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a. [ Gr. &unr_; not united, disconnected; 'a priv. + &unr_; with + &unr_; to fasten to. ] Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted. -- A*syn"ar*tet"ic a. [ 1913 Webster ]

Asynartete verse (Pros.), a verse of two members, having different rhythms; as when the first consists of iambuses and the second of trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. casser to break (see 2d Quash) + tête head. ] A small war club, esp. of savages; -- so called because of its supposed use in crushing the skull. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chai`th hair. ] (Zool.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a yellow crystalline antibacterial antibiotic used to treat certain bacterial and rickettsial diseases. Aureomycin is one common trademark for chlortetracycline.
Syn. -- Aureomycin. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. diététique. See Diet. ] Of or performance to diet, or to the rules for regulating the kind and quantity of food to be eaten. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a dietetical manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That part of the medical or hygienic art which relates to diet or food; rules for diet. [ 1913 Webster ]

To suppose that the whole of dietetics lies in determining whether or not bread is more nutritive than potatoes. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A physician who applies the rules of dietetics to the cure of diseases. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ect- + ethmoid. ] (Anat.) External to the ethmoid; prefrontal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., fr. AS. eahtateóða; eahta eight + teóða tenth. Cf. Eighteenth, Tenth. ] Eighteenth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; Epictetus. ] Pertaining to Epictetus, the Roman Stoic philosopher, whose conception of life was to be passionless under whatever circumstances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. fustet (cf. Sp. & Pg. fustete), LL. fustetus, fr. L. fustis stick, in LL., tree, See 1st Fust, and cf. Fustic. ] The wood of the Rhus Cotinus or Venice sumach, a shrub of Southern Europe, which yields a fine orange color, which, however, is not durable without a mordant. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Honesty; honorableness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; twenty + &unr_;, combining form of &unr_; four + &unr_; seat, base. ] (Crystallog.) A twenty-four-sided solid; a tetragonal trisoctahedron or trapezohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n. Also }. [ Tetrazo- + -ine. ] (Chem.) A hypothetical compound, C2H2N4 which may be regarded as benzene with four CH groups replaced by nitrogen atoms; also, any of various derivatives of the same. There are three isomeric varieties. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Chem.) A metallic element separated from ytterbium in 1907, by Urbain in Paris and by von Welsbach in Vienna. It is a member of the Lanthanide rare earth group. Symbol, Lu; atomic number 71; atomic weight 174.967 [ C=12.011 ]. Previously spelled Lutecium. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

{ , n. A vessel in which glasses are washed; -- so called from the name of the inventor. [ 1913 Webster ]

New things produce new words, and thus Monteth
Has by one vessel saved his name from death. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., a dim. of mot word; cf. It. mottetto, dim. of motto word, device. See Mot, Motto. ] (Mus.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. obstetricius, fr. obstetrix, -icis, a midwife, fr. obstare to stand before: cf. F. obstétrique. See Obstacle. ] 1. Of or pertaining to childbirth, midwifery, or the period around the time of the birth of children; as, the obstetric art. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to obstetrics; as, the obstetric unit of a hospital. [ PJC ]

Obstetrical toad (Zool.), a European toad of the genus Alytes, especially Alytes obstetricans. The eggs are laid in a string which the male winds around his legs, and carries about until the young are hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ L. obstetricatus, p. p. of obstetricare, fr. obstetrix. ] To perform the office of midwife. [ Obs. ] “Nature does obstetricate.” Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To assist as a midwife. [ Obs. ] E. Waterhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in obstetrics; an accoucheur; especially, a physician who specializes in obstetrics. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Obstetric. ] Serving to assist childbirth; obstetric; hence, facilitating any bringing forth or deliverance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Yet is all human teaching but maieutical, or obstetricious. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. obstétrique. See Obstetric. ] 1. The science of midwifery. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The branch of medicine that deals with childbirth or the care of women in parturition, or in the trouble incident to childbirth. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. Obstetrics. [ Obs. ] Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From L. octo eight, like E. duet, fr.L. duo. See Octave. ] 1. (Mus.) A composition for eight parts, usually for eight solo instruments or voices. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A group of eight singers or eight musicians. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. peripateticus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to walk about; peri` about + &unr_; to walk: cf. F. péripatétique. ] 1. Walking about; itinerant. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the philosophy taught by Aristotle (who gave his instructions while walking in the Lyceum at Athens), or to his followers. “The true peripatetic school.” Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who walks about; a pedestrian; an itinerant. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A disciple of Aristotle; an Aristotelian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Peripatetic. [ R. ] Hales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. péripatétisme. ] The doctrines or philosophical system of the peripatetics. See Peripatetic, n., 2. Lond. Sat. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; breadth + &unr_; to turn. ] (Anat.) One of a pair of a paired organs. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pseudo-, and Tetramerous. ] (Zool.) A division of beetles having the fifth tarsal joint minute and obscure, so that there appear to be but four joints. -- Pseu`do*te*tram"er*al a. [1913 Webster]

{ } n. [ It. quartetto, dim. of quarto the fourth, a fourth part, fr. L. quartus the fourth. See Quart. ] 1. (Mus.) (a) A composition in four parts, each performed by a single voice or instrument. (b) The set of four person who perform a piece of music in four parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Poet.) A stanza of four lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ It. quintetto, dim. of quinto the fifth, a fifth part, from L. quintus the fifth: cf. F. quintette. See Quint. ] (Mus.) A composition for five voices or instruments; also, the set of five persons who sing or play five-part music. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ From L. septem seven, like duet, from L. duo. ] 1. A set of seven persons or objects; as, a septet of singers. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A musical composition for seven instruments or seven voices; -- called also septuor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. sestetto, fr. sesto sixth, L. sextus, fr. sex six. ] 1. (Mus.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor. [ Written also sestett, sestette. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Poet.) The last six lines of a sonnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.[ It. ] (Mus.) A sestet. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. (Mus.) See Sestet. [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. Eng. shtetls Yiddish shtetlach , n. [ Yiddish, from MHG stetel, dim. of stat, place, town. ] A village or small town; -- usually referring to Jewish towns in Eastern Europe. [ PJC ]

L., subj. 3d pers. sing. of stare to stand, remain. [ See Stand. ] (Print.) Let it stand; -- a word used by proof readers to signify that something once erased, or marked for omission, is to remain. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Stetted p. pr. & vb. n. Stetting. ] (Print.) To cause or direct to remain after having been marked for omission; to mark with the word stet, or with a series of dots below or beside the matter; as, the proof reader stetted a deled footnote. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Stearic + ethal. ] (Chem.) One of the higher alcohols of the methane series, homologous with ethal, and found in small quantities as an ethereal salt of stearic acid in spermaceti. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the breast + -graph. ] (Physiol.) See Pneumatograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; chest + -meter. ] (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To auscultate, or examine, with a stethoscope. M. W. Savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. sth^qos the breast + -scope: cf. F. stéthoscope. ] (Med.) An instrument used in auscultation for examining the organs of the chest, as the heart and lungs, by conveying to the ear of the examiner the sounds produced in the thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. stéthoscopique. ] Of or pertaining to a stethoscope; obtained or made by means of a stethoscope. -- Steth`o*scop"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]