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a. & n. (Med.) Same as Antemetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. arsmetike, OF. arismetique, L. arithmetica, fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), fr. &unr_; arithmetical, fr. &unr_; to number, fr. &unr_; number, prob. fr. same root as E. arm, the idea of counting coming from that of fitting, attaching. See Arm. The modern Eng. and French forms are accommodated to the Greek. ] 1. The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A book containing the principles of this science. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arithmetic of sines, trigonometry. --
Political arithmetic, the application of the science of numbers to problems in civil government, political economy, and social science. --
Universal arithmetic, the name given by Sir Isaac Newton to algebra. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arithmetical complement of a logarithm. See Logarithm. --
Arithmetical mean. See Mean. --
Arithmetical progression. See Progression. --
Arithmetical proportion. See Proportion. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. arithméticien. ] One skilled in arithmetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to a comet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. kosmitiko`s skilled in decorating, fr. ko`smos order, ornament: cf. F. cosmétique. See Cosmos. ] Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation. [ 1913 Webster ]

First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores,
With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. emeticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to vomit, akin to L. vomere: cf. F. émétique. See Vomit. ] (Med.) Inducing to vomit; exciting the stomach to discharge its contents by the mouth. -- n. A medicine which causes vomiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Inducing to vomit; producing vomiting; emetic. -- E*met"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ See Emetic. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Epithumetical. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to long for, lust after; 'epi` + qymo`s soul, heart, desire. ] Pertaining to sexual desire; sensual. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. hermétique. See Note under Hermes, 1. ] 1. Of, pertaining to, or taught by, Hermes Trismegistus; as, hermetic philosophy. Hence: Alchemical; chemic. “Delusions of the hermetic art.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The alchemists, as the people were called who tried to make gold, considered themselves followers of Hermes, and often called themselves Hermetic philosophers. A. B. Buckley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the system which explains the causes of diseases and the operations of medicine on the principles of the hermetic philosophy, and which made much use, as a remedy, of an alkali and an acid; as, hermetic medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Made perfectly close or air-tight by fusion, so that no gas or spirit can enter or escape; as, an hermetic seal. See Note under Hermetically. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hermetic art, alchemy. --
Hermetic books. (a) Books of the Egyptians, which treat of astrology. (b) Books which treat of universal principles, of the nature and orders of celestial beings, of medicine, and other topics. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In an hermetical manner; chemically. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. By fusion, so as to form an air-tight closure. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A vessel or tube is hermetically sealed when it is closed completely against the passage of air or other fluid by fusing the extremity; -- sometimes less properly applied to any air-tight closure. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. See Logarithmic. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Logarithmically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Mohammedanism and Islam. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Muslim. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, prop., changing one's abode; &unr_;, indicating change + &unr_; house, abode: cf. L. metoecus, F. métèque. ] (Gr. Antiq.) A sojourner; an immigrant; an alien resident in a Grecian city, but not a citizen. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whole force of Athens, metics as well as citizens, and all the strangers who were then in the city. Jowett (Thucyd. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. strict attention to minute details; the quality of being meticulous.
Syn. -- meticulousness, punctiliousness, scrupulousness. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. meticulosus, fr. metus fear: cf. F. méticuleux. ] Timid; fearful. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Taking great care to get every detail correct; working thoroughly and with precision; as, meticulous workmanship. [ PJC ]

-- Me*tic"u*lous*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. Calling; vocation; business; trade.

Not only is it the business of no one to preach the truth but it is the métier of many to conceal it. A. R. Colquhoun. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. the field or activity at which one excels; one's forte. [ PJC ]

{ ‖n. m. ‖n. f. }[ F.; akin to Sp. mestizo. See Mestizo. ] 1. The offspring of a white person and an American Indian. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The offspring of a white person and a quadroon; an octoroon. [ Local, U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖n. m. ‖n. f. }[ F. ] See Métis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }[ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to imitate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Apt to imitate; given to mimicry; imitative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Characterized by mimicry; -- applied to animals and plants; as, mimetic species; mimetic organisms. See Mimicry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Gr. &unr_; to mimic. ] (Biol.) Same as Mimicry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; an imitator. So called because it resembles pyromorphite. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in pale yellow or brownish hexagonal crystals. It is an arseniate of lead. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. At a past time indefinitely referred to; once; formerly. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did they not sometime cry “All hail” to me? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At a time undefined; once in a while; now and then; sometimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometime we see a cloud that's dragonish,
A vapor sometime like a bear or lion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. At one time or other hereafter; as, I will do it sometime. “Sometime he reckon shall.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having been formerly; former; late; whilom. [ 1913 Webster ]

Our sometime sister, now our queen. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ion, our sometime darling, whom we prized. Talfourd. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ Sometime + adverbial ending -s, as in -wards. ] 1. Formerly; sometime. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

That fair and warlike form
In which the majesty of buried Denmark
Did sometimes march. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. At times; at intervals; not always; now and then; occasionally. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is good that we sometimes be contradicted. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sometimes . . . sometimes, at certain times . . . at certain other times; as, sometimes he is earnest, sometimes he is frivolous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Former; sometime. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy sometimes brother's wife. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]