copses

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + ko`pos striking. weariness, ko`ptein to strike. ] (Med.) Relieving weariness; restorative. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; to look out. ] (Biol.) An apparatus designed for collecting spores, germs, bacteria, etc., suspended in the air. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aëro- + Gr. &unr_; a looking out; &unr_; to spy out. ] The observation of the state and variations of the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; clear + &unr_; to observe. ] An instrument consisting in part of a differential thermometer. It is used for measuring changes of temperature produced by different conditions of the sky, as when clear or clouded. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; true + &unr_; to view. ] An instrument for viewing pictures by means of a lens, so as to present them in their natural proportions and relations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. altus high + Gr. &unr_; to view. ] An arrangement of lenses and mirrors which enables a person to see an object in spite of intervening objects. Since the early 1900's, most commonly called periscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Anamorphosis + -scope. ] An instrument for restoring a picture or image distorted by anamorphosis to its normal proportions. It usually consists of a cylindrical mirror. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wind + -scope: cf. F. anémoscope. ] An instrument which shows the direction of the wind; a wind vane; a weathercock; -- usually applied to a contrivance consisting of a vane above, connected in the building with a dial or index with pointers to show the changes of the wind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Angio- + -scope. ] An instrument for examining the capillary vessels of animals and plants. Morin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'an priv. + 'orqo`s straight + -scope. ] (Physics) An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`nqrwpos man + -scopy. ] The art of discovering or judging of a man's character, passions. and inclinations from a study of his visible features. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a flat cake + fe`rein to bear. ] (Zool.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. one of the aplacophora; a deep-water wormlike mollusk lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
Syn. -- solenogaster [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ LL. apocopatus, p. p. of apocopare to cut off, fr. L. apocore. See Apocope. ] (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a cutting off, fr. &unr_; to cut off; &unr_; from + &unr_; to cut. ] 1. The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A cutting off; abscission. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archbishop. an archepiscopal see
Syn. -- archiepiscopal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopacy. ] 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state or dignity of an archbishop. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. archi- + episcopal. ] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. archi- + episcopate. ] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of brown algae distinguished by compressed or inflated branchlets along the axis.
Syn. -- genus Ascophyllum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Astro- + scope. ] An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Observation of the stars. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. attercoppa a spider; &aemacr_;tter poison + coppa head, cup. ] 1. A spider. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A peevish, ill-natured person. [ North of Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. auris + -scope. ] (Med.) An instrument for examining the condition of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Examination of the ear by the aid of the auriscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to bacterioscopy; as, a bacterioscopic examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) One skilled in bacterioscopic examinations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Bacterium + -scopy; fr. Gr. bakth`rion, ba`ktron, a staff + skopei^n to view. ] (Biol.) 1. The application of a knowledge of bacteria for their detection and identification, as in the examination of polluted water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Microscopic examination or investigation of bacteria. -- Bac*te`ri*o*scop"ic a. -- *scop"ic*al*ly adv. -- Bac*te`ri*os"co*pist n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Gr. ba`ros weight + -scope: cf. F. baroscope. ] Any instrument showing the changes in the weight of the atmosphere; also, less appropriately, any instrument that indicates or foreshadows changes of the weather, as a deep vial of liquid holding in suspension some substance which rises and falls with atmospheric changes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Pertaining to, or determined by, the baroscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bi`os life + -scope. ] 1. A view of life; that which gives such a view. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bagman's Bioscope: Various Views of Men and Manners. [ Book Title. ] W. Bayley (1824). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. An animated picture machine for screen projection; a cinematograph (which see); an archaic term replaced by movie projector. [ archaic ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. a South African movie theater. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ , a. Harsh-sounding. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cacophonies [ Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;; kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; sound: cf. F. Cacophonie. ] 1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. “Cacophonies of all kinds.” Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; thunder and lightning + -scope. ] An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the froghoppers or spittlebugs.
Syn. -- family Cercopidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of Old World monkeys including the guenon, baboon, colobus monkey, langur, macaque, mandrill, mangabey, patas, and proboscis monkey.
Syn. -- family Cercopithecidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. type genus of the Cercopithecidae, consisting of one genus of guenons.
Syn. -- genus Cercopithecus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. ke`rkos tail + -pod. ] (Zool.) One of the jointed antenniform appendages of the posterior somites of certain insects. Packard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cerebrum + -scopy. ] (Med.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of disease; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope). Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. chalko`s brass + E. pyrite. So named from its color. ] (Min.) Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of copper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Min.) The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his charge or authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Chorepiscopi [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;; chw^ros, chw`ra, place, country + &unr_; bishop. Cf. Bishop. ] (Eccl.) A “country” or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; color + -scope. ] An instrument for showing the optical effects of color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, color + -scope. ] (Astron.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars. [ 1913 Webster ]