‖n. pl. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, ray + zw^, on animal. ] (Zool.) A group of Cœlenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) One of the Actinozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; shapeless; 'a priv. + morfh` form + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Amorphozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a bulldozer with an angled moldboard to push earth to one side. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ Gr. &unr_; flowery + &unr_; animal + -oid. See Zooid. ] (Bot.) One of the mobile male reproductive bodies in the antheridia of cryptogams. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`nqos flower + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) The class of the Cœlenterata which includes the corals and sea anemones. The three principal groups or orders are Acyonaria, Actinaria, and Madreporaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Anthozoa. -- n. One of the Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Anthozoa. [ 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. [ L. apozema, Gr. 'apo`zema, fr. 'apozei^n to extract by boiling; 'apo` from + zei^n boil. ] (Med.) A decoction or infusion. [ Obs. ] Wiseman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. [ Obs. ] J. Whitaker. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient + zw^, on animal. ] (Zool.) Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) formed in or belonging to the earlier of two divisions of the Precambrian era. archaeozoic life forms
Syn. -- archeozoic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. 'archai^os ancient + zw^, on animal. ] the time from 1.5 billion to 5 billion years ago; the time when the earth's crust formed; a time when only unicellular organisms and the earliest forms of life are present.
Syn. -- Archeozoic, Archeozoic era, Archaeozoic era [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the time from 1.5 billion to 5 billion years ago, when the earth's crust was formed; the time when only unicellular organisms and the earliest forms of life are present. Same as Archaeozoic.
Syn. -- Archaeozoic, Archeozoic era, Archaeozoic era [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 (Geol.) same as archaeozoic.
Syn. -- archaeozoic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. [ armosin, armoisin. ] A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; animal, fr. &unr_; an animal. ] (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Articulata; articulate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ascidium + zooid. ] (Zool.) One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bamboozled p. pr. & vb. n. Bamboozling ] [ Said to be of Gipsy origin. ] To deceive by trickery; to cajole by confusing the senses; to hoax; to mystify; to humbug. [ Colloq. ] Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

What oriental tomfoolery is bamboozling you? J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A swindler; one who deceives by trickery. [ Colloq. ] Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Boozed p. pr. & vb. n. Boozing. ] [ D. buizen; akin to G. bausen, and perh. fr. D. buis tube, channel, bus box, jar. ] To drink greedily or immoderately, esp. alcoholic liquor; to tipple. [ Written also bouse, and boose. ] Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

This is better than boozing in public houses. H. R. Haweis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A carouse; a drinking. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. any alcoholic beverage, especially a strong beverage such as whiskey. [ PJC ]

a. drunk; intoxicated.
Syn. -- bombed; soused. [ PJC ]

n. One who boozes; a toper; a guzzler of alcoholic liquors; a bouser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an occasion for heavy drinking.
Syn. -- bust, tear, bender, binge, toot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the act of drinking alcoholic beverages to excess.
Syn. -- drink, drinking, drunkenness, crapulence. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. A little intoxicated; fuddled; stupid with liquor; bousy. [ Colloq. ] C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Bosa. ] An acidulated fermented drink of the Arabs and Egyptians, made from millet seed and various astringent substances; also, an intoxicating beverage made from hemp seed, darnel meal, and water. [ Written also bosa, bozah, bouza. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; thunder + &unr_; animal. ] (Paleon.) An extinct animal of large size, known from its three-toed footprints in Mesozoic sandstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The tracks made by these reptiles are found eighteen inches in length, and were formerly referred to gigantic birds; but the discovery of large bipedal three-toed dinosaurs has suggested that they were made by those reptiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; moss + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) A class of Molluscoidea, including minute animals which by budding form compound colonies; -- called also Polyzoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They are often coralike in form and appearance, each small cell containing an individual zooid. Other species grow in delicate, flexible, branched forms, resembling moss, whence the name. Some are found in fresh water, but most are marine. The three principal divisions are Ectoprocta, Entoprocta, and Pterobranchia. See Cyclostoma, Chilostoma, and Phylactolema. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Bryozoa. -- n. One of the Bryozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Bryozoa. ] (Zool.) An individual zooid of a bryozoan coralline, of which there may be two or more kinds in a single colony. The zoœcia usually have a wreath of tentacles around the mouth, and a well developed stomach and intestinal canal; but these parts are lacking in the other zooids (Avicularia, Oœcia, etc.). [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Bulldozed p. pr. & vb. n. Bulldozing. ] To intimidate; to restrain or coerce by intimidation or violence; -- used originally of the intimidation of negro voters, in Louisiana. [ Slang, U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bulldozes. [ Slang ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Geol.) See Cenozic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] A jail. See Calaboose. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cup or calyx a flower + &unr_; animal. ] (Zool.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; recent + &unr_; life. ] (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [ Written also cænozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic. ] See Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word is used by many authors as synonymous with Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) a small cycad of the genus Ceratozamia having a short scaly woody trunk and fernlike foliage and woody cones; Mexico. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a squash plant having a dark green fruit with skin mottled with light green or yellow.
Syn. -- Italian vegetable marrow. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. a squash resembling zucchini. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖ } n. [ Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree. ] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A contraction of cousin. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cozened p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening ] [ From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner. ] To cheat; to defraud; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way. [ 1913 Webster ]

He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him,
and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

Some cogging, cozening slave. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage. ] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who cheats or defrauds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cosier. [ 1913 Webster ]