n. [ A corruption of Angora. ] A fabric made from the wool of the Angora goat. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Bot.) A tropical plant (Cajanus indicus) and its edible seed, a kind of pulse; -- so called from Angola in Western Africa. Called also
prop. n.
‖n. [ L. See Anger. ] >
n. A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
Angora cat (Zool.),
Angora goat (Zool.),
‖ [ So named from Angoumois in France. ] (Zool.) A small moth (Gelechia cerealella) which is very destructive to wheat and other grain. The larva eats out the interior of the grain, leaving only the shell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. The act of closing the doors of a schoolroom against a schoolmaster; -- a boyish mode of rebellion in schools. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A Bengal light. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a game commonly used for low-stakes gambling, in which numbered balls or slips are drawn at random and players cover the correponding numbers on their cards, called Bingo cards, which have square arrangement of such numbers. Each card has a different arrangement of the numbers, and the first player to cover all numbers in one row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) is the winner, usually announcing that fact by a cry of “Bingo!” Variants of the game may require that all peripheral numbers are covered, to form a box, or other figure. The numbers usually have one letter from the group “B”, “I”, “N”, “G”, and “O”, plus two digits. The “cards” may be disposable sheets of paper on which the numbers are printed.
n. Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. Either of two large antelopes (Boöcercus eurycercus of West Africa, and Boöcercus isaaci of East Africa) of a reddish or chestnut-brown color with narrow white stripes on the body. Their flesh is especially esteemed as food. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n.;
n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ It. ] The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power.
a. [ Caranx + -oid. ] (Zool.) Belonging to the
[ Native name ] (Zool.) A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L., fr. clangere. See Clang, v. t. ] A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a loud resonant repeating noise.
a. [ LL. clangorosus. ] Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Med.) See Cundurango. [ 1913 Webster ]
Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the “well worked”, a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term “English breakfast tea.” S. W. Williams. [ 1913 Webster ]
. [ From Congo red. ] A group of artificial dyes with an affinity for vegetable fibers, so that no mordant is required. Most of them are azo compounds derived from benzidine or tolidine. Called also
benzidine dyes
n. a native or inhabitant of the Republic of Congo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
adj. of, relating to, or characteristic of the Congo region or its people;
. (Chem.) An artificial red dye from which the Congo group received its name. It is also widely used either in aqueous solution or as test paper (
Congo paper) for the detection of free acid, which turns it blue. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
(Zool.) An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order
n.;
n. shrimps.
n. (Med.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer.
n. (Zool.) A wild dog found in Australia, but supposed to have introduced at a very early period. It has a wolflike face, bushy tail, and a reddish brown color. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
Dongola kid,
D. leather
Dongola process,
Dongola race,
n.;
‖ [ F. ] (Bot.) A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Deadly engored of a great wild boar. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
v. i. To feed with eagerness or voracity; to stuff one's self with food. Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. a.
n. [ Cf. F. engorgement. ]
a. (Her.) Partly swallowed; disappearing in the jaws of anything;
‖a. [ F., p. p. of engouler to swallow up; pref. en- (L. in) + gueule mouth. ] (Her.) Same as Engouled. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The sea holly. See Eryngo. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus
n.;
n. [ Cf. It. fagotto, fangotto, a bundle. Cf. Fagot. ] A quantity of wares, as raw silk, etc., from one hundred weight. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
a. [ Fungus + -oil: cf. F. fongoïde. ] Like a fungus; fungous; spongy.