n. [ L. anethum (see Anise) + -ol. ] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the volatile oils of anise, fennel, etc., in the form of soft shining scales; -- called also
n. a genus of plants of the parsley family having aromatic seeds and finely divided leaves, including the dill Anethum graveolens.
n. an order comprising the false scorpions.
a. [ L. genethliacus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; belonging to one's birth,
n.
a. Genethliac. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The science of calculating nativities, or predicting the future events of life from the stars which preside at birth. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. One who calculates nativities. Sir W. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A month. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ OE. nethere, neithere, AS. niðera, fr. the adv. niðer downward; akin to neoðan below, beneath, D. neder down, G. nieder, Sw. nedre below, nether, a. & adv., and also to Skr. ni down. √201. Cf. Beneath. ] Situated down or below; lying beneath, or in the lower part; having a lower position; belonging to the region below; lower; under; -- opposed to
'Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
This darksome nether world her light
Doth dim with horror and deformity. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
All my nether shape thus grew transformed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Lower, nether. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ AS. niðemest. See Nether, and cf. Aftermost. ] Lowest;
‖n. pl. [ Heb., pl. of nāthīn given, granted, a slave of the temple, fr. nāthan to give. ] (jewish Antiq.) Servants of the priests and Levites in the menial services about the tabernacle and temple. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Scarcely. See Unnethe. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Sphenoid + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to both the sphenoidal and the ethmoidal regions of the skull, or the sphenethmoid bone; sphenethmoidal. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sphenethmoid bone (Anat.),
n. (Anat.) The sphenethmoid bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. (Anat.) Relating to the sphenoethmoid bone; sphenoethmoid. [ 1913 Webster ]