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‖n. [ Indian name. From Ahmedabad, a city from which it was imported to Europe. ] (Zool.) The strawberry finch, a small Indian song bird (Estrelda amandava), commonly caged and kept for fighting. The female is olive brown; the male, in summer, mostly crimson; -- called also red waxbill. [ Written also amaduvad and avadavat. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. amadou tinder, prop. lure, bait, fr. amadouer to allure, caress, perh. fr. Icel. mata to feed, which is akin to E. meat. ] A spongy, combustible substance, prepared from fungus (Boletus and Polyporus) which grows on old trees; German tinder; punk. It has been employed as a styptic by surgeons, but its common use is as tinder, for which purpose it is prepared by soaking it in a strong solution of niter. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The faculty of perceiving; a percipient. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. animadversio, fr. animadvertere: cf. F. animadversion. See Animadvert. ] 1. The act or power of perceiving or taking notice; direct or simple perception. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The soul is the sole percipient which hath animadversion and sense, properly so called. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Monition; warning. [ Obs. ] Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Remarks by way of criticism and usually of censure; adverse criticism; reproof; blame. [ 1913 Webster ]

He dismissed their commissioners with severe and sharp animadversions. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Judicial cognizance of an offense; chastisement; punishment. [ Archaic ] “Divine animadversions.” Wesley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stricture; criticism; censure; reproof; blame; comment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having the power of perceiving; percipient. [ Archaic ] Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

I do not mean there is a certain number of ideas glaring and shining to the animadversive faculty. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Animadverted; p. pr. & vb. n. Animadverting. ] [ L. animadvertere; animus mind + advertere to turn to; ad to + vertere to turn. ] 1. To take notice; to observe; -- commonly followed by that. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To consider or remark by way of criticism or censure; to express censure; -- with on or upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

I should not animadvert on him . . . if he had not used extreme severity in his judgment of the incomparable Shakespeare. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To take cognizance judicially; to inflict punishment. [ Archaic ] Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To remark; comment; criticise; censure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who animadverts; a censurer; also [ Obs. ], a chastiser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. armada, L. as if armata (sc. classic fleet), fr. armatus, p. p. of armare. See Arm, v. t. Army. ] A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family comrising the pill bugs.
Syn. -- family Armadillidiidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the Armadillidiidae.
Syn. -- genus Armadillidium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Armadillos [ Sp. armadillo, dim. of armado armed, p. p. of armar to arm. So called from being armed with a bony shell. ] (Zool.) (a) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidæ, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay. (b) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Armada. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make mad. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare. ] (Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. [ 1913 Webster ]

They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. made specially for a specific purpose; -- of articles of manufacture. Contrasted with mass-produced, standardized.
Syn. -- made-to-order. [ PJC WordNet 1.5 ]

2. made or tailored to fit a specific person; -- of clothing. Contrasted with off-the-rack, ready-to-wear. a custom-made suit
Syn. -- made-to-order. [ PJC ]

n. A dumbledor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Earth + mad an earthworm. ] (Zoöl.) The earthworm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. made in a factory. Contrasted with homemade. [ Narrower terms: boughten, store-bought ; mass-produced ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]

/mhw>, n.; pl. Fumades Fumadoes [ Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See Fume, v. i. ] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Haema- + L. ad toward. ] (Anat.) Toward the haemal side; on the haemal side of; -- opposed to neurad. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Haema- + Gr. dro`mos course + -graph. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

{ } n. Same as Hemadrometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ pr>(-dr&ouptack_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*tr&ybreve_;), } n. Same as Hemadrometry. [1913 Webster]

n. Same as Hemadynamics. [ 1913 Webster ]

pr>(hē`m&adot_;*dī`n&adot_;*m&obreve_;m"&euptack_;*t&etilde_;r or h&ebreve_;m`&adot_;*d&ibreve_;n`&adot_;-), Same as Hemadynamometer. [1913 Webster]

n.; pl. E. Hamadryads L. Hamadryades [ L. Hamadryas, -adis, Gr. "Amadrya`s; "a`ma together + dry^s oak, tree: cf. F. hamadryade. See Same, and Tree. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Class. Myth.) A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A large venomous East Indian snake (Ophiophagus bungarus), allied to the cobras. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a hamadryad. See Hamadryad. ] (Zool.) The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes. Contrasted with machine-made.

