which treats of the effect of an electric current upon the temperature of a conductor, or a part of a circuit composed of two different metals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Fishermen 1. One whose occupation is to catch fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A ship or vessel employed in the business of taking fish, as in the cod fishery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; heat + E. antidote. ] A device for circulating and cooling the air, consisting essentially of a kind of roasting fan fitted in a window and incased in wet tatties. [ India ]

Will you bring me to book on the mountains, or where the thermantidotes play? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]