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n. [ L. armamentarium, fr. armamentum: cf. F. armamentaire. ] An armory; a magazine or arsenal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages. ] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [ Obs. ] S. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + ambient. ] Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. “The circumambient heaven.” J. Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk around; circum + ambulare. See Ambulate. ] To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. désarmement. ] The act of disarming. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. firmamentum, fr. firmare to make firm: cf. F. firmament. See Firm, v. & a. ] 1. Fixed foundation; established basis. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The region of the air; the sky or heavens. [ 1913 Webster ]

And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters. Gen. i. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament. Gen. i. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Scripture, the word denotes an expanse, a wide extent; the great arch or expanse over out heads, in which are placed the atmosphere and the clouds, and in which the stars appear to be placed, and are really seen. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Old Astron.) The orb of the fixed stars; the most remote of the celestial spheres. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A grandmother.

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n. A natural family of plants comprising the genera Hamamelis; Corylopsis; Fothergilla; Liquidambar; Parrotia; and other small genera.
Syn. -- family Hamamelidaceae, witch-hazel family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a group of chiefly woody plants considered among the most primitive of angiosperms; they have a perianth poorly developed or lacking, and flowers often unisexual and often in catkins and often wind pollinated. The group contains 23 families including the Betulaceae and Fagaceae (includes the Amentiferae); sometimes it is classified as a superorder.
Syn. -- subclass Hamamelidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil plants of the Oligocene having flowers resembling those of the witch hazel; found in Baltic region.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidanthum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of fossil plants having wood identical with or similar to that of the witch hazel.
Syn. -- genus Hamamelidoxylon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "amamhli`s a kind of medlar or service tree; "a`ma at the same time + mh^lon an apple, any tree fruit. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants which includes the witch-hazel (Hamamelis Virginica), a preparation of which is used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. [ Ar. imām. ] 1. Among the Muslims, a minister or priest who performs the regular service of the mosque. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A Muslim prince who, as a successor of Mohammed, unites in his person supreme spiritual and temporal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Abbrev. fr. mamma. ] Mamma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mamma. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Mameluke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as mamma's boy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A boy excessively attached to his mother; a boy lacking the usual masculine interests; also spelled mamma's boy.
Syn. -- mother's boy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F. ] A rounded hillock; a rounded elevation or protuberance. Westmin. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Pg. ] A child born of a white father and Indian mother. [ S. Amer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mamelouk, cf. Sp. mameluco, It. mammalucco; all fr. Ar. mamlūk a purchased slave or captive; lit., possessed or in one's power, p. p. of malaka to possesses. ] One of a body of mounted soldiers recruited from slaves converted to Muslimism, who, during several centuries, had more or less control of the government of Egypt, until exterminated or dispersed by Mehemet Ali in 1811. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Mammillated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Reduplicated from the infantine word ma, influenced in spelling by L. mamma. ] Mother; -- word of tenderness and familiarity. [ Written also mama. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Tell tales papa and mamma. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mammae [ L. mamma breast. ] (Anat.) A glandular organ for secreting milk, characteristic of all mammals, but usually rudimentary in the male; a mammary gland; a breast; udder; bag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Mammals [ L. mammalis belonging to the breast, fr. mamma the breast or pap: cf. F. mammal. ] (Zool.) One of the Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Age of mammals. See under Age, n., 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. mammalis. See Mammal. ] (Zool.) The highest class of Vertebrata. The young are nourished for a time by milk, or an analogous fluid, secreted by the mammary glands of the mother. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Mammalia are divided into three subclasses; -- [ 1913 Webster ] I. Placentalia. This subclass embraces all the higher orders, including man. In these the fetus is attached to the uterus by a placenta. [ 1913 Webster ] II. Marsupialia. In these no placenta is formed, and the young, which are born at an early state of development, are carried for a time attached to the teats, and usually protected by a marsupial pouch. The opossum, kangaroo, wombat, and koala are examples. [ 1913 Webster ] III. Monotremata. In this group, which includes the genera Echidna and Ornithorhynchus, the female lays large eggs resembling those of a bird or lizard, and the young, which are hatched like those of birds, are nourished by a watery secretion from the imperfectly developed mammae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Mammalia or mammals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mammal + -ferous. ] (Geol.) Containing mammalian remains; -- said of certain strata. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ Cf. F. mammalogiste. ] One versed in mammalogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mamma breast + -logy: cf. f. mammalogie. ] The science which relates to mammals or the Mammalia. See Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mammaire. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the mammae or breasts; as, the mammary arteries and veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The milk-secreting organ of female mammals.
Syn. -- mamma. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A genus of American and Asiatic trees having edible one-seeded fruit.
Syn. -- genus Mammea. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) The speciaes name for the mammee tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A tropical American tree (Mammea americana) having edible fruit (the mammee apple) with a leathery rind.
Syn. -- mammee, mamey, mammee tree, Mammea americana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. The globular or ovoid tropical fruit of the mammee tree (Mammea americana), having a thick russet leathery rind and juicy yellow or reddish flesh. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Haitian mamey. ] (Bot.) A fruit tree of tropical America, belonging to the genus Mammea (Mammea Americana); also, its fruit, called the mammee apple. The latter is large, covered with a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.
Syn. -- mammee apple, mammee, mamey, Mammea americana. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ Cf. G. memme coward, poltroon. ] To hesitate; to mutter doubtfully. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Mawmet. ] An idol; a puppet; a doll. [ Obs. ] Selden. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mawmetry. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Mammiferous. ] (Zool.) A mammal. See Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mamma breast + -ferous: cf. F. mammifère. ] Having breasts; of, pertaining to, or derived from, the Mammalia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Mamma breast + -form: cf. F. mammiforme. ] Having the form of a mamma (breast) or mammae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Mammilae [ L., dim. of mamma a breast. ] (Anat.) The nipple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. mammilaire. See Mammilla. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Mammilla. ] 1. Having small nipples, or small protuberances like nipples or mammae. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Bounded like a nipple; -- said of the apex of some shells. [ 1913 Webster ]