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a. 1. Pertaining to or resembling an Amazon; of masculine manners; warlike. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the river Amazon in South America, or to its valley. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Named from the river Amazon. ] (Min.) A variety of feldspar, having a verdigris-green color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. anti- + ozone. ] (Chem.) A compound formerly supposed to be modification of oxygen, but now known to be hydrogen dioxide; -- so called because apparently antagonistic to ozone, converting it into ordinary oxygen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a resident of Arizona.
Syn. -- Arizonian [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a resident of Arizona.
Syn. -- Arizonan [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. not divided into zones; -- opposite of zonal. azonal heating [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; zone, region. ] Confined to no zone or region; not local. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or . (Painting) A French school of the middle of the 19th century centering in the village of Barbizon near the forest of Fontainebleau. Its members went straight to nature in disregard of academic tradition, treating their subjects faithfully and with poetic feeling for color, light, and atmosphere. It is exemplified, esp. in landscapes, by Corot, Rousseau, Daubigny, Jules Dupré, and Diaz. Associated with them are certain painters of animals, as Troyon and Jaque, and of peasant life, as Millet and Jules Breton. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ n. Also }. [ Benzoin + naphthol. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline powder used as an intestinal antiseptic; beta-naphthol benzoate. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. besoin need, want, It bisogno. ] A low fellow or scoundrel; a beggar. [ 1913 Webster ]

Great men oft die by vile bezonians. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. that layer of soil in a well-developed soil lying immediately below the A-horizon, and which contains deposits of organic matter leached from surface soils.
Syn. -- B horizon. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. relating to or concerned with the combined affairs of two administrative zones. Bizonal currency was used in occupied Germany after World War II [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OE. blason, blasoun, shield, fr. F. blason coat of arms, OF. shield, from the root of AS. blæse blaze, i. e., luster, splendor, MHG. blas torch See Blaze, n. ] 1. A shield. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An heraldic shield; a coat of arms, or a bearing on a coat of arms; armorial bearings. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their blazon o'er his towers displayed. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The art or act of describing or depicting heraldic bearings in the proper language or manner. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Ostentatious display, either by words or other means; publication; show; description; record. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obtrude the blazon of their exploits upon the company. Collier. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy tongue, thy face, thy limbs, actions, and spirit,
Do give thee fivefold blazon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Blazoned p. pr. & vb. n. Blazoning ] [ From blazon, n.; confused with 4th blaze: cf. F. blasonner. ] 1. To depict in colors; to display; to exhibit conspicuously; to publish or make public far and wide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thyself thou blazon'st. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

There pride sits blazoned on th' unmeaning brow. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]

To blazon his own worthless name. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deck; to embellish; to adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

She blazons in dread smiles her hideous form. Garth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) To describe in proper terms (the figures of heraldic devices); also, to delineate (armorial bearings); to emblazon. [ 1913 Webster ]

The coat of , arms, which I am not herald enough to blazon into English. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To shine; to be conspicuous. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who gives publicity, proclaims, or blazons; esp., one who blazons coats of arms; a herald. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of blazoning; blazoning; emblazonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Same as Blazon, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

The principles of blazonry. Peacham. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A coat of arms; an armorial bearing or bearings. [ 1913 Webster ]

The blazonry of Argyle. Lord Dufferin. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Artistic representation or display. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson. ] (Zoöl.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant. ] (Mus.) (a) A song or air for one or more voices, of Provençal origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal. (b) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. canzonetta, dim. of canzone. ] (Mus.) A short song, in one or more parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. caveçon, augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Caberzon. ] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [ Written also caveson, causson. ] White. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Emblazoned p. pr. & vb. n. Emblazoning. ] [ Pref. em- + blazon. Cf. Emblaze. ] 1. To depict or represent; -- said of heraldic bearings. See Blazon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To deck in glaring colors; to set off conspicuously; to display pompously; to decorate. [ 1913 Webster ]

The walls were . . . emblazoned with legends in commemoration of the illustrious pair. Prescott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who emblazons; also, one who publishes and displays anything with pomp. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art of heraldic decoration; delineation of armorial bearings. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An emblazoning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Emblazonries The act or art of an emblazoner; heraldic or ornamental decoration, as pictures or figures on shields, standards, etc.; emblazonment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thine ancient standard's rich emblazonry. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Physics, Astron.) the boundary surface surrounding a black hole, from outside of which nothing inside can be observed, because nothing inside that surface, even light, can escape beyond it. See also black hole and escape velocity. [ PJC ]

n. [ F. gazon turf, fr. OHG. waso, G. wasen. ] (Fort.) One of the pieces of sod used to line or cover parapets and the faces of earthworks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. horizon, fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;) the bounding line, horizon, fr. &unr_; to bound, fr. &unr_; boundary, limit. ] 1. The line which bounds that part of the earth's surface visible to a spectator from a given point; the apparent junction of the earth and sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

