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n. [ L. Angli-Saxones English Saxons. ] 1. A Saxon of Britain, that is, an English Saxon, or one the Saxons who settled in England, as distinguished from a continental (or “Old”) Saxon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The Teutonic people (Angles, Saxons, Jutes) of England, or the English people, collectively, before the Norman Conquest. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is quite correct to call Æthelstan “King of the Anglo-Saxons, ” but to call this or that subject of Æthelstan “an Anglo-Saxon” is simply nonsense. E. A. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The language of the English people before the Norman conquest in 1066 (sometimes called Old English). See Saxon.
Syn. -- Old English [ 1913 Webster ]

4. One of the race or people who claim descent from the Saxons, Angles, or other Teutonic tribes who settled in England; a person of English descent in its broadest sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. a person of Anglo-Saxon (esp British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by English culture as in "WASP for `White Anglo-Saxon Protestant'"; "this Anglo-Saxon view of things". [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The Anglo-Saxon domain (i. e., Great Britain and the United States, etc.); the Anglo-Saxon race. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue. M. Arnold. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality or sentiment of being Anglo-Saxon, or English in its ethnological sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to increase + -meter. ] (Optics) An instrument for measuring the magnifying power of a lens or system of lenses. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ The native name. ] (Zool.) An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When it breeds in captivity the young develop into true salamanders of the genus Amblystoma. This also occurs naturally under favorable conditions, in its native localities; although it commonly lives and breeds in a larval state, with persistent external gills. See Siredon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + sexus sex: cf. F. bissexe. ] Bisexual. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. bōcsum, būhsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); būgan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow to bend, and -some. ] 1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be,
And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome. [ 1913 Webster ]

A daughter fair,
So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. having a pronounced womanly shape. [ chiefly dialect ]
Syn. -- bosomy, curvaceous, full-bosomed, sonsie, sonsy, voluptuous. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

-- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A kind of wig. [ Obs. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles.
Syn. -- klaxon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. to sound loudly; -- of car horns.
Syn. -- honk, blare, beep, toot, klaxon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. to use the horn of a car.
Syn. -- honk. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Convex on both sides; double convex. See under Convex, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biology) A branch of taxonomy which uses the characteristics of cellular structures, such as somatic chromosomes, to classify organisms. [ PJC ]

-- cy`to*tax*on"o*mist, n. -- cy`to*tax`o*nom"ic, a. -- cy`to*tax`o*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. [PJC]

a. Pertaining to doxology; giving praise to God. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Doxologized; p. pr. & vb. n. Doxologizing. ] To give glory to God, as in a doxology; to praise God with doxologies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Doxologies [ LL. doxologia, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; praising, giving glory; &unr_; opinion, estimation, glory, praise (from &unr_; to think, imagine) + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. doxologie. See Dogma, and Legend. ] In Christian worship: A hymn expressing praise and honor to God; a form of praise to God designed to be sung or chanted by the choir or the congregation. [ 1913 Webster ]

David breaks forth into these triumphant praises and doxologies. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. e'y^ well + &unr_; to plait + &unr_; a wing. ] (Zoöl.) An order of insects, including the earwig. The anterior wings are short, in the form of elytra, while the posterior wings fold up beneath them. See Earwig. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_; out of, outside, fr. &unr_; out. See Ex-. ] A prefix signifying out of, outside; as in exocarp, exogen, exoskeleton.

{ } a. [ Exo- + Gr. kardi`a heart. ] (Anat.) Situated or arising outside of the heart; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; fruit. ] (Bot.) The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. ex- + occipital. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone or region on each side of the great foremen of the skull. -- n. The exoccipital bone, which often forms a part of the occipital in the adult, but is usually distinct in the young.

