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a. [ Cf. LL. acrimonious, F. acrimonieux. ] 1. Acrid; corrosive; as, acrimonious gall. [ Archaic ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Caustic; bitter-tempered' sarcastic; as, acrimonious dispute, language, temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an acrimonious manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being acrimonious; asperity; acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Acrimonies [ L. acrimonia, fr. acer, sharp: cf. F. acrimonie. ] 1. A quality of bodies which corrodes or destroys others; also, a harsh or biting sharpness; as, the acrimony of the juices of certain plants. [ Archaic ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Sharpness or severity, as of language or temper; irritating bitterness of disposition or manners. [ 1913 Webster ]

John the Baptist set himself with much acrimony and indignation to baffle this senseless arrogant conceit of theirs. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Acrimony, Asperity, Harshness, Tartness. These words express different degrees of angry feeling or language. Asperity and harshness arise from angry feelings, connected with a disregard for the feelings of others. Harshness usually denotes needless severity or an undue measure of severity. Acrimony is a biting sharpness produced by an imbittered spirit. Tartness denotes slight asperity and implies some degree of intellectual readiness. Tartness of reply; harshness of accusation; acrimony of invective. [ 1913 Webster ]

In his official letters he expressed, with great acrimony, his contempt for the king's character. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

A just reverence of mankind prevents the growth of harshness and brutality. Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ety>[ L. ] Meanwhile; temporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. agremoyne, OF. aigremoine, L. agrimonia for argemonia, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants of the Rose family. (b) The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Agrimonia eupatoria, or common agrimony, a perennial herb with a spike of yellow flowers, was once esteemed as a medical remedy, but is now seldom used. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Per. ] The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + primate. ] The chief primate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Ahriman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Algorism. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Augrim stones, pebbles formerly used in numeration. --
Noumbres of Augrim, Arabic numerals. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Begrimed p. pr. & vb. n. Begriming. ] To soil with grime or dirt deeply impressed or rubbed in. [ 1913 Webster ]

Books falling to pieces and begrimed with dust. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, begrimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To berhyme. [ The earlier and etymologically preferable spelling. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betrimmed p. pr. & vb. n. Betrimming. ] To set in order; to adorn; to deck, to embellish; to trim. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a type of calorimeter made of a steel body which closes tightly and resists high pressure, designed for measuring the amount of heat developed durng chemical combustion of a quantity of combustible material in an oxygen atmosphere. [ PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ F. bout end + rimé rhymed. ] Words that rhyme, proposed as the ends of verses, to be filled out by the ingenuity of the person to whom they are offered. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brim, brimme, AS. brymme edge, border; akin to Icel. barmr, Sw. bräm, Dan. bræmme, G. brame, bräme. Possibly the same word as AS. brim surge, sea, and properly meaning, the line of surf at the border of the sea, and akin to L. fremere to roar, murmur. Cf. Breeze a fly. ] 1. The rim, border, or upper edge of a cup, dish, or any hollow vessel used for holding anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

Saw I that insect on this goblet's brim
I would remove it with an anxious pity. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The edge or margin, as of a fountain, or of the water contained in it; the brink; border. [ 1913 Webster ]

The feet of the priests that bare the ark were dipped in the brim of the water. Josh. iii. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The rim of a hat. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Brimmed p. pr. & vb. n. Brimming. ] To be full to the brim. “The brimming stream.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To brim over (literally or figuratively), to be so full that some of the contents flows over the brim; as, a cup brimming over with wine; a man brimming over with fun. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To fill to the brim, upper edge, or top. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arrange the board and brim the glass. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fierce; sharp; cold. See Breme. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full to the brim; completely full; ready to overflow. “Her brimful eyes.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no brim; as, brimless caps. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Having a brim; -- usually in composition. “Broad-brimmed hat.” Spectator. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full to, or level with, the brim. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brimful bowl; a bumper. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full to the brim; overflowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brimston, bremston, bernston, brenston; cf. Icel. brennistein. See Burn, v. t., and Stone. ] Sulphur; See Sulphur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of, or pertaining to, brimstone; as, brimstone matches. [ 1913 Webster ]

From his brimstone bed at break of day
A-walking the devil has gone. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A hat with a very broad brim, like those worn by men of the society of Friends. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A member of the society of Friends; a Quaker. [ Sportive ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a broad brim. [ 1913 Webster ]

A broad-brimmed flat silver plate. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre. ] 1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc. For combustion processes, a bomb calorimeter may be used. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calor heat + E. motor. ] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

n. [ L. capris goat + mulgere to milk. ] a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day.
Syn. -- goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. [ PJC ]

The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of several species -- "jarring" the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry. Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas)

n. an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).
Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn. -- genus Caprimulgus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. chérimolier. ] (Bot.) 1. A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Chlorometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre. ] An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Colorimeter. ] 1. The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A joint accusation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. crime, fr. L. crimen judicial decision, that which is subjected to such a decision, charge, fault, crime, fr. the root of cernere to decide judicially. See Certain. ] 1. Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. “To part error from crime.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Crimes, in the English common law, are grave offenses which were originally capitally punished (murder, rape, robbery, arson, burglary, and larceny), as distinguished from misdemeanors, which are offenses of a lighter grade. See Misdemeanors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Any great wickedness or sin; iniquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

No crime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. That which occasion crime. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Capital crime, a crime punishable with death.

Syn. -- Sin; vice; iniquity; wrong. -- Crime, Sin, Vice. Sin is the generic term, embracing wickedness of every kind, but specifically denoting an offense as committed against God. Crime is strictly a violation of law either human or divine; but in present usage the term is commonly applied to actions contrary to the laws of the State. Vice is more distinctively that which springs from the inordinate indulgence of the natural appetites, which are in themselves innocent. Thus intemperance, unchastity, duplicity, etc., are vices; while murder, forgery, etc., which spring from the indulgence of selfish passions, are crimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a Ukrainian peninsula between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from crime; innocent. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime. ] 1. Guilty of crime or sin. [ 1913 Webster ]

The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness. [ 1913 Webster ]

Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code. [ 1913 Webster ]

The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. Hallam. [ 1913 Webster ]

Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. --
Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. --
Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon. [ 1913 Webster ]