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n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -mancy. ] Divination by the entrails of human being. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) One of the orders of Branchiopoda. See Branchiopoda. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. li`pos fat + -oma. ] (Med.) A tumor consisting of fat or adipose tissue. -- Li*pom"a*tous a. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to loose + &unr_;, &unr_;, a lid. ] (Zool.) An order of brachiopods, in which the valves of shell are not articulated by a hinge. It includes the Lingula, Discina, and allied forms. [ Written also Lyopoma. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. menopoma, fr. Gr. &unr_; to remain + &unr_; lid. ] (Zool.) The hellbender. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the forehead + -mancy. ] Fortune telling by physiognomy. [ R. ] Urquhart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ponum a fruit, LL., an apple: cf. LL. pomagium, pomacium. ] The substance of apples, or of similar fruit, crushed by grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a cover + &unr_; a prickle + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the Pomacentridæ, a family of bright-colored tropical fishes having spiny opercula; -- often called coral fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ponum an apple. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) Like an apple or pear; producing pomes. (b) Of or pertaining to a suborder (Pomeæ) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Like pomace. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pommade pomatum, OF. pomade cider (cf. Sp. pomada, It. pomata, LL. pomata a drink made of apples), from L. pomum fruit, LL., an apple. Cf. Pomatum. ] 1. Cider. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. poma. ] (a) A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball. (b) A box to contain such perfume, formerly carried by ladies, as at the end of a chain; -- more properly pomander box. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; a lid + &unr_;, &unr_;, nose. ] (Zool.) Having the nostril covered with a scale. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pomarine jager (Zool.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pomade. ] A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dress with pomatum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tulip + mania. ] A violent passion for the acquisition or cultivation of tulips; -- a word said by Beckman to have been coined by Menage. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Holland, in the first half of the 17th century, the cultivation of tulips became a mania. It began about the year 1634, and, like a violent epidemic, seized upon all classes of the community, leading to disasters and misery such as the records of commerce or of bankruptcies can scarcely parallel. In 1636, tulip marts had been established in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Haarlem, Leyden, and various other towns, where tulip bulbs were sold and resold in the same manner as stocks are on the Stock Exchange of London. Baird. [ 1913 Webster ]