n.
‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a cock. ] (Zool.) A group of birds including the common fowl and the pheasants. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A female friend who attends on a bride at her wedding. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.;
n. A stake or post set in the ground, for guests at a wedding to dance round. [ 1913 Webster ]
Divide the broad bridecake
Round about the bridestake. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. pl. See Cantharis. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
It not love a Hercules,
Still climbing trees in the Hesperides? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ See Iridescent. ] Exhibition of colors like those of the rainbow, especially a surface reflection which changes color with the angle at which the object is viewed; the quality or state of being iridescent; a prismatic play of color;
a. [ L. iris, iridis, the rainbow: cf. F. iridescent. ] Having colors like the rainbow; exhibiting a play of changeable colors; nacreous; prismatic;
‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Pierian. ] (Class. Myth.) The Muses. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Quality or state of being viridescent. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. viridescens, p. pr. of viridescere to grow green. ] Slightly green; greenish. [ 1913 Webster ]