n. [ L. hebdomas, -adis, Gr. "ebdoma`s the number seven days, fr. &unr_; seventh, &unr_; seven. See Seven.] A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

adv. In periods of seven days; weekly. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. hebdomadalis, LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadaire. ] Consisting of seven days, or occurring at intervals of seven days; weekly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. hebdomadarius: cf. F. hebdomadier. ] (R. C. Ch.) A member of a chapter or convent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Hema- + Gr. &unr_; course + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An instrument for measuring the velocity with which the blood moves in the arteries.

{ } n. (Physiol.) The act of measuring the velocity with which the blood circulates in the arteries; haemotachometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamics. ] (Physiol.) The principles of dynamics in their application to the blood; that part of science which treats of the motion of the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hema- + dynamometr. ] (Physiol.) An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a haemomanometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made at home; of domestic manufacture; made either in a private family or in one's own country. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Quite mad; -- raving crazy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did I tell you about Mr. Garrick, that the town are horn-mad after? Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Same as Jemidar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Created by judges or judicial decision; -- applied esp. to law applied or established by the judicial interpretation of statutes so as extend or restrict their scope, as to meet new cases, to provide new or better remedies, etc., and often used opprobriously of acts of judicial interpretation considered as doing this. Judge-made law is contrasted with statutory law and civil law. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

The law of the 13th century was judge-made law in a fuller and more literal sense than the law of any succeeding century has been. Sir Frederick Pollock. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. made by a machine. Contrasted with handmade. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

obs. p. p. of Made. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Madder superl. Maddest ] [ AS. gem&unr_;d, gemād, mad; akin to OS. gem&unr_;d foolish, OHG. gameit, Icel. mei&unr_;a to hurt, Goth. gamáids weak, broken. &unr_;. ] 1. Disordered in intellect; crazy; insane. [ 1913 Webster ]

I have heard my grandsire say full oft,
Extremity of griefs would make men mad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Excited beyond self-control or the restraint of reason; inflamed by violent or uncontrollable desire, passion, or appetite; as, to be mad with terror, lust, or hatred; mad against political reform. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols. Jer. 1. 88. [ 1913 Webster ]

And being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities. Acts xxvi. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Proceeding from, or indicating, madness; expressing distraction; prompted by infatuation, fury, or extreme rashness. “Mad demeanor.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mad wars destroy in one year the works of many years of peace. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mad promise of Cleon was fulfilled. Jowett (Thucyd.). [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Extravagant; immoderate. “Be mad and merry.” Shak. “Fetching mad bounds.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Furious with rage, terror, or disease; -- said of the lower animals; as, a mad bull; esp., having hydrophobia; rabid; as, a mad dog. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Angry; out of patience; vexed; as, to get mad at a person. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

7. Having impaired polarity; -- applied to a compass needle. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Like mad, like a mad person; in a furious manner; as, to run like mad. L'Estrange. --
To run mad. (a) To become wild with excitement. (b) To run wildly about under the influence of hydrophobia; to become affected with hydrophobia. --
To run mad after, to pursue under the influence of infatuation or immoderate desire. “The world is running mad after farce.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Madded; p. pr. & vb. n. Madding. ] To make mad or furious; to madden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Had I but seen thy picture in this plight,
It would have madded me. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be mad; to go mad; to rave. See Madding. [ Archaic ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Festus said with great voice, Paul thou maddest. Wyclif (Acts). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. ma&unr_;a; akin to D. & G. made, Goth. mapa, and prob. to E. moth. ] (Zool.) An earthworm. [ Written also made. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. 1. Of or pertaining to Madagascar; as, Madagascan pepper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of Madagascar; as, Madagascan soldiers.
Syn. -- Malagasy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]