n. The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. almageste, LL. almageste, Ar. al-majistī, fr. Gr. &unr_; (sc. &unr_;), the greatest composition. ] The celebrated work of Ptolemy of Alexandria, which contains nearly all that is known of the astronomical observations and theories of the ancients. The name was extended to other similar works. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Sp. almagra, almagre, fr. Ar. al-maghrah red clay or earth. ] A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the
a. [ Pref. anti- + magistrical for magistratical. ] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John. Also, the site of that battle. Used metaphorically for a vast and decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction. [ PJC ]
a. Relating to biomagnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
a. [ Birmingham (formerly Bromwycham), Eng., “the great mart and manufactory of gilt toys, cheap jewelry, ” etc. ] Counterfeit; gaudy but worthless; sham. [ Slang ] “These Brummagem gentry.” Lady D. Hardy. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ]
They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. chomage. ]
v. t. [ Pref. circum + agitate. ] To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]
prop. n.
n. [ OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn. ]
He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ In common-law actions, the jury are the proper judges of damages. [ 1913 Webster ]
Consequential damage.
Exemplary damages (Law),
Nominal damages (Law),
vindictive damages
punitive damages
v. t.
He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soundness or value;
a. [ Cf. OF. damageable, F. dommageable for sense 2. ]
That it be not damageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluyt. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj.
[ OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible. ] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Law) a sum of money paid in compensation for an injury or wrong.
adj.
n. the act or process of removing magnetization. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
v. t.
If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. Am. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. Demagogue.
n. The practices of a demagogue. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n.
n. [ Cf. F. démagogie, Gr.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Pref. dia- + magnet. ] A body having diamagnetic polarity. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, diamagnetism; taking, or being of a nature to take, a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force. See Paramagnetic. [ 1913 Webster ]
Diamagnetic attraction.
n. Any substance, as bismuth, glass, phosphorous, etc., which in a field of magnetic force is differently affected from the ordinary magnetic bodies, as iron; that is, which tends to take a position at right angles to the lines of magnetic force, and is repelled by either pole of the magnet. Contrasted with
adv. In the manner of, or according to, diamagnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
n. [ See Damage. ]
n. A penalty or fine for neglect. [ Local, New England ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A mass, usually of soft iron, but sometimes of some other magnetic metal, as nickel or cobalt, rendered temporarily magnetic by being placed within a coil of wire through which a current of electricity is passing. The metal is generally in the form of a bar, either straight, or bent into the shape of a horseshoe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to electromagnetism. [ 1913 Webster ]
Electro-magnetic engine,
Electro-magnetic theory of light (Physics),
n.
v. t.
The trial hath endamaged thee no way. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being damaged, or injured; damageable. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. endommagement. ] Damage; injury; harm. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. fumage, fumaige, fr. L. fumus smoke. ] Hearth money. [ 1913 Webster ]
Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Guidance; direction. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ OF. homage, homenage, F. hommage, LL. hominaticum, homenaticum, from L. homo a man, LL. also, a client, servant, vassal; akin to L. humus earth, Gr.&unr_; on the ground, and E. groom in bridegroom. Cf. Bridegroom, Human. ]
All things in heaven and earth do her [ Law ] homage. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]
I sought no homage from the race that write. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
Go, go with homage yon proud victors meet !
Go, lie like dogs beneath your masters' feet ! Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
Man, disobeying,
Disloyal, breaks his fealty, and sins
Against the high supremacy of heaven. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
a. [ Cf. OF. hommageable. ] Subject to homage. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Homage: cf. F. hommager. ] One who does homage, or holds land of another by homage; a vassal. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]