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adj. 1. relating to or favoring abolition, especially the abolition of slavery. WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or pertaining to abolition [ PJC ]

adj. Marked or produced by accretion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray. ] (Zool.) An order of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Cf. F. actionnaire. ] (Com.) A shareholder in joint-stock company. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Additional. [ R. ] Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. adesse to be present; ad + esse to be. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One who held the real presence of Christ's body in the eucharist, but not by transubstantiation. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. [ All + anerly singly, fr. ane one. ] Solely; only. [ Scot. ] Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lofty in doctrine, aims, etc. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; without head or chief; 'an priv. + &unr_; beginning, the first place, magistracy, government. ] The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Lawless; anarchical. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. anarchique. ] Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anarchisme. ] The doctrine or practice of anarchists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anarchiste. ] An anarch; one who advocates anarchy of aims at the overthrow of civil government. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To reduce to anarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. anarchie. See Anarch. ] 1. Absence of government; the state of society where there is no law or supreme power; a state of lawlessness; political confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spread anarchy and terror all around. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, confusion or disorder, in general. [ 1913 Webster ]

There being then . . . an anarchy, as I may term it, in authors and their re&unr_;koning of years. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; without joints + -poda. See Anarthrous. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Articulata in which there are no jointed legs, as the annelids; -- opposed to Arthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having no jointed legs; pertaining to Anarthropoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`narqros without joints, without the article; 'an priv. + 'a`rqron joint, the article. ] 1. (Gr. Gram.) Used without the article; as, an anarthrous substantive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Without joints, or having the joints indistinct, as some insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Madagascar. Population (2000) = 1, 000, 000. [ PJC ]

{ } Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enemy to monarchial government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. antiphonarium. See Antiphoner. ] A book containing a collection of antiphons; the book in which the antiphons of the breviary, with their musical notes, are contained. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Apollinaris, fr. Apollo. ] (Rom. Antiq.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arenarius, fr. arena sand. ] Sandy; as, arenarious soil. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not united, disconnected; 'a priv. + &unr_; with + &unr_; to fasten to. ] Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted. -- A*syn"ar*tet"ic a. [ 1913 Webster ]

Asynartete verse (Pros.), a verse of two members, having different rhythms; as when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who attitudinizes; a posture maker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practicing of attitudes; posture making. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. auctionarius. ] Of or pertaining to an auction or an auctioneer. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

With auctionary hammer in thy hand. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A collected series of benedictions. [ 1913 Webster ]

The benedictionary of Bishop Athelwold. G. Gurton's Needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks. -- n. A Cistercian monk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + centenary. ] Of or pertaining to two hundred, esp. to two hundred years; as, a bicentenary celebration. -- n. The two hundredth anniversary, or its celebration. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + laminar, laminate. ] Formed of, or having, two laminæ, or thin plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a span of 2000 years.
Syn. -- bimillennium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. bin- + arseniate. ] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of arsenic acid to one of the base. Graham. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. binarius, fr. bini two by two, two at a time, fr. root of bis twice; akin to E. two: cf. F. binaire. ] Compounded or consisting of two things or parts; characterized by two (things). [ 1913 Webster ]

Binary arithmetic, that in which numbers are expressed according to the binary scale, or in which two figures only, 0 and 1, are used, in lieu of ten; the cipher multiplying everything by two, as in common arithmetic by ten. Thus, 1 is one; 10 is two; 11 is three; 100 is four, etc. Davies & Peck. --
Binary compound (Chem.), a compound of two elements, or of an element and a compound performing the function of an element, or of two compounds performing the function of elements. --
Binary logarithms, a system of logarithms devised by Euler for facilitating musical calculations, in which 1 is the logarithm of 2, instead of 10, as in the common logarithms, and the modulus 1.442695 instead of .43429448. --
Binary measure (Mus.), measure divisible by two or four; common time. --
Binary nomenclature (Nat. Hist.), nomenclature in which the names designate both genus and species. --
Binary scale (Arith.), a uniform scale of notation whose ratio is two. --
Binary star (Astron.), a double star whose members have a revolution round their common center of gravity. --
Binary theory (Chem.), the theory that all chemical compounds consist of two constituents of opposite and unlike qualities. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is constituted of two figures, things, or parts; two; duality. Fotherby. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather. ] (Zool.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., properly, a duck. ] An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris (Phalaris Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. --
Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. --
Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and Persea Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. --
Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Canaries 1. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. “A cup of canary.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A canary bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A quick and lively dance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Make you dance canary
With sprightly fire and motion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canary bird flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Tropæolum peregrinum) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; -- called also canary vine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Carbonari [ It., a coal man. ] A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted. [ 1913 Webster ]