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it>or n. [ Possibly in allusion to the parable of the beggar Lazarus in Luke xvi. Murray (New Eng. Dict. ). ] One of a set of vagabonds who formerly roamed through England, feigning lunacy for the sake of obtaining alms. Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]

To sham Abraham, to feign sickness. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. attrahens, p. pr. of attrahere. See Attract, v. t. ] Attracting; drawing; attractive. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. That which attracts, as a magnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

The motion of the steel to its attrahent. Glanvill. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A substance which, by irritating the surface, excites action in the part to which it is applied, as a blister, an epispastic, a sinapism. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Native name. ] (Zool.) A small West African chevrotain (Hyæmoschus aquaticus), resembling the musk deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Brahman. ] 1. (Hindu Myth.) The One First Cause; also, one of the triad of Hindu gods. The triad consists of Brahma, the Creator, Vishnu, the Preserver, and Siva, the Destroyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ According to the Hindu religious books, Brahma (with the final a short), or Brahm, is the Divine Essence, the One First Cause, the All in All, while the personal gods, Brahmá (with the final a long), Vishnu, and Siva, are emanations or manifestations of Brahma the Divine Essence. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A valuable variety of large, domestic fowl, peculiar in having the comb divided lengthwise into three parts, and the legs well feathered. There are two breeds, the dark or penciled, and the light; -- called also Brahmapootra. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A Brahmani. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fem. of Brahman. ] Any Brahman woman. [ Written also Brahmanee. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Brahmans, Brahmins. [ Skr. Brāhmana (cf. Brahman worship, holiness; the God Brahma, also Brahman): cf. F. Brahmane, Brachmane, Bramine, L. Brachmanae, -manes, -mani, pl., Gr. &unr_;, pl. ] 1. A person of the highest or sacerdotal caste among the Hindus. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brahman bull (Zool.), the male of a variety of the zebu, or Indian ox, considered sacred by the Hindus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a person from an old, respected, and usually wealthy family who has considerable social or political influence; -- a term used especially in New England; as, a Boston brahmin. [ PJC ]

{ } n. The religion or system of doctrines of the Brahmans; the religion of Brahma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. An adherent of the religion of the Brahmans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The religious system of Brahmo-somaj. Balfour. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bengalese, a worshiping assembly. ] A modern reforming theistic sect among the Hindus. [ Written also Brama-samaj. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a famous German composer, b. 1833, d. 1897.
Syn. -- Johannes Brahms. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the music composed by Brahms; as, the program consisted mostly of Brahms. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. contrahens, p. pr. See Contract. ] Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [ Obs. ] Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hind. kōrā virgin, plain. ] Plain; undyed; -- applied to Indian silk. -- n. Corah silk. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa; A kind of millet. See Durra.
Syn. -- durra, doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Heb. g&unr_;rah, lit., a bean. ] (Jewish Antiq.) A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The silver gerah is supposed to have been worth about three cents; the gold about fifty-four cents; the weight equivalent to about thirteen grains. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ From Sylvester Graham, a lecturer on dietetics. ] Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. [ U. S. ] Bartlett. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Graham bread. ] One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -taroth /plu>. [ Heb. haphtārāh, prop., valedictory, fr. pātar to depart. ] One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } interj. [ Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. hurra. Cf. Huzza. ] A word used as a shout of joy, triumph, applause, encouragement, or welcome. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hurrah! hurrah! for Ivry and Henry of Navarre. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cheer; a shout of joy, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hurrah's nest, state of utmost confusion. [ Colloq. U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A perfect hurrah's nest in our kitchen. Mrs. Stowe. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To utter hurrahs; to huzza. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To salute, or applaud, with hurrahs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the patriarch Abraham. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ a. Of or pertaining to the Brahmans or to their doctrines and worship. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; twenty + &unr_;, combining form of &unr_; four + &unr_; seat, base. ] (Crystallog.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Infra + hyoid. ] (Anat.) Same as Hyosternal (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The mahoganylike wood of the Australian Eucalyptus marginata. See Eucalyptus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably from Icel. sīra, fr. F. sire. See Sir. ] A term of address implying inferiority and used in anger, contempt, reproach, or disrespectful familiarity, addressed to a man or boy, but sometimes to a woman. In sililoquies often preceded by ah. Not used in the plural. “Ah, sirrah mistress.” Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

Go, sirrah, to my cell. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subtrahendus that is to be subtracted, p.fut.pess. of subtrahere. See Subtract. ] (Math.) The sum or number to be subtracted, or taken from another (the minuend) to find the difference. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

a. (Anat.) Situated over, or on the dorsal side of, the liver; -- applied to the branches of the hepatic veins. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Hyomental. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A soft twilled silk fabric much used for women's dresses; -- called also surah silk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Tetrahedron. ] 1. Having, or composed of, four sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) (a) Having the form of the regular tetrahedron. (b) Pertaining or related to a tetrahedron, or to the system of hemihedral forms to which the tetrahedron belongs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Tetrahedral angle (Geom.), a solid angle bounded or inclosed by four plane angles. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a tetrahedral manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So called because the crystals of the species are commonly tetrahedrons. ] (Min.) A sulphide of antimony and copper, with small quantities of other metals. It is a very common ore of copper, and some varieties yield a considerable presentage of silver. Called also gray copper ore, fahlore, and panabase. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + Gr. &unr_; seat, base, fr. &unr_; to sit. ] (Geom.) A solid figure inclosed or bounded by four triangles. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In crystallography, the regular tetrahedron is regarded as the hemihedral form of the regular octahedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Regular tetrahedron (Geom.), a solid bounded by four equal equilateral triangles; one of the five regular solids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Crystallog.) Pertaining to a tetrahexahedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + hexahedron. ] (Crystallog.) A solid in the isometric system, bounded by twenty-four equal triangular faces, four corresponding to each face of the cube. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem. & Med.) A chemical substance (C21H20O2) which is produced by the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa), and is the physiologically active agent of dried preparations of that plant, called variously marijuana, hashish, ganja, hemp, etc.; also called THC. It causes the euphoric effect for which the preparations are smoked or chewed. It is used in medicine in a purified form as an antiemetic (an antinausea agent), especially in conjunction with chemotherapy of cancer. It occurs primarily as the Δ¹-3, 4-trans isomer, also called Δ⁹-THC, with small amounts of the Δ⁶-3, 4-trans isomer detectable at about 1%. It is a controlled substance, classified as a hallucinogen, and its possession or distribution is illegal in almost all states of the United States. MI11 [ PJC ]