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a. Adminicular. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ ‖ n. [ Tamil anai kattu dam building. ] A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [ India ] Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a diminutive of canis dog; cf. F. canicule. ] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire. ] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. [ 1913 Webster ]

Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. --
Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Canicula. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants having only one species, the blessed thistle.
Syn. -- genus Cnicus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. cornicularius. ] A secretary or clerk. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corniculatus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Horned; having horns. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having processes resembling small horns. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Cornicula [ L. corniculum little horn. ] (Anat.) A small hornlike part or process. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crinis hair + cultura. ] Relating to the growth of hair. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. funiculaire. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Consisting of a small cord or fiber. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Dependent on the tension of a cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a funiculus; made up of, or resembling, a funiculus, or funiculi; as, a funicular ligament. [ 1913 Webster ]

Funicular action (Mech.), the force or action exerted by a rope in drawing together the supports to which its ends are Fastened, when acted upon by forces applied in a direction transverse to the rope, as in the archer's bow. --
Funicular curve. Same as Catenary. --
Funicular machine (Mech.), an apparatus for illustrating certain principles in statics, consisting of a cord or chain attached at one end to a fixed point, and having the other passed over a pulley and sustaining a weight, while one or more other weights are suspended from the cord at points between the fixed support and the pulley. --
Funicular polygon (Mech.), the polygonal figure assumed by a cord fastened at its extremities, and sustaining weights at different points. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Forming a narrow ridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Funiculi [ L., a little cord. See Funicle. ] 1. (Anat.) A cord, baud, or bundle of fibers; esp., one of the small bundles of fibers, of which large nerves are made up; applied also to different bands of white matter in the brain and spinal cord. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) A short cord which connects the embryo of some myriapods with the amnion. (b) In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. geniculatus, fr. geniculum little knee, knot or joint, dim. of genu knee. See Knee. ] Bent abruptly at an angle, like the knee when bent; as, a geniculate stem; a geniculate ganglion; a geniculate twin crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Geniculated p. pr. & vb. n. Geniculating. ] To form joints or knots on. [ R. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Geniculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. geniculatio a kneeling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of kneeling. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being bent abruptly at an angle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. luna moon + E. current. ] Having relation to changes in currents that depend on the moon's phases. Bache. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Manicured p. pr. & vb. n. Manicuring ] 1. To care for (the hands and nails); to care for the hands and nails of; to do manicure work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. to trim carefully and meticulously; as, to manicure a lawn. [ PJC ]

n. The care of the hands and nails, especially a thorough cosmetic treatment of the hands, especially the trimming and polishing of the fingernails, and removing of cuticles, performed by a manicurist. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure. ] A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their nails; -- an older term for a manicurist. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Men ] who had taken good care of their hands by wearing gloves and availing themselves of the services of a manicure. Pop. Sci. Monthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. manus hand + curare to cure. ] A person who makes a business of taking care of people's hands, especially their fingernails; -- formerly called a manicure. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. me`sos middle + &unr_; a festive song. See Hymn. ] (Anc. Poetry) A repetition at the end of a stanza. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Her.) An imaginary animal borne as a charge, having wings, an eagle's head, and a short tail; -- sometimes represented without wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Panicle. ] (Bot) Same as Panicled. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., panic grass. ] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A genus of Old World thrushes.
Syn. -- genus Phoenicurus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. somniculosus. ] Inclined to sleep; drowsy; sleepy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + L. currere, cursum, to run. ] (Geom.) That can be passed over in a single course; -- said of a curve when the coordinates of the point on the curve can be expressed as rational algebraic functions of a single parameter θ. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ As θ varies minus infinity to plus infinity, to each value of θ there corresponds one, and only one, point of the curve, while to each point on the curve there corresponds one, and only one, value of θ. Straight lines, conic sections, curves of the third order with a nodal point, curves of the fourth order with three double points, etc., are unicursal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vinum wine + cultura culture. ] The cultivation of the vine, esp. for making wine; viticulture. [ 1913 Webster ]