a. [ L. algidus cold, fr. algere to be cold: cf. F. algide. ] 1. Cold; chilly. Bailey. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Characterized by the presence of shock and cold skin. [ AS ]

Algid cholera (Med.), (a) A term formerly used for a classic untreated cholera (also called Asiatic cholera, caused by Vibrio cholerae); it is marked by three stages that succeed each other. These stages include a watery diarrhea stage, a stage of shock and collapse characterized by a cold skin and, the final stage of high fever. Patients usually die at the second stage of the disease. (b) In its modern use, algid cholera refers to a cholera that has entered the second stage of the disease. In the 19th century, the term algid cholera referred to Asiatic cholera, to distinguish it from other less specific intestinal afflictions. [ AS ]

n. Chilliness; coldness; especially: (Med.), coldness and collapse. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Algidity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family inclusing the mole rats and sand rats.
Syn. -- family Bathyergidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. capris goat + mulgere to milk. ] a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day.
Syn. -- goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. [ PJC ]

The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of several species -- "jarring" the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry. Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas)

adj. of or pertaining to the Carangidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. any fish of the family Carangidae, including the cavallas, jacks, pompanos and scads. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes allied to the mackerels, with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas; it includes the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.
Syn. -- family Carangidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Sp., orig., a corrector. ] The chief magistrate of a Spanish town. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. frigidus, fr. frigere to be cold; prob. akin to Gr. &unr_; to shudder, or perh. to &unr_; cold. Cf. Frill. ] 1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style; a frigid look or manner; frigid obedience or service. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Wanting natural heat or vigor sufficient to excite the generative power; impotent. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Frigid zone, that part of the earth which lies between either polar circle and its pole. It extends 23&unr_; 28&unr_; from the pole. See the Note under Arctic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Frigidaria [ L., neut. of frigidarium cooling. ] The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. frigiditas: cf. F. frigidité. ] 1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness and formality; as, frigidity of a reception, of a bow, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Want of heat or vigor; as, the frigidity of old age. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.

a. [ L. fulgidus. See Fulgent. ] Shining; glittering; dazzling. [ R. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Splendor; resplendence; effulgence. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Giddy, a. ] A disease of sheep, characterized by vertigo; the staggers. It is caused by the presence of the C&unr_;nurus, a larval tapeworm, in the brain. See C&unr_;nurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a giddy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being giddy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Giddier superl. Giddiest. ] [ OE. gidi mad, silly, AS. gidig, of unknown origin, cf. Norw. gidda to shake, tremble. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Having in the head a sensation of whirling or reeling about; having lost the power of preserving the balance of the body, and therefore wavering and inclined to fall; lightheaded; dizzy. [ 1913 Webster ]

By giddy head and staggering legs betrayed. Tate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Promoting or inducing giddiness; as, a giddy height; a giddy precipice. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upon the giddy footing of the hatches. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Bewildering on account of rapid turning; running round with celerity; gyratory; whirling. [ 1913 Webster ]

The giddy motion of the whirling mill. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Characterized by inconstancy; unstable; changeable; fickle; wild; thoughtless; heedless. “Giddy, foolish hours.” Rowe. “Giddy chance.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Young heads are giddy and young hearts are warm. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To reel; to whirl. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To make dizzy or unsteady. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person without thought fulness, prudence, or judgment. [ Colloq. ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Thoughtless; unsteady. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Moving irregularly; flighty; fickle. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. infrigidatus, p. p. of infrigidare to chill. See 1st In-, and Frigid. ] To chill; to make cold; to cool. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. infrigidatio. ] The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Zool.) A natural family of New World anteaters.
Syn. -- family Myrmecophagidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Aeronautics) Not rigid; especially, designating an airship having a shape maintained only by internal gas pressure and without a supporting structure. Opposite of rigid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Too rigid; too severe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Phalangides (Zool.) One of the Phalangoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pygidia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, dim. of &unr_; the rump. ] (Zool.) The caudal plate of trilobites, crustacean, and certain insects. See Illust. of Limulus and Trilobite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -dores /plu>. [ Sp., fr. regir to rule, L. regere. ] One of a body of officers charged with the government of Spanish municipalities, corresponding to the English alderman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ L. rigidus, fr. rigere to be stiff or numb: cf. F. rigide. Cf. Rigor. ] 1. Firm; stiff; unyielding; not pliant; not flexible. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upright beams innumerable
Of rigid spears. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, not lax or indulgent; severe; inflexible; strict; as, a rigid father or master; rigid discipline; rigid criticism; a rigid sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

The more rigid order of principles in religion and government. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stiff; unpliant; inflexible; unyielding; strict; exact; severe; austere; stern; rigorous; unmitigated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. rigiditas: cf. F. rigidité. See Rigid. ] 1. The quality or state of being rigid; want of pliability; the quality of resisting change of form; the amount of resistance with which a body opposes change of form; -- opposed to flexibility, ductility, malleability, and softness. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stiffness of appearance or manner; want of ease or elegance. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severity; rigor. [ Obs. orR. ] Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Stiffness; rigidness; inflexibility. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. In a rigid manner; stiffly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being rigid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dim. from rigid. ] (Bot.) Somewhat rigid or stiff; as, a rigidulous bristle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Solifugae. -- n. One of the Solifugae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Solifugae. ] (Zool.) Same as Solifugae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A sphinx. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. sphragis, -idis, Lemnian earth, fr. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;, a seal; -- so called because sold in sealed packets. ] (Min.) Lemnian earth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] Spongiae. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat rigid or stiff. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the genus Tingis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. Together. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. turgidus, from turgere to swell. ] 1. Distended beyond the natural state by some internal agent or expansive force; swelled; swollen; bloated; inflated; tumid; -- especially applied to an enlarged part of the body; as, a turgid limb; turgid fruit. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bladder . . . held near the fire grew turgid. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Swelling in style or language; vainly ostentatious; bombastic; pompous; as, a turgid style of speaking. [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Tur"gid*ly adv. -- Tur"gid*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being turgid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Turgid. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]