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a. [ Gr. 'erysi`pelas erysipelas + -oid. ] Resembling erysipelas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. érysipélateux. ] Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'erysi`pelas; 'eryqro`s red + pe`lla hide, skin. See Red, and Pell, n. ] (Med.) a usually self-limiting cellulitis of the hand somewhat resembling erysipelas, caused by the bacterium Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae. It may start at the site of a wound obtained while handling meat or fish, and may occasionally become generalizd with protracted illness and severe toxemia. Stedman [ PJC ]

n. [ see erysipelas. ] (Microbiol.) a genus of non-motile, rod-shaped Gram-positive bacteria of the family Corynebacteriaceae. They are facultatively anaerobic and produce acid but no gas from glucose. Members of this genus are parasitic on fish, birds, and mammals, including man. The type species of the genus, Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, causes erysipeloid in man. Stedman [ PJC ]

a. Erysipelatous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Fissipedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Cf. F. fissipède. ] (Zool.) Having the toes separated to the base. [ See Aves. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. fissus (p. p. of findere to cleave) + pes, pedis, a foot. ] (Zool.) A division of the Carnivora, including the dogs, cats, and bears, in which the feet are not webbed; -- opposed to Pinnipedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One given to gossip. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or } v. i. [ AS. sīpan to distill. ] To run or soak through fine pores and interstices; to ooze. [ Scot. & U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Water seeps up through the sidewalks. G. W. Cable. [ 1913 Webster ]