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‖n. pl. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a ray + &unr_; a ring. ] (Zool.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Gr. a`ga`llochon, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahālīm. ] A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Changeable in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Min.) See Garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; changed in color, fr. &unr_; other + &unr_; color. ] Changing color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'amfi` + trocho`s a wheel. ] (Zool.) A kind of annelid larva having both a dorsal and a ventral circle of special cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Antihypochondriac. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Counteractive of hypochondria. -- n. A remedy for hypochondria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Pertaining to Antiochus, a contemporary with Cicero, and the founder of a sect of philosophers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the city of Antioch, in Syria. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antiochian epoch (Chron.), a method of computing time, from the proclamation of liberty granted to the city of Antioch, about the time of the battle of Pharsalia, B.C. 48. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Anat.) An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. apo- + chromatic. ] (Optics) Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. -- Ap`o*chro"ma*tism n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ L. Archilochius. ] Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family comprising the birthworts; wild ginger.
Syn. -- family Aristolochiaceae, birthwort family [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary. It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.
Syn. -- order Aristolochiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Med.) Chondritis of a joint. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a circle. ] (Zool.) A kind of chætopod larva in which no circles of cilia are developed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aurum + chloride. ] (Chem.) The trichloride of gold combination with the chloride of another metal, forming a double chloride; -- called also chloraurate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. auerochs, OHG. ūrohso; ūr (cf. AS. ūr) + ohso ox, G. ochs. Cf. Owre, Ox. ] (Zool.) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Bison Europæus), once widely distributed, but now nearly extinct, except where protected in the Lithuanian forests, and perhaps in the Caucasus. It is distinct from the Urus of Cæsar, with which it has often been confused. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Auto- + chronograph. ] An instrument for the instantaneous self-recording or printing of time. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Authochthons L. Autochthones [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, pl. &unr_;, from the land itself; a'yto`s self + &unr_; earth, land. ] 1. One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is original to a particular country, or which had there its origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being autochthonal. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Aboriginal; indigenous; native. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An aboriginal or autochthonous condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to Beloochistan, or to its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Beloochistan. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to biochemistry. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a chemical substance produced by a living organism, or such a substance produced synthetically. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + E. chemistry. ] (Biol.) The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest (superl. of brachy`s short) + &unr_; time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A light sweet pastry (cake, bun or roll) made with flour, butter, yeast, and eggs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A knitted foot cushion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist. ] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F. ] 1. Woven with a figure; as, broché goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stitched; -- said of a book with no cover or only a paper one. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Broach, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of broche. See Broach, n. ] (Cookery) A small spit or skewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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En bro`chette" ety>[F.], on a brochette; skewered. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

‖n. [ F., fr. brocher to stitch. See Broach, v. t. ] A printed and stitched book containing only a few leaves; a pamphlet; a single sheet folded to make four pages. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ See Broach, n. ] 1. An ornament, in various forms, with a tongue, pin, or loop for attaching it to a garment; now worn at the breast by women; a breastpin. Formerly worn by men on the hat. [ 1913 Webster ]

Honor 's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Paint.) A painting all of one color, as a sepia painting, or an India painting. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brooched ] To adorn as with a brooch. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. caboche head. Cf. 1st Cabbage. ] (Her.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [ Written also caboshed. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Jewelry) A stone of convex form, highly polished, but not faceted; also, the style of cutting itself. Such stones are said to be cut en cabochon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

‖a. [ see cabochon, n.. ] (Jewelry) Of, pertaining to, containing, or in the style of, a cabochon. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; juice: cf. F. cacochymie. ] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, esp. of the blood. -- Cac`o*chym"ic Cac`o*chym"ic*al a. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. large genus of West North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.
Syn. -- genus Calochortus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Capoches [ Cf. Sp. capucho, It. cappucio, F. Capuce, capuchon, LL. caputium, fr. capa cloak. See Cap. ] A hood; especially, the hood attached to the gown of a monk. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Capoched ] To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind. Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car. ] A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Placed in a caroche. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beggary rides caroched. Massenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head + &unr_; wheel. ] (Zool.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head. [ 1913 Webster ]