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n. [ OE. amuce, amisse, OF. almuce, aumuce, F. aumusse, LL. almucium, almucia, aumucia: of unknown origin; cf. G. mütze cap, prob. of the same origin. Cf. Mozetta. ] (Eccl.) A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Hemi- + cerebrum. ] (Anat.) A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., pl. of Mouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Micellae [ NL., dim. of L. mica a morsel, grain. ] (Biol.) A theoretical aggregation of molecules constituting a structural particle of protoplasm, capable of increase or diminution without change in chemical nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ F. prémices, L. primitiae. See Primitia. ] First fruits. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pumex, pumicis, prob. akin to spuma foam: cf. AS. pumic-stān. Cf. Pounce a powder, Spume. ] (Min.) A very light porous volcanic scoria, usually of a gray color, the pores of which are capillary and parallel, giving it a fibrous structure. It is supposed to be produced by the disengagement of watery vapor without liquid or plastic lava. It is much used, esp. in the form of powder, for smoothing and polishing. Called also pumice stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Far.) Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pumiceus. ] Of or pertaining to pumice; resembling pumice. [ 1913 Webster ]

Same as Pumice. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to half of a century, or a period of fifty years; as, a semicentennial commemoration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fiftieth anniversary. [ 1913 Webster ]