‖n. [ NL.; adeno- + sclerosis. ] (Med.) The hardening of a gland. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. adminculum support, orig., that on which the hand rests; ad + manus hand + dim. ending -culym. ] 1. Help or support; an auxiliary. Grote. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Corroborative or explanatory proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

In Scots law, any writing tending to establish the existence or terms of a lost deed. Bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

. (Physics & Chem.) a particle emitted at high velocity from certain radioactive substances. It is identical to the helium nucleus, consisting of two protons and two neutrons. Rays of such particles are called alpha rays. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. See Ankle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) A fundamental particle which has the same mass as one of the common fundamental particles, but which has an opposite charge, and for which certain other of the properties (e. g. baryon number, strangeness) may be opposite to that of the normal particle. The antiparticle to an electron is called a positron; the antiparticle to a proton is called an antiproton; the antiparticle to a neutron is called an antineutron. When a particle and its corresponding antiparticle collide, they typically annihilate each other with the production of large quantities of energy, usually in the form of radiation. The interaction of a proton and antiproton cause annihilation with production of mesons. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. appendicula, dim. of. appendix. ] A small appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. arbuscula small tree, shrub, dim. of arbor tree. ] A dwarf tree, one in size between a shrub and a tree; a treelike shrub. Bradley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'arthri`a + -logy. ] (Med.) a form of arteriosclerosis which affects predominantly the arterioles, found especially in people with chronic hypertension. Stedman [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL.; Gr. &unr_; artery + sclerosis. ] (Med.) a chronic disease characterized by abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age. Subtypes are distinguished, such as arteriolosclerosis and atherosclerosis. -- Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC]

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

n. [ F., fr. L. articulus, dim. of artus joint, akin to Gr. &unr_;, fr. a root ar to join, fit. See Art, n. ] 1. A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A literary composition, forming an independent portion of a magazine, newspaper, or cyclopedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Subject; matter; concern; distinct. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A very great revolution that happened in this article of good breeding. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

This last article will hardly be believed. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A distinct part. “Upon each article of human duty.” Paley. “Each article of time.” Habington. [ 1913 Webster ]

The articles which compose the blood. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A particular one of various things; as, an article of merchandise; salt is a necessary article. [ 1913 Webster ]

They would fight not for articles of faith, but for articles of food. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. Precise point of time; moment. [ Obs. or Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Gram.) One of the three words, a, an, the, used before nouns to limit or define their application. A (or an) is called the indefinite article, the the definite article. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Zool.) One of the segments of an articulated appendage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Articles of Confederation, the compact which was first made by the original thirteen States of the United States. They were adopted March 1, 1781, and remained the supreme law until March, 1789. --
Articles of impeachment, an instrument which, in cases of impeachment, performs the same office which an indictment does in a common criminal case. --
Articles of war, rules and regulations, fixed by law, for the better government of the army. --
In the article of death [ L. in articulo mortis ], at the moment of death; in the dying struggle. --
Lords of the articles (Scot. Hist.), a standing committee of the Scottish Parliament to whom was intrusted the drafting and preparation of the acts, or bills for laws. --
The Thirty-nine Articles, statements (thirty-nine in number) of the tenets held by the Church of England. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Articled p. pr. & vb. n. Articling ] [ Cf. F. articuler, fr. L. articulare. See Article, n., Articulate. ] 1. To formulate in articles; to set forth in distinct particulars. [ 1913 Webster ]

If all his errors and follies were articled against him, the man would seem vicious and miserable. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To accuse or charge by an exhibition of articles. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall be articled against in the high court of admiralty. Stat. 33 Geo. III. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bind by articles of covenant or stipulation; as, to article an apprentice to a mechanic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To agree by articles; to stipulate; to bargain; to covenant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Then he articled with her that he should go away when he pleased. Selden. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bound by articles; apprenticed; as, an articled clerk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Gr. & L. Pros.) A choriambic verse, first used by the Greek poet Asclepias, consisting of four feet, viz., a spondee, two choriambi, and an iambus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a widely distributed family of herbs and shrubs most with milky juice; examples are the milkweeds (genus Asclepias). [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ See Asclepias. ] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, plants of the Milkweed family. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;, named from Asclepios or Aesculapius. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the milkweed, swallowwort, and some other species having medicinal properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

