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n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.. A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; -- called also Johnapple. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An arachnidan. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida. (b) Pertaining to the arachnidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Arachnida. ] (Zool.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like a cobweb; &unr_; spider, spider's web + e'i^dos form. ] 1. Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Anat.) The arachnoid membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the Arachnoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider + -logy. ] The department of Zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. a- not + technic. ] Without technical or artistic knowledge. [ 1913 Webster ]

Difficult to convey to the atechnic reader. Etching & Engr. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ German: equivalent of auto + road. ] an expressway or superhighway in a German-speaking country. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Behavior like that of a bear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The nut of the beech tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Per. & Ar. bahman, behmen, an herb, whose leaves resemble ears of corn, saffron. ] (Bot.) (a) The Centaurea behen, or saw-leaved centaury. (b) The Cucubalus behen, or bladder campion, now called Silene inflata. (c) The Statice limonium, or sea lavender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as bioengineering. [ PJC ]

n. The night in which a person is born; the anniversary of that night in succeeding years. [ 1913 Webster ]

The angelic song in Bethlehem field,
On thy birthnight, that sung thee Savior born. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A name given to fluor spar in Derbyshire, where it is used for ornamental purposes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Bothnia, a country of northern Europe, or to a gulf of the same name which forms the northern part of the Baltic sea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The manners or behavior of a boy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being brackish, or somewhat salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being brinish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_; art. ] A corruption or corrupt state of art. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus consisting of only one species, the leatherleaf.
Syn. -- genus Chamaedaphne. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A seller of low-priced, shoddy, or second goods; a hawker.
Syn. -- huckster, hawker, tout. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Cheerfulness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; useful + &unr_; art. ] The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a tendency to associate with only a select group.
Syn. -- cliquishness, exclusiveness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a tendency to associate with only one's own clan; the propensity to display the sentiments, habits, and prejudices of one's own clan. [ PJC ]

n. The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior. [ 1913 Webster ]

That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a laurel tree, from Gr. da`fnh. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A genus of the genus Daphnia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. daphnine. ] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [ R. ] (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and Daphne alpina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. da`fnh the laurel + -mancy. ] Divination by means of the laurel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Debauchedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. dame-jeanne, i.e., Lady Jane, a corruption of Ar. damajāna, damjāna, prob. fr. Damaghan a town in the Persian province of Khorassan, once famous for its glass works. ] A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Law) The fictitious lessee acting as plaintiff in the common-law action of ejectment, the fictitious defendant being usually denominated Richard Roe. Hence, a fictitious name for a party, real or fictitious, to any action or proceeding. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A small cake (usually sweetened) fried in a kettle of boiling lard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to various roots, tubers, or pods grown under or on the ground; as to: (a) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum. (b) The peanut. See Peanut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being elfish. [ 1913 Webster ]