And when the morning sun shall raise his car
Above the border of this horizon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

All the horizon round
Invested with bright rays. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) (a) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon. (b) A plane parallel to the sensible horizon of a place, and passing through the earth's center; -- called also rational horizon or celestial horizon. (c) (Naut.) The unbroken line separating sky and water, as seen by an eye at a given elevation, no land being visible. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Geol.) The epoch or time during which a deposit was made. [ 1913 Webster ]

The strata all over the earth, which were formed at the same time, are said to belong to the same geological horizon. Le Conte. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Painting) The chief horizontal line in a picture of any sort, which determines in the picture the height of the eye of the spectator; in an extended landscape, the representation of the natural horizon corresponds with this line. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The limit of a person's range of perception, capabilities, or experience; as, children raised in the inner city have limited horizons. [ PJC ]

6. [ fig. ] A boundary point or line, or a time point, beyond which new knowledge or experiences may be found; as, more powerful computers are just over the horizon. [ PJC ]

Apparent horizon. See under Apparent. --
Artificial horizon, a level mirror, as the surface of mercury in a shallow vessel, or a plane reflector adjusted to the true level artificially; -- used chiefly with the sextant for observing the double altitude of a celestial body. --
Celestial horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. --
Dip of the horizon (Astron.), the vertical angle between the sensible horizon and a line to the visible horizon, the latter always being below the former. --
Rational horizon, and
Sensible horizon. (Astron.) See def. 2, above. --
Visible horizon. See definitions 1 and 2, above. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. horizontal. ] 1. Pertaining to, or near, the horizon. “Horizontal misty air.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Parallel to the horizon; on a level; as, a horizontalline or surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Measured or contained in a plane of the horizon; as, horizontal distance. [ 1913 Webster ]

Horizontal drill, a drilling machine having a horizontal drill spindle. --
Horizontal engine, one the piston of which works horizontally. --
Horizontal fire (Mil.), the fire of ordnance and small arms at point-blank range or at low angles of elevation. --
Horizontal force (Physics), the horizontal component of the earth's magnetic force. --
Horizontal line (Descriptive Geometry & Drawing), a constructive line, either drawn or imagined, which passes through the point of sight, and is the chief line in the projection upon which all verticals are fixed, and upon which all vanishing points are found. --
Horizontal parallax. See under Parallax. --
Horizontal plane (Descriptive Geometry), a plane parallel to the horizon, upon which it is assumed that objects are projected. See Projection. It is upon the horizontal plane that the ground plan of the buildings is supposed to be drawn. --
Horizontal projection, a projection made on a plane parallel to the horizon. --
Horizontal range (Gunnery), the distance in a horizontal plane to which a gun will throw a projectile. --
Horizontal water wheel, a water wheel in which the axis is vertical, the buckets or floats revolving in a horizontal plane, as in most turbines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. horizontalité. ] The state or quality of being horizontal. Kirwan. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a horizontal direction or position; on a level; as, moving horizontally. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Emblazon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to suck. ] (Zool.) The Marsipobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The act of treating with ozone; also, the act of converting into, or producing, ozone; ozonization. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'o`zwn smelling, p. pr. of 'o`zein to smell. See Odor. ] (Chem.) A colorless gaseous substance (O3) obtained (as by the silent discharge of electricity in oxygen) as an allotropic form of oxygen, containing three atoms in the molecule. It is a strong oxidizer, and probably exists in the air, though by the ordinary tests it is liable to be confused with certain other substances, as hydrogen dioxide, or certain oxides of nitrogen. It derives its name from its peculiar odor, which resembles that of weak chlorine. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Chem.) Paper coated with starch and potassium iodine, also called starch-iodide paper. It turns blue when exposed to ozone. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ozone + L. -ficare to make. See -fy. ] (Chem.) The act or process of producing, or of subjecting to the action of, ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Ozonation. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Ozonized p. pr. & vb. n. Ozonizing. ] (Chem.) (a) To convert into ozone, as oxygen. (b) To treat with ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An apparatus or agent for the production or application of ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ozone + -meter. ] An instrument for ascertaining the amount of ozone in the atmosphere, or in any gaseous mixture. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or used for, the determination of the amount of ozone; of or relating to ozonometry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The measurement or determination of the quantity of ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ozone + -scope. ] (Chem.) An apparatus employed to indicate the presence, or the amount, of ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ozone + Gr. skopei^n to view. ] (Chem.) Serving to indicate the presence or the amount of ozone. [ 1913 Webster ]