*loti*

adj. 1. of or pertaining to alkalosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; an abortion. ] Tending to cause abortion. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ F. ] An officer who has charge of a ballot box. [ Obs. ] Harrington. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to scar over or heal; 'epi` upon, over + &unr_; whole. ] Promoting the skinning over or healing of sores; as, an epulotic ointment. -- n. An epulotic agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes.
Syn. -- eyewash, collyrium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet; akin to F. flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L. fluctus, but prob. influenced by words akin to E. float. See Fluctuate, and cf. Float, n. ] A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

n. [ F., from Guillotin, a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was called at first Louison or Louisette. Similar machines, however, were known earlier. ] 1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Guillotined p. pr. & vb. n. Guillotining. ] [ Cf. F. guillotiner. ] To behead with the guillotine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To harlot. [ Obs. ] Warner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition of the Helots or slaves in Sparta; slavery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The type genus of the Helotiaceae.
Syn. -- genus Helotium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. lotio, fr. lavare, lotum, to wash: cf. F. lotion. See Lave to wash. ] 1. A washing, especially of the skin for the purpose of rendering it fair. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A liquid preparation for bathing the skin, or an injured or diseased part, either for a medicinal purpose, or for improving its appearance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Niloticus, fr. Nilus the Nile, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. nilotique. ] Of or pertaining to the river Nile; as, the Nilotic crocodile. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Pilotage; skill in the duties of a pilot. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a.Of pertaining to the Plotinists or their doctrines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A disciple of Plotinus, a celebrated Platonic philosopher of the third century, who taught that the human soul emanates from the divine Being, to whom it reunited at death. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Situated above the glottis; -- applied to that part of the cavity of the larynx above the true vocal cords. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Parkesine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like, or suitable to, a zealot; ardently zealous. [ R. ] Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The character or conduct of a zealot; zealotry. [ 1913 Webster ]