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{ } a. [ Cf. F. aéronauitique. ] Pertaining to aëronautics, or aërial sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Argonauta, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; + &unr_; sailor, &unr_; ship. See Argo. ] 1. Any one of the legendary Greek heroes who sailed with Jason, in the Argo, in quest of the Golden Fleece. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A cephalopod of the genus Argonauta. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of those who went to California in search of gold shortly after it was discovered there in 1848. [ U. S. ] Bret Harte. [ 1913 Webster ]

The “Argonauts of '49” were a strong, self-reliant, generous body of men. D. S. Jordan. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. (Zool.) A genus of Cephalopoda. The shell is called paper nautilus or paper sailor. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The animal has much resemblance to an Octopus. It has eight arms, two of which are expanded at the end and clasp the shell, but are never elevated in the air for sails as was formerly supposed. The creature swims beneath the surface by means of a jet of water, like other cephalopods. The male has no shell, and is much smaller than the female. See Hectocotylus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Argonauticus. ] Of or pertaining to the Argonauts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of cephalopods represented solely by the genus Argonauta.
Syn. -- family Argonautidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Turk. Arnaut, fr. NGr. &unr_;, for &unr_;. ] An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
Syn. -- spaceman, cosmonaut [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to astronautics.
Syn. -- astronautical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to astronautics.
Syn. -- astronautic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The theory and practice of navigation through the upper atmosphere or outer space; the science of travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Russ. kosmonavt from kosmos universe. ] an astronaut; -- a term used by the Soviets and Russians.
Syn. -- astronaut, spaceman. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; bent + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sailor. ] (Zool.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without authority; not authoritative. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ prop. n. Also }. [ Hind. Jagan-nāth lord of the world, Skr. jagannātha. ] (Hinduism) A particular form of Vishnu, or of Krishna, whose chief idol and worship are at Puri, in Orissa. The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul. The principal festivals are the Snanayatra, when the idol is bathed, and the Rathayatra, when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings. Formerly it was erroneously supposed that devotees allowed themselves to be crushed beneath the wheels of this car. It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Skr. jagannātha lord of the world. ] 1. One of the names under which Vishnu, in his incarnation as Krishna, is worshiped by the Hindus. See also Jagannath. [ Written also Juggernnath, Jaganath, Jagannath, Jaganatha, Jagannatha, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The principal seat of the worship of Juggernaut (Jagannath) is at Pûri in Orissa. At certain times the idol is drawn from the temple by the multitude, on a high car with sixteen wheels. The idol is considered to contain the bones of Krishna and to possess a soul. The principal festivals are the Snanayatra, when the idol is bathed, and the Rathayatra, when the image is drawn upon a car adorned with obscene paintings. Formerly it was erroneously supposed that fanatical devotees threw themselves under the wheels of this car, to be crushed as a sacrifice to the god. It is now known that any death within the temple of Jagannath is considered to render the place unclean, and any spilling of blood in the presence of the idol is a pollution. As a result of this erroneous belief, however, the word juggernaut is now used principally in the figurative sense 2. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. Any large, unstoppable force, power, or popular movement which defeats or destroys any person who gets in its way or attempts to stop it; as, for years the Notre Dame football team was an unstoppable juggernaut; after the early primaries, Johnson's campaign became a juggernaut, crushing all rivals. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ Hind. nāch, fr. Skr. n&rsdot_;tya dance. ] An entertainment consisting chiefly of dancing by professional dancing (or Nautch) girls. [ India ]
Syn. -- nauch. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Nautical. ] Nautical. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. nauticus, Gr. naytiko`s, fr. nay`ths a seaman, sailor, fr. nay^s ship: cf. F. nautique. See Nave of a church. ] Of or pertaining to seamen, to the art of navigation, or to ships; as, nautical skill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Naval; marine; maritime. See Naval. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nautical almanac. See under Almanac. --
Nautical distance, the length in nautical miles of the rhumb line joining any two places on the earth's surface. --
nautical mile. See under Mile. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a nautical manner; with reference to nautical affairs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. nay^s ship + -form. ] Shaped like the hull of a ship. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of spiral-shelled cephalopods.
Syn. -- family Nautilidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Paleon.) A fossil nautilus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Nautilus + -oid: cf. F. nautiloïde. ] (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the nautilus; shaped like a nautilus shell. -- n. A mollusk, or shell, of the genus Nautilus or family Nautilidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Nautiluses L. Nautili [ L., fr. Gr. nayti`los a seaman, sailor, a kind of shellfish which was supposed to be furnished with a membrane which served as a sail; fr. nay^s ship. See Nave of a church. ] 1. (Zool.) The only existing genus of tetrabranchiate cephalopods. About four species are found living in the tropical Pacific, but many other species are found fossil. The shell is spiral, symmetrical, and chambered, or divided into several cavities by simple curved partitions, which are traversed and connected together by a continuous and nearly central tube or siphuncle. See Tetrabranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The head of the animal bears numerous simple tapered arms, or tentacles, arranged in groups, but not furnished with suckers. The siphon, unlike, that of ordinary cephalopods, is not a closed tube, and is not used as a locomotive organ, but merely serves to conduct water to and from the gill cavity, which contains two pairs of gills. The animal occupies only the outer chamber of the shell; the others are filled with gas. It creeps over the bottom of the sea, not coming to the surface to swim or sail, as was formerly imagined. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The argonaut; -- also called paper nautilus. See Argonauta, and Paper nautilus, under Paper. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Phono- + Gr. a'yto`s self + -graph. ] (Physics) An instrument by means of which a sound can be made to produce a visible trace or record of itself. It consists essentially of a resonant vessel, usually of paraboloidal form, closed at one end by a flexible membrane. A stylus attached to some point of the membrane records the movements of the latter, as it vibrates, upon a moving cylinder or plate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + authorize. ] To disown the authority of; to repudiate. [ 1913 Webster ]