Asclepias butterfly (Zool.), a large, handsome, red and black butterfly (Danais Archippus), found in both hemispheres. It feeds on plants of the genus Asclepias. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; + -logy. ] (Med.) a form of arteriosclerosis characterized by irregular fatty deposits on the inner surface of large and medium-sized arteries; the deposits are associated with fibrosis and calcification of the inner layer of the arteries. Similar conditions may be found in swine and fowl. The deposits may become large enough to impede the blood circulation and in some cases may restrict the blood supply to the heart. Stedman [ PJC ]

n. [ L. auricula, dim. of auris ear. See Ear. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) The external ear, or that part of the ear which is prominent from the head. (b) The chamber, or one of the two chambers, of the heart, by which the blood is received and transmitted to the ventricle or ventricles; -- so called from its resemblance to the auricle or external ear of some quadrupeds. See Heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) An angular or ear-shaped lobe. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An instrument applied to the ears to give aid in hearing; a kind of ear trumpet. Mansfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having ear-shaped appendages or lobes; auriculate; as, auricled leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. from E. barnacle a kind of goose, which was popularly supposed to grow from this shellfish; but perh. from LL. bernacula for pernacula, dim. of perna ham, sea mussel; cf. Gr. pe`rna ham. Cf. F. bernacle, barnacle, E. barnacle a goose; and Ir. bairneach, barneach, limpet. ] (Zool.) Any cirriped crustacean adhering to rocks, floating timber, ships, etc., esp. (a) the sessile species (genus Balanus and allies), and (b) the stalked or goose barnacles (genus Lepas and allies). See Cirripedia, and Goose barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Barnacle eater (Zool.), the orange filefish. --
Barnacle scale (Zool.), a bark louse (Ceroplastes cirripediformis) of the orange and quince trees in Florida. The female scale curiously resembles a sessile barnacle in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Bernicle. ] A bernicle goose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac, and Prov. F. (Berri) berniques, spectacles. ] 1. pl. (Far.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him. [ Formerly used in the sing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The barnacles . . . give pain almost equal to that of the switch. Youatt. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. Spectacles; -- so called from their resemblance to the barnacles used by farriers. [ Cant, Eng. ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. covered with barnacles. the barnacled hull of a wrecked ship [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Barnacle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. bernak, bernacle; cf. OF. bernac; prob. fr. LL. bernacula for hibernicula, bernicula, fr. Hibernia; the birds coming from Hibernia or Ireland. Cf. 1st Barnacle. ] A bernicle goose. [ Written also barnacle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bernicle goose (Zool.), a goose (Branta leucopsis), of Arctic Europe and America. It was formerly believed that it hatched from the cirripeds of the sea (Lepas), which were, therefore, called barnacles, goose barnacles, or Anatifers. The name is also applied to other related species. See Anatifa and Cirripedia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + cycle. ] A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who rides a bicycle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For bittacle, corrupted (perh. by influence of bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place, fr. habitare to dwell. See Habit, and cf. Bittacle. ] (Naut.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. binocle; L. bini two at a time + oculus eye. ] (Opt.) A dioptric telescope, fitted with two tubes joining, so as to enable a person to view an object with both eyes at once; a double-barreled field glass or an opera glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + nuclear, nucleate. ] (Biol.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + nucleolus. ] (Biol.) Having two nucleoli. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A binnacle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A clerk who registers passengers, baggage, etc., for conveyance, as by railway or steamship, or who sells passage tickets at a booking office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle. ] (Zool.) (a) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [ Written also calycle. See Calycle. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L.calyculus small flower bud, calyx, dim. of calyx. See Calyx, and cf. Calicle. ] (Bot.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Calyculate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Canticles [ L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See Chant. ] 1. A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A canto or division of a poem [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See Carbon. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Her.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Set with carbuncles. [ 1913 Webster ]

He has deserves it [ armor ], were it carbuncled
Like holy Phabus' car. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched. “A carbuncled face.” Brome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A pain about the heart. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. kardi`a heart + sclerosis. ] Induration of the heart, caused by development of fibrous tissue in the cardiac muscle. [ Obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

[ After N. L. S. Carnot, French physicist. ] (Thermodynamics) An ideal heat-engine cycle in which the working fluid goes through the following four successive operations: (1) Isothermal expansion to a desired point; (2) adiabatic expansion to a desired point; (3) isothermal compression to such a point that (4) adiabatic compression brings it back to its initial state. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh. ] 1. (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the
caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ Dim. of L. cauda tail, appendage. ] (Bot.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of a seed; -- otherwise called a radicle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear. ] A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Carbuncle. [ Written also Charboncle. ] [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., }. [ Amer. Sp. chicle. ] A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree (Mimusops globosa) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla (Sapota zapotilla). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]