n. [ F. accolade, It. accolata, fr. accollare to embrace; L. ad + collum neck. ] 1. A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood, consisting of an embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A brace used to join two or more staves. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prob. p. p. of OE. acolen to grow cold or cool, AS. ācōlian to grow cold; pref. a- (cf. Goth. er-, orig. meaning out) + cōlian to cool. See Cool. ] Cold. [ Obs. ] “Poor Tom's acold.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to acology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; remedy + -logy. ] Materia medica; the science of remedies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Acolythist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From the name of the plant. ] (Chem.) An organic base, in the form of a white powder, obtained from Aconitum lycoctonum. Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. acolythus, acoluthus, Gr. &unr_; following, attending: cf. F. acolyte. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Eccl.) One who has received the highest of the four minor orders in the Catholic church, being ordained to carry the wine and water and the lights at the Mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who attends; an assistant. “With such chiefs, and with James and John as acolytes.” Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Acolyte. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An acolyte. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., agricolatio. ] Agriculture. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist. Dodsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. amnicola, amnis a river + colere to dwell. ] One who lives near a river. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another.
Syn. -- anacoluthon [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Lacking grammatical sequence. -- An`a*co*lu"thic*al*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, not following, wanting sequence; 'an priv. + &unr_; following. ] (Gram.) A lack of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.
Syn. -- anacoluthia [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; a worm. ] (Med.) Anthelmintic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. arbor + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arena sand + colere to cherish or live. ] (Paleon.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. growing or living or burrowing in sand. arenicolous worms [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a genus of mice in some classifications considered synonymous with Microtus.
Syn. -- genus Arvicola. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. arvum field + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a lichen in which the fungus component is an ascomycete. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of the color of ashes; a whitish gray or brownish gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bis twice + colligatus, p. p. See Colligate, v. t. ] (Zool.) Having the anterior toes connected by a basal web. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. bicolor; bis twice + color color. ] Of two colors. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having two colors.
Syn. -- bicolor, bicolour, bicolored. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well-groomed appearance. [ Narrower terms: industrial ] white-collar [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. [ Narrower terms: lower-class, low-class ]
Syn. -- propertyless, wage-earning, working-class. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. rose-colored.
Syn. -- blushful, rosy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. D. boerenkool (lit.) husbandman's cabbage. ] A brassicaceous plant of many varieties, cultivated for its leaves, which are not formed into a compact head like the cabbage, but are loose, and are generally curled or wrinkled; kale. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Mil.) A kind of traces with hooks and rings, with which men drag and maneuver guns where horses can not be used. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An ancient kind of military catapult. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. In court tennis, the rebound of a ball from a wall of the court; also, the side stroke or play by which the ball is driven against the wall; hence, fig., indirect action or stroke. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Billiards) A shot in which the cue ball is driven first against the cushion. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ It. broccoli, pl. of broccolo sprout, cabbage sprout, dim. of brocco splinter. See Broach, n. ] (Bot.) A plant of the Cabbage species (Brassica oleracea) of many varieties, resembling the cauliflower. The “curd, ” or flowering head, is the part used for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bucolicus, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; cowherd, herdsman; &unr_; ox + (perh.) &unr_; race horse; cf. Skr. kal to drive: cf. F. bucolique. See Cow the animal. ] Of or pertaining to the life and occupation of a shepherd; pastoral; rustic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Bucolicôn poëma. ] A pastoral poem, representing rural affairs, and the life, manners, and occupation of shepherds; as, the Bucolics of Theocritus and Virgil. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bucolic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kako`s bad + -logy: cf. F. cacologie. ] Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A staircase in a spiral form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖En caracole ety>[ F. ], spiral; -- said of a staircase. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Caracoled ] [ Cf. F. caracoler. ] (Man.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewelry is made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa. ] 1. A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. --
Chocolate nut. See Cacao. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. chryso`kolla gold solder; chryso`s gold + &unr_; glue. ] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. claire colle clear glue; clair clear (f. claire) + colle glue, Gr. &unr_;. ] A priming of size mixed with whiting or white lead, used in house painting, etc.; also, a size upon which gold leaf is applied in gilding. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Clearcoled p. pr. & vb. n. Clearcoling ] To coat or paint with clearcole. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or } n. (Zool.) A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain, seed + -lite: cf. F. coccalite. ] (Min.) A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a grain, seed + -lith. ] (Biol.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., neck, fr. L. collum neck. ] A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

A prefix signifying with, together. See Com-. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n., L. pl. of Colon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. a native name. ] (Bot.) (a) 1. A genus of sterculiaceous trees, natives of tropical Africa, esp. Guinea, but now naturalized in tropical America, esp. in the West Indies and Brazil. (b) Same as Cola nut, below. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. a dark-colored carbonated soft drink flavored with extract of the cola nut, and often colored with caramel; also, any soft drink similar in color and flavor to a cola-flavored drink. The name was predominantly derived from the popular soft drink Coca-Cola. [ PJC ]