‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; topmost + &unr_; tarsus. ] (Zool.) The instep or front of the tarsus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`kros extreme + teley`th end. ] (Eccles.) The end of a verse or psalm, or something added thereto, to be sung by the people, by way of a response. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. acrotère. See Acroterium. ] (Arch.) Same as Acroterium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to an acroterium; as, acroterial ornaments. P. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Acroteria [ L., fr. Gr. 'akrwth`rion summit, fr. 'a`kros topmost. ] (Arch.) (a) One of the small pedestals, for statues or other ornaments, placed on the apex and at the basal angles of a pediment. Acroteria are also sometimes placed upon the gables in Gothic architecture. J. H. Parker. (b) One of the pedestals, for vases or statues, forming a part roof balustrade. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`ths an extreme, fr. 'a`kros. ] 1. (Med.) Pertaining to or affecting the surface of the body. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Pertaining to acrotism. Dorland. [ AS ]

n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + kro`tos a rattling, beating. ] (Med.) Lack or defect of pulsation. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'akro`tomos cut off sharp; 'a`kros extreme + te`mnein to cut. ] (Min.) Having a cleavage parallel with the base. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., he is sick. ] (Camb. Univ.) A medical certificate that a student is ill. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Aëro-; Taxis. ] (Bacteriology) The positive or negative stimulus exerted by oxygen on aërobic and anaërobic bacteria. -- A`ër*o*tac"tic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Origin uncertain. ] The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti. ] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Affected with amaurosis; having the characteristics of amaurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`mbrotos immortal + -type. ] (Photog.) A picture taken on a plate of prepared glass, in which the lights are represented in silver, and the shades are produced by a dark background visible through the unsilvered portions of the glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A secret organization in the United States, formed in Iowa in 1887, ostensibly for the protection of American institutions by keeping Roman Catholics out of public office. Abbrev. commonly to A. P .A. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to anachronism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, up, again + &unr_; a stroke. ] (Physiol.) A secondary notch in the pulse curve, obtained in a sphygmographic tracing. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] (Med.) Of or relating to anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. [ L. anapleroticus, fr. Gr. 'anaplhroy^n to fill up; 'ana` + plhroy^n to fill. ] n. (Med.) A substance which promotes anaplerosis. [ AS ]

a. (Bot.) Having the filaments of the stamens divided into two parts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + &unr_; a cutting. Cf. Anatomy. ] Dissection of the human body, as distinguished from zoötomy; anthropotomy. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; up + E. electrotonus. ] (Physiol.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against burns or pyrosis. -- n. Anything of use in preventing or healing burns or pyrosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Aponeurosis + Gr. &unr_; a cutting. ] Dissection of aponeuroses. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus comprising the orange tortrix.
Syn. -- genus Argyrotaenia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to arteriosclerosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; joint + &unr_; to cut. ] (Surg.) A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Astro- + theology. ] Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus having but one species; the New Caledonian yew.
Syn. -- genus Austrotaxus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. sexually self-satisfying, as by masturbation. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. using you own body as a sexual object. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betrothed p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing. ] [ Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth. ] 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. [ 1913 Webster ]

What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? Deut. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. “The feast of betrothal.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Living among bogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Brittle. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Brittleness. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. broð; akin to OHG. brod, brot; cf. Ir. broth, Gael. brot. √93. Cf. Brewis, Brew. ] Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brothel, brodel, brethel, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. beróðan to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with bordel brothel. CF. Bordel. ] A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frequents brothels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brothers r Brethren See Brethren. [ OE. brother, AS. brōðor; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. brōðir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. brōþar, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratrŭ, L. frater, Skr. bhrāt&rsdot_;, Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr, a clansman. The common plural is Brothers; in the solemn style, Brethren, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative sing. brēðer, nom. pl. brōðor, brōðru. √258. Cf. Friar, Fraternal. ] 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. A brother having the same mother but different fathers is called a uterine brother, and one having the same father but a different mother is called an agnate brother, or in (Law) a consanguine brother. A brother having the same father and mother is called a brother-german or full brother. The same modifying terms are applied to sister or sibling. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Two of us in the churchyard lie,
My sister and my brother. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc. “A brother of your order.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. [ 1913 Webster ]

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

That April morn
Of this the very brother. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. [ 1913 Webster ]

For of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as “Brother Jonathan.” --
Blood brother. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brothered ] To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Brother + -hood. ] 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brothers-in-law The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister. [ 1913 Webster ]