adj. (Med.) Of or pertaining to actinomycosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Ascomycota.
Syn. -- Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycota, subdivision Ascomycotina [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. same as Basidiomycota. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. biscotin. See Biscuit. ] A confection made of flour, sugar, marmalade, and eggs; a sweet biscuit. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to blastomycosis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. coticula a small touchstone, dim. cos, cotis, whetstone. ] Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat. ] 1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tune which regulates the dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.

4. A formal ball, especially one at which debutantes are first presented to society. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

‖n. [ Native South American name. ] (Zool.) A bird of the family Cotingidæ, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Her.) See Cottise. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) See Cottised. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of narcotine; as, to denarcotize opium. -- De*nar`co*ti*za"tion n. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Iso- + nicotine. ] (Chem.) A crystalline, nitrogenous base, C10H14N2, isomeric with nicotine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) (a) Pertaining to, or derived from, isonicotine. (b) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid isomeric with nicotinic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. narcotique, Gr. narkwtiko`s, fr. narkoy^n to benumb, na`rkh numbness, torpor. ] (Med.) Having the properties of a narcotic; operating as a narcotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nar*cot"ic*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. (Med.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Narcotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Nar*cot"ic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Cf. F. narcotine. Cf. Cotarnine. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in opium, and extracted as a white crystalline substance, tasteless and less poisonous than morphine; -- called also narcotia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to narcotine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. narcotisme. ] Narcosis; the state of being narcotized. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Narcotized p. pr. & vb. n. Narcotizing ] To imbue with, or subject to the influence of, a narcotic; to put into a state of narcosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. under the influence of narcotics.
Syn. -- doped, drugged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Inducing stupor or narcosis.
Syn. -- narcotic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. nicotiane; -- so called from Nicot, who introduced it into France, a. d. 1560. ] Tobacco. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or derived from, tobacco. [ R. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL. See Nicotian. ] (Bot.) A genus of American and Asiatic solanaceous herbs, with viscid foliage and funnel-shaped blossoms. Several species yield tobacco. See Tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. nicotianine. See Nicotian. ] (Chem.) A white waxy substance having a hot, bitter taste, extracted from tobacco leaves and called also tobacco camphor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Nicotinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Nicotine + pyridine. ] (Chem.) A complex, oily, nitrogenous base, isomeric with nicotine, and obtained by the reduction of certain derivatives of the pyridine group. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. nicotine. See Nicotian. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco (C10H14N2). It occurs in tobacco plants (Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rusticum) to the extent of 2 to 8%, in combination with malic acid or citric acid. It is a colorless, transparent, oily liquid, having an acrid odor, and an acrid burning taste. It is intensely poisonous. The apparently addictive effects of tobacco smoking have been ascribed largely to the effect of nicotine, and the controlled administration of nicotine on various forms has been used as a technique for assisting efforts to stop the smoking habit. Ure. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, nicotine; nicotic; -- used specifically to designate an acid related to pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine, and called nicotinic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An organic acid (C6H5NO2), a carboxylated derivative of pyridine, obtained by the oxidation of nicotine; called also niacin and antipellagra vitamin, and vitamin B₅. Chemically it is 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid. It is a cofactor in several enzymatic reactions, and is used to prevent a pellagra-like disease in dogs. [ MI11 ]
Syn. -- 3-pyridinecarboxylic acid, niacin, antipellagra vitamin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Nicotine + -ism. ] (Med.) The morbid condition produced by the excessive use of tobacco. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ } n. [ F. picoté dotted, picked. ] (Bot.) A variety of carnation having petals of a light color variously dotted and spotted at the edges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. sarcotique. ] (Med.) Producing or promoting the growth of flesh. [ R. ] -- n. A sarcotic medicine. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. skoti`a darkness, a sunken molding in the base of a pillar, so called from the dark shadow it casts, from sko`tos darkness. ] (Arch.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] Scotland [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of (Joannes) Duns Scotus, the Franciscan scholastic (d. 1308), who maintained certain doctrines in philosophy and theology, in opposition to the Thomists, or followers of Thomas Aquinas, the Dominican scholastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Moderately narcotic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Tagliacotian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or occupation of covering or lining with boards in panel. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The material used to wainscot a house, or the wainscot as a whole; panelwork. [ 1913 Webster ]