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‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; pit + &unr_; something poured in. Formed like parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Dotted or pitted ducts or vessels forming the pores seen in many kinds of wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. of Brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This form of the plural is used, for the most part, in solemn address, and in speaking of religious sects or fraternities, or their members. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To madden. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. a. [ G. ] Conforming to the scale used by Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit in the graduation of his thermometer; of or relating to Fahrenheit's thermometric scale. Used as an alternative to celsius. -- n. The Fahrenheit thermometer or scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The
Fahrenheit thermometer is so graduated that the freezing point of water is at 32 degrees above the zero of its scale, and the boiling point at one atmosphere of pressure is 212 degrees. It is commonly used in the United States and in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gastro- + -phrenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm; as, the gastrophrenic ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. musculus muscle + E. phrenic. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the muscles and the diaphragm; as, the musculophrenic artery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phenyl + antracene. ] (Chem.) A complex hydrocarbon, C14H10, found in coal tar, and obtained as a white crystalline substance with a bluish fluorescence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is phrenetic. Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. phreneticus, Gr. frenhtiko`s, frenitiko`s: cf. F. phrénétique. See Frantic, and cf. Frenetic. ] Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic. -- Phre*net"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the midriff, or diaphragm, the heart, the mind: cf. F. phrénique. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the diaphragm; diaphragmatic; as, the phrenic nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the midriff, or diaphragm, the heart (as the seat of emotions), the mind. ] (Anat.) A combining form meaning, of or pertaining to the diaphragm, the mind, or the brain; frenic. Stedman. [ PJC ]

n. That branch of science which relates to the mind; mental philosophy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phrenic. ] (Biol.) See Vital force, under Vital. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. freni^tis, fr. frh`n, freno`s. ] 1. (Med.) Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Frenzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the midriff + -graph. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A phrenologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. phrénologique. ] Phrenological. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to phrenology. -- Phren`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. phrénologiste. ] One versed in phrenology; a craniologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the mind + -logy: cf. F. phrénologie. ] 1. The science of the special functions of the several parts of the brain, or of the supposed connection between the various faculties of the mind and particular organs in the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In popular usage, the obsolete physiological hypothesis of Gall, that the mental faculties, and traits of character, are shown on the surface of the head or skull; craniology. it is considered a pseudo-science by all reputable medical personnel, but is still believed by some people.
Syn. -- craniognomy. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

☞ Gall marked out on his model of the head the places of twenty-six organs, as round inclosures with vacant interspaces. Spurzheim and Combe divided the whole scalp into oblong and conterminous patches. Encyc. Brit. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ Gr. frh`n, freno`s, the mind + E. magnetism. ] The power of exciting the organs of the brain by magnetic or mesmeric influence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Phrenic. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A cerebroside, related to cerebrin, present in white matter of the brain.
Syn. -- cerebron. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

p. p. & a. See Frenzied. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Violent and irrational excitement; delirium. See Frenzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render frantic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & a. See Phrenetic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth, England, about 1830. They protest against sectarianism, and reject all official ministry or clergy. Also called Brethren, Christian Brethren, Plymouthists, etc. The Darbyites are a division of the Brethren. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Southern. [ Obs. ] “I am a Southren man.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; a trench + enchyma, as in parenchyma. ] (Bot.) Same as Bothrenchyma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. threnus, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Drone. ] Lamentation; threnody; a dirge. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

The threns . . . of the prophet Jeremiah. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;. See Threne. ] Pertaining to a threne; sorrowful; mournful. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A threne, or threnody; a dirge; a funeral song. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who composes, delivers, or utters, a threnode, or threnody. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a dirge + &unr_; a song. See Threne, and Ode. ] A song of lamentation; a threnode. Sir T. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]