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‖n. [ F., fr. causer to talk. ] A kind of sofa for two persons. A tête-à-tête. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a huntsman. See Chase to pursue. ] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a photograph or other recorded image taken at close range, or using a telephoto lens so as to appear to have been taken at close range; -- used especially of images of faces in which the face fills all or most of the photograph. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum. ] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [ Written also Colosseum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neut., fr. L. colosseus gigantic. See Coliseum. ] The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [ Also written Coliseum. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. connaître to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, and cf. Cognizor. ] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts. [ 1913 Webster ]

The connoisseur is “one who knows, ” as opposed to the dilettant, who only “thinks he knows.” Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being a connoisseur. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. danser to dance. ] A professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. écraser to crush. ] (Surg.) An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. friser to curl, frizzle. See Frizzle. ] A hairdresser. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Masseurs /plu>. [ F. See Massage. ] 1. A man who practices massage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An instrument used in the performance of massage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Masseuses /plu>. [ F. ] A woman who practices massage. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L., a temple of the Muses, hence, a place of study, fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a Muse. ] A repository or a collection of natural, scientific, or literary curiosities, or of works of art. [ 1913 Webster ]

Museum beetle,
Museum pest. (Zool.) See Anthrenus. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. [ L., from Gr. Persey`s. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A Grecian legendary hero, son of Jupiter and Danaë, who slew the Gorgon Medusa. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖n. masc.; pl. Poseurs /plu>, ‖n. fem.; pl. Poseuses /plu> }, [ F. ] A person who poses or attitudizes, esp. mentally. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL. See Pseudo-, and aesthesia. ] (Physiol.) False or imaginary feeling or sense perception such as occurs in hypochondriasis, or such as is referred to an organ that has been removed, as an amputated foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + embryo. ] (Zool.) (a) A false embryo. (b) An asexual form from which the true embryo is produced by budding. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to pseudepigraphy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; falsely inscribed. See Pseudo-, and Epigraphy. ] Inscribed with a false name. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ascription of false names of authors to works. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + hæmal. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to the vascular system of annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pseudhæmal fluid, the circulatory fluid, or blood, of annelids, analogous to the blood of vertebrates. It is often red, but is sometimes green or colorless. --
Pseudhæmal vessels, the blood vessels of annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. pseydh`s lying, false, akin to psey`dein to belie; cf. psydro`s lying, psy`qos a lie. ] A combining form or prefix signifying false, counterfeit, pretended, spurious; as, pseudo-apostle, a false apostle; pseudo-clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Pseudo- + bacteria. ] (Biol.) Microscopic organic particles, molecular granules, powdered inorganic substances, etc., which in form, size, and grouping resemble bacteria. [ 1913 Webster ]

The globules which divide and develop in form of chains are organized beings; when this does not occur, we are dealing with pseudobacteria. Sternberg. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + ble`psis sight. ] (Med.) False or depraved sight; imaginary vision of objects. Forsyth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Anat.) Same as Pseudobranchia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudobranchiæ [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Branchia. ] (Anat.) A rudimentary branchia, or gill. -- Pseu`do*bran"chi*al a. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Pseudo- + bulb. ] (Bot.) An aërial corm, or thickened stem, as of some epiphytic orchidaceous plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) That portion of an anthocarpous fruit which is not derived from the ovary, as the soft part of a strawberry or of a fig. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + china. ] (Bot.) The false china root, a plant of the genus Smilax (Smilax Pseudo-china), found in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Pseudocœlia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pseydh`s false + &unr_; hollow. ] (Anat.) The fifth ventricle in the mammalian brain. See Ventricle. B. G. Wilder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + cone. ] (Zool.) One of the soft gelatinous cones found in the compound eyes of certain insects, taking the place of the crystalline cones of others. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + cumene. ] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon of the aromatic series, metameric with mesitylene and cumene, found in coal tar, and obtained as a colorless liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + dipteral: cf. F. pseudodiptère. ] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly dipteral, as a temple with the inner range of columns surrounding the cella omitted, so that the space between the cella wall and the columns is very great, being equal to two intercolumns and one column. -- n. A pseudo-dipteral temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. pseydo`doxos; pseydh`s false + do`xa an opinion. ] Not true in opinion or doctrine; false. -- n. A false opinion or doctrine. “To maintain the atheistical pseudodox which judgeth evil good, and darkness light.” T. Adams. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudofilari&unr_; [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Filaria. ] (Zool.) One of the two elongated vibratile young formed by fission of the embryo during the development of certain Gregarinæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + galena. ] (Min.) False galena, or blende. See Blende (a). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pseudography. ] A false writing; a spurious document; a forgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; pseydh`s false + &unr_; to write. ] False writing; forgery. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pseudohalteres [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Halteres. ] (Zool.) One of the rudimentary front wings of certain insects (Stylops). They resemble the halteres, or rudimentary hind wings, of Diptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pseudo- + heart. ] (Zool.) Any contractile vessel of invertebrates which is not of the nature of a real heart, especially one of those pertaining to the excretory system. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + hypertrophic. ] (Med.) Falsely hypertrophic; as, pseudo-hypertrophic paralysis, a variety of paralysis in which the muscles are apparently enlarged, but are really degenerated and replaced by fat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] One who utters falsehoods; a liar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; pseydh`s false + &unr_; speech: cf. F. pseudologie. ] Falsehood of speech. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + metallic. ] Falsely or imperfectly metallic; -- said of a kind of luster, as in minerals. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pseudo- + monocotyledonous. ] (Bot.) Having two coalescent cotyledons, as the live oak and the horse-chestnut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pseudomorphous. ] 1. An irregular or deceptive form. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Crystallog.) A pseudomorphous crystal, such as a crystal consisting of quartz, but having the cubic form of fluor spar, the fluor crystal having been changed to quartz by a process of substitution. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Crystallog.) The state of having, or the property of taking, a crystalline form unlike that which belongs to the species. [ 1913 Webster ]