‖n. [ A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters α, β, ρ, α, ξ, α, σ, which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system. ] A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. 'a`nqrax coal, carbuncle. ] 1. (Med.) (a) A carbuncle. (b) A malignant pustule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [ See Illust. under Bacillus. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped gram-positive bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Veter.) A fluid vaccine obtained by growing a bacterium (Bacillus anthracis, formerly Bacterium anthracis) in beef broth. It is used to immunize animals, esp. cattle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. inability to make purposeful movements, but without paralysis or loss of sensory function. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. 1. having uncoordinated muscular movements, symptomatic of a CNS disorder.
Syn. -- apractic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. tending to soothe or calm or tranquilize
Syn. -- calming, sedative, soothing, tranquilizing [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. drug that reduces nervous tension and gives peace of mind.
Syn. -- ataractic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. ataraxia, Gr. 'ataraxi`a; 'a priv. + tarakto`s disturbed, tara`ssein to disturb. ] Perfect peace of mind, or calmness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. boras, fr. F. borax, earlier spelt borras; cf. LL. borax, Sp. borraj; all fr. Ar. b&unr_;rag, fr. Pers. b&unr_;rah. ] A white or gray crystalline salt, with a slight alkaline taste, used as a flux, in soldering metals, making enamels, fixing colors on porcelain, and as a soap. It occurs native in certain mineral springs, and is made from the boric acid of hot springs in Tuscany. It was originally obtained from a lake in Thibet, and was sent to Europe under the name of tincal. Borax is a pyroborate or tetraborate of sodium, Na2B4O7.10H2O. [ 1913 Webster ]

Borax bead. (Chem.) See Bead, n., 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. AS. breac rheum, broc sickness, Ir. bracha corruption. Jamieson. ] 1. A disease of sheep. The term is variously applied in different localities. [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A diseased sheep, or its mutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cephalo- + thorax. ] (Zool.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Cracidae; curassows.
Syn. -- genus Crax. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Endo- + thorax. ] (Zoöl.) An internal process of the sternal plates in the thorax of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ento- + thorax. ] (Zoöl.) See Endothorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Fraxinus. ] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance (C16H18O10) found in the bark of the ash (Fraxinus), and along with esculin in the bark of the horse-chestnut. It is structurally a derivative of a coumarin glucoside. It shows a delicate blue-green fluorescence in alkaline solutions; -- called also paviin and fraxoside. MI-11br/ Syn. -- 8-(β-D-Glucopyranosyloxy)-7-hydroxy-6-methoxy-2H-1-benzopyran-2-one; also, 7, 8-dihydroxy-6-methoxy-coumarin-8-β-D-glucoside; fraxetin-8-glucoside. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖prop. n. [ L., the ash tree. ] (Bot.) A genus of deciduous forest trees, found in the north temperate zone, and including the true ash trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Fraxinus excelsior is the European ash; Fraxinus Americana, the white ash; Fraxinus sambucifolia, the black ash or water ash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; tongue + E. anthrax: cf. F. glossanthrax. ] A disease of horses and cattle accompanied by carbuncles in the mouth and on the tongue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hemothorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Hemo-, and Thorax. ] (Med.) An effusion of blood into the cavity of the pleura. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + thorax. ] (Med.) An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; shrew mouse. ] (Zool.) Any animal of the genus Hyrax, of which about four species are known. They constitute the order Hyracoidea. The best known species are the daman (Hyrax Syriacus) of Palestine, and the klipdas (Hyrax capensis) of South Africa. Other species are Hyrax arboreus and Hyrax Sylvestris, the former from Southern, and the latter from Western, Africa. See Daman.

a. (Arch.) Situated in an interaxis. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Situated within or between the axils of leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Interaxes (Arch.) The space between two axes. See Axis, 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

The doors, windows, niches, and the like, are then placed centrally in the interaxes. Gwilt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Meso- + thorax: cf. F. mésothorax. ] (Zool.) The middle segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.: cf. F. métathorax. See Meta-, and Thorax. ] (Zool.) The last or posterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illust. of Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Neuro- + axis. ] (Anat.) See Axis cylinder, under Axis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'orqo`s straight + &unr_; a doing. ] (Med.) The treatment of deformities in the human body by mechanical appliances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. Para- + xanthin. ] (Physiol. Chem.) A crystalline substance closely related to xanthin, present in small quantity in urine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. para- + axial. ] (Anat.) On either side of the axis of the skeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C6H4(CH3)2) of the aromatic series obtained as a colorless liquid by the distillation of camphor with zinc chloride. It is one of the three metamers of xylene. Cf. Metamer, and Xylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pneumato- + thorax. ] (Med.) See Pneumothorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; air + E. thorax. ] (Med.) A condition in which air or other gas is present in the cavity of the chest; -- called also pneumatothorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; action + -scope. ] (Opt.) An instrument, similar to the phenakistoscope, for presenting to view, or projecting upon a screen, images the natural motions of real objects. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to do. See Practice. ] 1. Use; practice; especially, exercise or discipline for a specific purpose or object. “The praxis and theory of music.” Wood. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An example or form of exercise, or a collection of such examples, for practice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pro- + thorax. ] (Zool.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; pus + E. pneumothorax. ] (Med.) Accumulation of air, or other gas, and of pus, in the pleural cavity. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., (he) has withdrawn. See Retract. ] (O. Eng. Law) The withdrawing, or open renunciation, of a suit in court by the plaintiff, by which he forever lost his right of action. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. storax, styrax, Gr. &unr_;. Cf. Styrax. ] Any one of a number of similar complex resins obtained from the bark of several trees and shrubs of the Styrax family. The most common of these is liquid storax, a brown or gray semifluid substance of an agreeable aromatic odor and balsamic taste, sometimes used in perfumery, and in medicine as an expectorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ A yellow aromatic honeylike substance, resembling, and often confounded with, storax, is obtained from the American sweet gum tree (Liquidambar styraciflua), and is much used as a chewing gum, called sweet gum, and liquid storax. Cf. Liquidambar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. styrax, storax, Gr. &unr_;. See Storax. ] 1. (Bot.) A genus of shrubs and trees, mostly American or Asiatic, abounding in resinous and aromatic substances. Styrax officinalis yields storax, and Styrax Benzoin yields benzoin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Same as Storax. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Tetra- + axile. ] (Zool.) Having four branches diverging at right angles; -- said of certain spicules of sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. (Anat.) The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal vertebrae, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In mammals the thoracic cavity is completely separated from the abdominal by the diaphragm, but in birds and many reptiles the separation is incomplete, while in other reptiles, and in amphibians and fishes, there is no marked separation and no true thorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The middle region of the body of an insect, or that region which bears the legs and wings. It is composed of three united somites, each of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera. (b) The second, or middle, region of the body of a crustacean, arachnid, or other articulate animal. In the case of decapod Crustacea, some writers include under the term thorax only the three segments bearing the maxillipeds; others include also the five segments bearing the legs. See Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Antiq.) A breastplate, cuirass, or corselet; especially, the breastplate worn by the ancient Greeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. xy`lon wood + 'a`nqrax coal. ] Wood coal, or charcoal; -- so called in distinction from mineral coal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Zoo- + Gr. &unr_; a doing, an acting (from &unr_; to do) + -scope. ] An instrument similar to, or the same as, the, the phenakistoscope, by means of which pictures projected upon a screen are made to exhibit the natural movements of animals, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]