n. An insoluble solid alcohol (
pret. of Abide. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To bode; to foreshow. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To be ominous. [ Obs. ] Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OE. abad, abood, fr. abiden to abide. See Abide. For the change of vowel, cf. abode, imp. of abide. ]
And with her fled away without abode. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
He waxeth at your abode here. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]
Come, let me lead you to our poor abode. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Bode, v. t. ] An omen. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
High-thundering Juno's husband stirs my spirit with true abodes. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A foreboding; an omen. [ Obs. ] “Abodements must not now affright us.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; colorless + E. dextrin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. acus needle + E. node. ] (Geom.) An isolated point not upon a curve, but whose coördinates satisfy the equation of the curve so that it is considered as belonging to the curve. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. & a. [ F. à la mode after the fashion. ] According to the fashion or prevailing mode. “Alamode beef shops.” Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A thin, black silk for hoods, scarfs, etc.; -- often called simply mode. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + E. electrode. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of a voltaic battery. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; up + &unr_; way. ] (Elec.) The positive pole of an electric battery, or more strictly the electrode by which the current enters the electrolyte on its way to the other pole; -- opposed to
n. (Phys.) The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One of the antipodes; anything exactly opposite. [ 1913 Webster ]
In tale or history your beggar is ever the just antipode to your king. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ The singular, antipode, is exceptional in formation, but has been used by good writers. Its regular English plural would be the last syllable rhyming with
a. Pertaining to the antipodes, or the opposite side of the world; antipodal. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. pl., fr. Gr. &unr_; with the feet opposite, pl. &unr_; &unr_;;
Can there be a greater contrariety unto Christ's judgment, a more perfect antipodes to all that hath hitherto been gospel? Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. apo- + codeine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid,
☞ The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Pref. apo- + Gr. &unr_; body. ] (Zool.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ NL., masc. pl. See Apoda. ] (Zool.)
n. [ Arillus + Gr.
n. [ Gr.
‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; joint + &unr_; a binding together. ] (Surg.) Surgical fixation of joints. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
n. [ L. asphodelus, Gr. &unr_;. See Daffodil. ] (Bot.) A general name for a plant of the genus
☞ The name is also popularly given to species of other genera. The asphodel of the early English and French poets was the daffodil. The asphodel of the Greek poets is supposed to be the Narcissus poeticus. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
Pansies, and violets, and asphodel. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
imp. & p. p. of Bestride. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. Having pure blood, or a large admixture or pure blood; of approved breed; of the best stock. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Used also in composition in phrases indicating a particular condition or quality of blood; as, cold-blooded; warm-blooded. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. of aristocratic birth and refined upbringing.
v. t.
A raven that bodes nothing but mischief. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]
Good onset bodes good end. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To foreshow something; to augur. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whatever now
The omen proved, it boded well to you. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The owl eke, that of death the bode bringeth. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. boda; akin to OFries. boda, AS. bodo, OHG. boto. See Bode, v. t. ] A messenger; a herald. Robertson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Abide. ] A stop; a halting; delay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
imp. & p. p. from Bide. Abode. [ 1913 Webster ]
There that night they bode. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
p. p.
a. Portentous; ominous. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. An omen; a prognostic. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girl
Makes all these bodements. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Bordar (or perh. bord a board) + lode leading. ] (O. Eng. Law) The service formerly required of a tenant, to carry timber from the woods to the lord's house. Bailey. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. brodequin, OE. brossequin, fr. OD. broseken, brosekin, dim. of broos buskin, prob. fr. LL. byrsa leather, Gr.
n. a box designed to maintain a constant temperature by the use of a thermostat; used for chicks or premature infants.
n. [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;;
n. [ Pref. cata + elecrode. ] (Physics) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr. &unr_; descent; &unr_; down + &unr_; way. ] (Physics) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]
Cathode ray (Phys.),