{ } n. [ L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'amfi` + &unr_; theater: cf. F. amphithéâtre. See Theater. ] 1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of several species of edentates and monotremes that feed upon ants. See Ant-bear, Pangolin, Aard-vark, and Echidna. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, beats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who beats up game for the hunters. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A bird of the genus Merops, that feeds especially on bees. The European species (Merops apiaster) is remarkable for its brilliant colors. (b) An African bird of the genus Rhinopomastes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hlāf&aemacr_;ta servant, properly a loaf eater. ] 1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bleats; a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain
Of gouty ails. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cheats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An escheator. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The cobia. (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus). (c) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, eats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a small device having one or usually two blades, each having several stiff oval wires at the tip. The blades are swirled or rotated for beating eggs or whipping cream. The electrical variety typically have two such blades, which are arranged so that the tips of the blades interlace while rotating.
Syn. -- eggwhisk. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. One who entreats; one who asks earnestly; a beseecher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) A large beetle (Allorhina nitida) which in the Southern United States destroys figs. The elytra are velvety green with pale borders. (b) A bird. See Figpecker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An artisan who beats gold into goldleaf. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, heats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pistol or other carryable firearm; as, gunmen with their heaters bulging in their pockets. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Feed heater. See under Feed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of numerous species of small passerine birds of the family Meliphagidæ having tongue and bill adapted for extracting nectar, abundant in Australia and Oceania; -- called also honeysucker.
Syn. -- honeysucker. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. (Class. Myth.) One who ate the fruit or leaf of the lotus, and, as a consequence, gave himself up to indolence and daydreams; one of the Lotophagi. [ 1913 Webster ]

The mild-eyed melancholy Lotos-eaters. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One who, or that which, has an appetite for human flesh; specifically, one of certain large sharks (esp. Carcharodon carcharias syn. Carcharodon Rondeleti); also, a lion or a tiger which has acquired the habit of feeding upon human flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A heating or cooking device that burns oil (such as kerosine) as a fuel.
Syn. -- oilstove, kerosene heater, kerosine heater. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who, or that which, repeats. Specifically: (a) A watch with a striking apparatus which, upon pressure of a spring, will indicate the time, usually in hours and quarters. (b) A repeating firearm. (c) (Teleg.) An instrument for resending a telegraphic message automatically at an intermediate point. (d) A person who votes more than once at an election. [ U.S. ] (e) See Circulating decimal, under Decimal. (f) (Naut.) A pennant used to indicate that a certain flag in a hoist of signal is duplicated. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a portable heating device used for warming the air of a single room; -- it may be electrical or use a combustible fuel. [ PJC ]

n. (Steam Engine) An apparatus for superheating steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who sweats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, causes to sweat; as: (a) A sudorific. (b) A woolen jacket or jersey worn by athletes. (c) An employer who oppresses his workmen by paying low wages. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. théâtre, L. theatrum, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to see, view; cf. Skr. dhyā to meditate, think. Cf. Theory. ] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shade above shade, a woody theater
Of stateliest view. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Said to be so called in allusion to an old alleged practice among mountebanks' boys of eating toads (popularly supposed to be poisonous), in order that their masters might have an opportunity of pretending to effect a cure. The French equivalent expression is un avaleur de couleuvres. Cf. Toady. ] A fawning, obsequious parasite; a mean sycophant; a flatterer; a toady. V. Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

You had nearly imposed upon me, but you have lost your labor. You're too zealous a toadeater, and betray yourself. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who treats; one who handles, or discourses on, a subject; also, one who entertains. [ 1913 Webster ]