n. [ L., fr. Gr. bde`llion; cf. Heb. b'dolakh bdellium (in sense 1). ] 1. An unidentified substance mentioned in the Bible (Gen. ii. 12, and Num. xi. 7), variously taken to be a gum, a precious stone, or pearls, or perhaps a kind of amber found in Arabia. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A gum resin of reddish brown color, brought from India, Persia, and Africa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Indian bdellium or false myrrh is an exudation from Balsamodendron Roxburghii. Other kinds are known as African bdellium, Sicilian bdellium, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. bde`lla leech + -oid. ] (Zool.) The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. bde`lla leech + -meter. ] (Med.) A cupping glass to which are attached a scarificator and an exhausting syringe. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖pos>n. [ NL., fr. Gr. bde`lla leech + morfh` form. ] (Zool.) An order of Nemertina, including the large leechlike worms (Malacobdella) often parasitic in clams. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. Same as Beadle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A keeper or a frequenter of a brothel. [ Obs. ] Gower. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. bordel, orig. a little hut, OF. borde hut, cabin, of German origin, and akin to E. board, n.See. Board, n. ] A brothel; a bawdyhouse; a house devoted to prostitution. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a building where prostitutes are available for hire; a brothel.
Syn. -- whorehouse, whore house, brothel, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, bawdy house, cathouse, sporting house. [ PJC + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. either of two Mexican shrubs Pedilanthus bracteatus or Pedilanthus pavonis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a wax-coated shrub (Euphorbia antisyphilitica) of northern Mexico and the southwestern U.S. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. to perform a chandelle, as of an airplane. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Aeronautics) an abrupt climbing turn made by an airplane, in which the plane's momentum is used to achieve a higher than normal rate of climb, without stalling the aircraft. [ PJC ]

n. a natural family comprising the leafhoppers.
Syn. -- family Cicadellidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of corde cord. ] A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See Dale. ] 1. A small, retired valley; a ravine. [ 1913 Webster ]

In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A young woman; a wench. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet doxies and dells. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ A shortened form of Accademia della Crusca, an academy in Florence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conserving the purity of the Italian language. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Accademia della Crusca (literally, academy of the bran or chaff) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants comprising tropical American species usually placed in the genus Masdevallia; they are very dwarf plants having short tufted and usually unifoliate stems with usually solitary flowers.
Syn. -- genus Dryadella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. malako`s soft + &unr_; a leech. ] (Zool.) A genus of nemertean worms, parasitic in the gill cavity of clams and other bivalves. They have a large posterior sucker, like that of a leech. See Illust. of Bdellomorpha. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. moscadello, moscatello, LL. muscatellum or muscadellum (sc. vinum), fr. muscatellus nutmeglike, dim. of muscatus smelling like musk, muscatum and muscata (sc. nux) nutmeg: cf. F. muscadelle, fr. Italian. See Musk and cf. Moschatel, Muscardin, Muscat, Nutmeg. ] See Muscatel, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Quaffed off the muscadel. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., prop., a pan, a friing pan, fr. L. patella a pan. ] A large cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] The step, or raised secondary part, of an altar; a superaltar; hence, in Italian painting, a band or frieze of several pictures running along the front of a superaltar, or forming a border or frame at the foot of an altarpiece. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. "ry`gchos snout + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_; a leech.] (Zool.) A suborder of leeches including those that have a protractile proboscis, without jaws. Clepsine is the type. [1913 Webster]

{ n., . [ After one Twaddell, its inventor. ] A form of hydrometer for liquids heavier than water, graduated with an arbitrary scale such that the readings when multiplied by .005 and added to unity give the specific gravity. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]