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n. Apron. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A tall variety of grass (Sorghum vulgare technicum), having a joined stem, like maize, rising to the height of eight or ten feet, and bearing its seeds on a panicle with long stiff branches, of which brooms are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Circumcised p. pr. & vb. n. Circumcising. ] [ L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. cæsura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t. ] 1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs circumcision. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcisio. ] 1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Muslims, etc. Circumcision of male infants is also a common practice as a hygienic measure, to reduce incidence of infection of the penis. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

2. (Script.) (a) The Jews, as a circumcised people. (b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcludere, -clusum, to inclose. ] Act of inclosing on all sides. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcursare, -satum, to run round about. ] The act of running about; also, rambling language. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Cookery) A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a California plant (Platystemon californicus) with small pale yellow flowers.
Syn. -- Platystemon californicus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ acronym from Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation. ] a corporation authorized by Congress to provide a secondary market for residential mortgages. It is called Freddie Mac in the jargon of the finance industry. [ acronym ]
Syn. -- Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, Freddie Mac. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE., a spruce and pert pretender, also, a spruce girl, prob. fr. gim + crack lad, boaster. ] A trivial mechanism; a device. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A toy; a pretty thing; an ornamental object of no great value.
Syn. -- trinket, gewgaw, knickknack, tchotchke. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. Ornamental objects of no great value.
Syn. -- falderal, folderol, frills, nonsense, trumpery, trinkets, gewgaws, knickknacks, tchotchkes. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. See Gimcrack. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ from Senator Joseph McCarthy, who repeatedly asserted without evidence that numerous communists were present in the United States government. ] Unscrupulously accusing people of disloyalty (as by saying they were Communists). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

prop. n. Mount McKinley, the highest peak in North America; 20, 300 feet high; also called by the native name Denali.
Syn. -- Mt. McKinley, Denali. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.) [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Plum + apricot. ] (Hort.) A cross between the plum and apricot. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The missel thrush. (b) The fieldfare. (c) The green woodpecker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tom (see Tomboy) + cat. ] A male cat, especially when full grown or of large size. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tom (see Tomboy) + cod: cf. F. tacaud whiting pout, American Indian tacaud, literally, plenty fish. ] (Zool.) (a) A small edible American fish (Microgadus tomcod) of the Codfish family, very abundant in autumn on the Atlantic coast of the Northen United States; -- called also frostfish. See Illust. under Frostfish. (b) The kingfish. See Kingfish (a). (c) The jack. See 2d Jack, 8. (c). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Not circumcised; hence, not of the Israelites. “This uncircumcised Philistine.” 1 Sam. xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]