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n. [ F. aéronaute, fr. Gr. &unr_; air + &unr_; sailor. See Nautical. ] An aërial navigator; a balloonist. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. aéronauitique. ] Pertaining to aëronautics, or aërial sailing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The science or art of ascending and sailing in the air, as by means of a balloon; aërial navigation; ballooning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Aleurone. ] Flour made of aleurone, used as a substitute for ordinary flour in preparing bread for diabetic persons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

adj. a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
Syn. -- spaceman, cosmonaut [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to astronautics.
Syn. -- astronautical [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. of or pertaining to astronautics.
Syn. -- astronautic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The theory and practice of navigation through the upper atmosphere or outer space; the science of travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. navigating according to the positions of the stars.
Syn. -- celestial navigation [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. barnage, baronage, OF. barnage, F. baronnage; cf. LL. baronagium. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The whole body of barons or peers. [ 1913 Webster ]

The baronage of the kingdom. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dignity or rank of a baron. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The land which gives title to a baron. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made. ] (Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Coronæ (-n&unr_;), E. Coronas [ L. corona crown. See Crown. ] 1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Astronomy) A peculiar luminous appearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Mus.) A character [ &pause_; ] called the pause or hold. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Coranach. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coronalis: cf. F. coronal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses). [ 1913 Webster ]

The coronal light during the eclipse is faint. Abney. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation. [ 1913 Webster ]

The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coronal suture (Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the fronto-parietal suture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coronæ or garlands. Hooper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., a crowning. ] (Zool.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. coronarius: cf. F. coronaire. ] 1. Of or pertaining to a crown; forming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. “Coronary thorns.” Bp. Pearson. [ 1913 Webster ]

The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A small bone in the foot of a horse. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. Informal shortening of coronary thrombosis, also used informally to mean heart attack. [ PJC ]

. The small pastern bone of the horse and allied animals. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. A cushionlike band of vascular tissue at the upper border of the wall of the hoof of the horse and allied animals. It takes an important part in the secretion of the horny walls. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. the blockage of the coronary artery of the heart by a thrombus. [ PJC ]

{ } a. [ L. coronatus, p. p. of coronare to crown, fr. corona. See Crown. ] 1. Having or wearing a crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds. (b) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Coronate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of rust fungi having aecia produced in raised or swollen sori and teliospores borne in waxy columns.
Syn. -- genus Cronartium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. fanfaronnade, fr. Sp. fanfarronada. See Fanfaron. ] A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- in + coronate. ] Crowned. [ R. ] Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Isochronous. ] Uniform in time; of equal time; performed in equal times; recurring at regular intervals; as, isochronal vibrations or oscillations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. madroño. ] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree or shrub (Arbutus Menziesii), of Pacific North America, having a smooth bark, thick glossy leathery leaves, and edible orange-red berries, which are often called madroña apples; the wood is used for furniture and the bark for tanning. [ Written also madroño. ]
Syn. -- madrona, manzanita, Arbutus menziesii. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The state of a matron. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of matrons. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Can a politician slight the feelings and convictions of the whole matronage of his country? Hare. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. matronalis. ] Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. mucronatus, fr. mucro a sharp point: cf. F. mucroné. ] Ending abruptly in a sharp point; abruptly tipped with a short and sharp point; as, a mucronate leaf. -- Mu"cro*nate*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. patronage. Cf. LL. patronaticum, and L. patronatus. ] 1. Special countenance or support; favor, encouragement, or aid, afforded to a person or a work; as, the patronage of letters; patronage given to an author. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Business custom. [ Commercial Cant ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Guardianship, as of a saint; tutelary care. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The right of nomination to political office; also, the offices, contracts, honors, etc., which a public officer may bestow by favor. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Eng. Law) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To act as a patron of; to maintain; to defend. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. patronalis; cf. F. patronal. ] Patron; protecting; favoring. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. patronatus. ] The right or duty of a patron; patronage. [ R. ] Westm. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. peronatus rough-booted, fr. pero, -onis, a kind of rough boot. ] (Bot.) A term applied to the stipes or stalks of certain fungi which are covered with a woolly substance which at length becomes powdery. Henslow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained by oxidation of piperic acid, and regarded as a complex aldehyde. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; before + &unr_; temple. ] (Arch.) The porch or vestibule of a temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pronatus, p. p. of pronare to bend forward. See Prone. ] Somewhat prone; inclined; as, pronate trees. Kane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pronation. ] (Physiol.) (a) The act of turning the palm or palmar surface of the forefoot downward. (b) That motion of the forearm whereby the palm or palmar, surface is turned downward. (c) The position of the limb resulting from the act of pronation. Opposed to supination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) A muscle which produces pronation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of saccharonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Synchronous. ] Happening at, or belonging to, the same time; synchronous; simultaneous. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A synchronal thing or event. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of tartronic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Of Egyptian or North African origin. ] (Chem. & Min.) A native double salt, consisting of a combination of neutral and acid sodium carbonate, Na2CO3.2HNaCO3.2H2O, occurring as a white crystalline fibrous deposit from certain soda brine springs and lakes; -- called also urao, and by the ancients nitrum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Trone a steelyard. ] A toll or duty paid for weighing wool; also, the act of weighing wool. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ]