‖n. [ Native name. ] (Med.) A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Grommet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Gromwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gourmette curb, curb chain, fr. gourmer to curb, thump, beat; cf. Armor. gromm a curb, gromma to curb. ] 1. A ring formed by twisting on itself a single strand of an unlaid rope. Sometimes written grummet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any eyelet or ring of metal or other material inserted in a hole in a sheet of some other material; in sailing, a metallic ring in or for a sail or a mailbag. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A ring of rubber or other insulating material inserted in a hole in some surface of a device, to prevent wires passing through the hole from making contact with the surface; used especially in electrical and electronic devices, to prevent undesired electrical contact. [ PJC ]

4. (Mil.) A ring of rope used as a wad to hold a cannon ball in place. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Called also gromel, grommel, graymill, and gray millet, all prob. fr. F. gr?mil, cf. W. cromandi. ] (Bot.) A plant of the genus Lithospermum (L. arvense), anciently used, because of its stony pericarp, in the cure of gravel. The German gromwell is the Stellera. [ Written also gromill. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; wet, moist + -meter: cf. F. hygromètre. ] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the degree of moisture of the atmosphere. [ 1913 Webster ]

Daniell's hygrometer, a form of hygrometer consisting of a bent glass tube terminating in two bulbs, the one covered with muslin, the other of black glass, and containing ether and a thermometer. Ether being poured on the muslin, the black ball, cooled by the evaporation of the ether within, is soon covered with dew; at this moment, the inclosed thermometer gives the dew-point, and this, compared with the reading of one in the air, determines the humidity.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. hygrométrique. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hygrometry; made with, or according to, the hygrometer; as, hygrometric observations. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Readily absorbing and retaining moisture; as, hygrometric substances, like potash. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. hygrométrie. ] (Physics) That branch of physics which relates to the determination of the humidity of bodies, particularly of the atmosphere, with the theory and use of the instruments constructed for this purpose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Necromancy. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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

These false enchanters or nigromanciens. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]