‖n. [ Gr. 'abaki`skos, dim of 'a`bax. See Abacus. ] (Arch.) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL abacista, fr. abacus. ] One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abscisio. ] See Abscission. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Abscisses See Abscissa. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; E. pl. Abscissas, L. pl. Abscissæ. [ L., fem. of abscissus, p. p. of absindere to cut of. See Abscind. ] (Geom.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coördinate axes. When referred to two intersecting axes, one of them called the axis of abscissas, or of X, and the other the axis of ordinates, or of Y, the abscissa of the point is the distance cut off from the axis of X by a line drawn through it and parallel to the axis of Y. When a point in space is referred to three axes having a common intersection, the abscissa may be the distance measured parallel to either of them, from the point to the plane of the other two axes. Abscissas and ordinates taken together are called coördinates. -- OX or PY is the abscissa of the point P of the curve, OY or PX its ordinate, the intersecting lines OX and OY being the axes of abscissas and ordinates respectively, and the point O their origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. abscissio. See Abscind. ] 1. The act or process of cutting off. “Not to be cured without the abscission of a member.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being cut off. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Rhet.) A figure of speech employed when a speaker having begun to say a thing stops abruptly: thus, “He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more.” [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A tenet of the Academic philosophy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A mannerism or mode peculiar to an academy. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) Affected refusal; coyness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The doctrine of æsthetics; æsthetic principles; devotion to the beautiful in nature and art. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That doctrine which, professing ignorance, neither asserts nor denies. Specifically: (Theol.) The doctrine that the existence of a personal Deity, an unseen world, etc., can be neither proved nor disproved, because of the necessary limits of the human mind (as sometimes charged upon Hamilton and Mansel), or because of the insufficiency of the evidence furnished by physical and physical data, to warrant a positive conclusion (as taught by the school of Herbert Spencer); -- opposed alike dogmatic skepticism and to dogmatic theism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. anatocismus, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; again + &unr_; to lend on interest. ] (Law) Compound interest. [ R. ] Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; a hook + &unr_; shape. ] Hook-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. anglicisme. ] 1. An English idiom; a phrase or form language peculiar to the English. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The quality of being English; an English characteristic, custom, or method. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The belief of those in the Church of England who accept many doctrines and practices which they maintain were those of the primitive, or true, Catholic Church, of which they consider the Church of England to be the lineal descendant; a doctrine and practice within the Church of England emphasizing the Catholic tradition.
Syn. -- High Anglicanism [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. The state or quality of being apostolical. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being astatic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The practice of engaging in athletic games; athletism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Atomism. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] 1. A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being autœcious. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

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

{ ‖, n. Excessive or extended use of the b sound in speech, due to conversion of other sounds into it, as through inability to distinguish them from b, or because of difficulty in pronouncing them. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Cf. F. biblicisme. ] Learning or literature relating to the Bible. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in the knowledge of the Bible; a demonstrator of religious truth by the Scriptures. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Great Britain; any manner of using a word or words that is peculiar to Great Britain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge. ] (Zool.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. catholicisme. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the type genus of the Chalcididae.
Syn. -- genus Chalcis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The state or conduct of a cicisbeo. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. It. Cicisbei [ It. ] 1. A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Circumcised p. pr. & vb. n. Circumcising. ] [ L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. cæsura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t. ] 1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Script.) To purify spiritually. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who performs circumcision. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. circumcisio. ] 1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Muslims, etc. Circumcision of male infants is also a common practice as a hygienic measure, to reduce incidence of infection of the penis. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

2. (Script.) (a) The Jews, as a circumcised people. (b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + scissle. ] (Bot.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine. ] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + Atlantic. ] On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to Coregonus Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + Leitha. ] On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain. ] On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + L. Padanus, pert. to the Padus or Po. ] On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; like ivy; &unr_; ivy + e'i^dos form. ] (Geom.) A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cista box, chest, Gr. &unr_; Cf. Chest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Antiq.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Cyst. [ 1913 Webster ]