‖‖, n. [ NL. exocetus, L. exocoetus a fish that sleeps on the shore, Gr. 'exw`koitos, lit., sleeping out; 'e`xw outside of + koi`th bed. ] (Zoöl.) A genus of fishes, including the common flying fishes. See Flying fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exoculatus, p. p. of exoculare to exoculate; ex out + oculus an eye. ] To deprive of eyes. [ R. ] W. C. Hazlitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ L. exodium, Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_; song) fr. &unr_; belonging to an exit, or to the finale of a tragedy, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. exode. See Exodus. ] 1. Departure; exodus; esp., the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt. [ Obs. ] L. Coleman. Bolingbroke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Gr. Drama) The final chorus; the catastrophe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rom. Antiq.) An afterpiece of a comic description, either a farce or a travesty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; belonging to departure. See Exodus. ] (Physiol.) Conducting influences from the spinal cord outward; -- said of the motor or efferent nerves. Opposed to esodic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. ] See Exode. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the branch of dentistry dealing with extraction of teeth.
Syn. -- exodontia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a dentist specializing in the extraction of teeth. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L., the book of Exodus, Gr. &unr_; a going or marching out; &unr_; out + &unr_; way, cf. Skr. ā-sad to approach. ] 1. A going out; particularly (the Exodus), the going out or journey of the Israelites from Egypt under the conduct of Moses; and hence, any large migration from a place. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The second of the Old Testament, which contains the narrative of the departure of the Israelites from Egypt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exodus; withdrawal. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The time of the Jewish exody. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Exo- + Gr. &unr_; marriage. ] Relating to exogamy; marrying outside of the limits of one's own tribe; -- opposed to endogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The custom, or tribal law, which prohibits marriage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Exo- + -gen: cf. F. exogène. ] (Bot.) A plant belonging to one of the greater part of the vegetable kingdom, and which the plants are characterized by having c wood bark, and pith, the wood forming a layer between the other two, and increasing, if at all, by the animal addition of a new layer to the outside next to the bark. The leaves are commonly netted-veined, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Arising or growing from without; exogenous. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as exogenous. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. 1. (Bot.) derived from or originating outside; pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.
Syn. -- exogenetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Growing by addition to the exterior; growing by addition of a new external layer of cells on the surface just beneath the bark; -- of plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anat.) Growing from previously ossified parts; -- opposed to autogenous. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Med.) caused by factors from outside the body, rather than from an abnormality of internal functions; -- of illness. [ PJC ]

5. (Biol., Biochem.) not synthesized within the organism; absorbed or assimilated from outside the organism. [ PJC ]

Exogenous aneurism (Med.), an aneurism which is produced by causes acting from without, as from injury. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; out, outside + &unr_; circle. ] (Paleon.) A genus of Cretaceous fossil shells allied to oysters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exoletus, p. p. of exolescere to grow out, grow out of use; ex out + olescere to grow. ] Obsolete; out of use; state; insipid. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exolutio a release. See Exolve. ] See Exsolution. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. exolvere, exsolutum; ex out + solvere. ] To loose; to pay. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from E. Exe (Celt. uisge water) the name of a river. ] A native or inhabitant of Exeter, in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. expect an under officer. ] An officer of the Yeomen of the Guard; an Exempt. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Exonerated p. pr. & vb. n. Exonerating ] [ L. exoneratus, p. p. of exonerare to free from a burden; ex out, from onerare to load, onus load. See Onerous. ] 1. To unload; to disburden; to discharge. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All exonerate themselves into one common duct. Ray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To relieve, in a moral sense, as of a charge, obligation, or load of blame resting on one; to clear of something that lies upon oppresses one, as an accusation or imputation; as, to exonerate one's self from blame, or from the charge of avarice. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To discharge from duty or obligation, as a bail.

Syn. -- To absolve; acquit; exculpate. See Absolve. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. same as exculpated.
Syn. -- absolved, cleared, exculpated, vindicated. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. exoneratio: cf. F. Exonération. ] The act of disburdening, discharging, or freeing morally from a charge or imputation; also, the state of being disburdened or freed from a charge. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Freeing from a burden or obligation; tending to exonerate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., an unloader. ] One who exonerates or frees from obligation. [ 1913 Webster ]