n. 1. Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. -læ /plu>. [ L., an almond, fr. Gr. 'amygda`lh. See Almond. ] 1. An almond. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Anat.) (a) One of the tonsils of the pharynx. (b) One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Bot.) Akin to, or derived from, the almond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. Bailey. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A salt of amygdalic acid. Called also mandelate. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ L. amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr. 'amygda`lh, 'amy`gdalon. See Almond. ] Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of or pertaining to almonds; derived from amygdalin; as, amygdalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An organic acid (C6H5.CH(OH).COOH) extracted from bitter almonds; called also mandelic acid and α-Hydroxybenzeneacetic acid. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. amygdalum almond + -ferous. ] Almond-bearing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from bitter almonds as a white, crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. amygdalinus. ] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; almond + -oid: cf. F. amygdaloïde. ] (Min.) A variety of trap or basaltic rock, containing small cavities, occupied, wholly or in part, by nodules or geodes of different minerals, esp. agates, quartz, calcite, and the zeolites. When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Almond-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pertaining to, or having the nature of, the rock amygdaloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. in Irish legend, chief god of the Tuatha De Danann; father of Angus Og and Brigit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Ding. ] 1. The sound of, or as of, repeated strokes on a metallic body, as a bell; a repeated and monotonous sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Horol.) An attachment to a clock by which the quarter hours are struck upon bells of different tones.

3. a stupid or foolish person; -- used in a deprecatory or contemptuous sense. [ slang ]
Syn. -- ding-a-ling, doofus. [ PJC ]

. (Philol.) The theory which maintains that the primitive elements of language are reflex expressions induced by sensory impressions; that is, as stated by Max Müller, the creative faculty gave to each general conception as it thrilled for the first time through the brain a phonetic expression; -- jocosely so called from the analogy of the sound of a bell induced by the stroke of the clapper. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

{ or . One of the dog days. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dogday cicada (Zool.), a large American cicada (Cicada pruinosa), which trills loudly in midsummer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eng. Forest Law) The act of drawing after, or pursuing, deer with a dog. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

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

n. [ See Farthing, and Deal a part. ] The fourth part of an acre of land. [ Obs. ] [ Written also farding dale, fardingale, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner. [ Obs. ] Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. criminal organizations, collectively.
Syn. -- organized crime, gangland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of several species of sea birds of the genus Puffinus; esp., Puffinus major, the greater shearwarter, and Puffinus Stricklandi, the black hagdon or sooty shearwater; -- called also hagdown, haglin, and hag. See Shearwater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A base, degraded person; a sneak; a gallows bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Low; sneaking; ashamed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poor colonel went out of the room with a hangdog look. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cyningdōm. See 2d King, and -dom. ] 1. The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom. Ps. cxiv. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself. 2 Chron. xxi. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unto the kingdom of perpetual night. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

You're welcome,
Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. “The animal and vegetable kingdoms.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Animal kingdom. See under Animal. --
Kingdom of God. (a) The universe. (b) That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign. (c) The authority or dominion of God. --
Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral. --
United Kingdom. See under United. --
Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.

Syn. -- Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a kingdom or the dignity of a king; like a kingdom. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Twixt his mental and his active parts,
Kingdom'd Achilles in commotion rages
And batters down himself. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A wolf (Canis pallipes), found in India, allied to the jackal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Designating an orange-red dyestuff obtained from naphthylamine, and called magdala red, naphthalene red, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Mary Magdalene, traditionally reported to have been the repentant sinner forgiven by Christ. See Luke vii. 36. ] A reformed prostitute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; crumb of bread, fr. &unr_; to knead. ] (Med.) A medicine in the form of a roll, a esp. a roll of plaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A city of Saxony. [ 1913 Webster ]

Magdeburg centuries,
Magdeburg hemispheres. See under Century, and Hemisphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'ogdoa`s, 'ogdoa`dos, from 'oktw` eight. ] A thing made up of eight parts. Milman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; the eighth + &unr_; a verse. ] A poem of eight lines. [ Obs. ] Selden [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A European wild pigeon (Columba palumbus) having a white crescent on each side of the neck, whence the name. Called also wood pigeon, and cushat. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. smaragdus. See Emerald. ] The emerald. [ Obs. ] Bale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. smaragdinus, Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to emerald; resembling emerald; of an emerald green. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. smaragdite; -- so called from its emerald-green color. See Smaragd. ] (Min.) A green foliated kind of amphibole, observed in eclogite and some varietis of gabbro. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the several primary divisions of either the animal, or vegetable kingdom, as, in Zoology, the Vertebrata, Tunicata, Mollusca, Articulata, Molluscoidea, Echinodermata, Coelentera, and the Protozoa; in botany, the Phanerogamia, and the Cryptogamia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) [ So named from its swift flight and dark color, which give it an uncanny appearance. ] The European swift. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A subordinate or dependent kingdom. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An imaginary creature, of undefined character. [ Slang ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. 1. One who injures another, or who does wrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) One who commits a tort or trespass; a trespasser; a tort feasor. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Evil or wicked behavior or action. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Scand. Myth.) See in the Dictionary of Noted Names in Fiction. [ 1913 Webster ]