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n. [ L. See Castor. ] A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a wax candle, fr. cera wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Although several species flower in the night, the name Night-blooming cereus is specially applied to the Cereus grandiflorus, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The Cereus giganteus, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A Carthusian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖/mhw>, n. [ L. choreus, Gr. &unr_;, prop. an adj. meaning belonging to a chorus; cf. F. chorée. ] (Anc. Pros.) (a) a trochee. (b) A tribrach. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. See Kreutzer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., adj., hollow, n., a hollow. ] Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To drool. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Ecthorea [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to leap out; ek out + &unr_;, &unr_;, to leap, dart. ] (Zoöl.) The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [ Written also ecthoræum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a live coal covered with ashes, fr. &unr_; to set on fire, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal. ] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. empyreumatique. ] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render empyreumatic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a sharpshooter (in the French army). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. Sigmund Freud, the founder of the practise of psychoanalysis. Born 1856, died 1939. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. a. of or pertaining to Sigmund Freud; as, Freudian theories. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. Unto this; up to this time; hereto. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. On this; hereon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. kreuzer. ] A small copper coin formerly used in South Germany; also, a small Austrian copper coin. [ Written also kreuzer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. latreytiko`s, fr. latrey`ein to serve, to worship. ] 1. Acting as a hired servant; serving; ministering; assisting. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to latria. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of tropical American cacti, usually tall and branching with stout spines and funnel-shaped flowers and globular or ovoid often edible fruit.
Syn. -- genus Lemaireocereus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. & v. Rule. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Realm. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. re- + union: cf. F. réunion. ] 1. A second union; union formed anew after separation, secession, or discord; as, a reunion of parts or particles of matter; a reunion of parties or sects. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assembling of persons who have been separated, as of a family, or the members of a disbanded regiment; an assembly so composed. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To unite again; to join after separation or variance. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a reunited manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A second uniting. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To urge again. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Under that or this. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Unto that or this; thereto; besides. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. Upon that or this; thereon. “They shall feed thereupon.” Zeph. ii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. On account, or in consequence, of that; therefore. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] hopes to find you forward, . . .
And thereupon he sends you this good news. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Immediately; at once; without delay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, embossed work, work in relief (from &unr_; to bore through, to work in relief) + -graphy. ] A description of sculpture such as bas-relief in metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; embossed work + -logy. ] The art or the description of scupture such as bas-relief in metal; toreumatography. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; belonging to work in relief. ] (Sculp.) In relief; pertaining to sculpture in relief, especially of metal; also, pertaining to chasing such as surface ornamentation in metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Same as Whereto. [ 1913 Webster ]