{ ‖‖ } n. [ Malay. ] The berries of two East Indian species of Averrhoa, of the Oxalideæ or Sorrel family. They are very acid, and highly esteemed when preserved or pickled. The juice is used as a remedy for skin diseases. [ Written also blimbi and blimbing. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. See Bilimbi, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Arch.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [ Written also cimia. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Climbing fern. See under Fern. --
Climbing perch. (Zool.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + imbitter. Cf. Disembitter. ] To free from bitterness. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbibed p. pr. & vb. n. Imbibing. ] [ L. imbibere; pref. im- in + bibere to drink: cf. F. imbiber. Cf. Bib, Imbue, Potable. ] 1. To drink in; to absorb; to soak up; to suck or take in; to receive as by drinking; as, a person imbibes drink, or a sponge imbibes moisture. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To receive or absorb into the mind and retain; as, to imbibe principles; to imbibe errors. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To saturate; to imbue. [ Obs. ] “Earth, imbibed with . . . acid.” Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, imbibes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. imbibition. ] The act or process of imbibing, or absorbing; as, the post-mortem imbibition of poisons. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Imbittered p. pr. & vb. n. Imbittering. ] [ Pref. im- in + bitter. Cf. Embitter. ] [ Written also embitter. ] To make bitter; hence, to make distressing or more distressing; to make sad, morose, sour, or malignant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is there anything that more imbitters the enjoyment of this life than shame? South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Imbittered against each other by former contests. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, imbitters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of imbittering; bitter feeling; embitterment. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to the limbic system; as, the limbic system. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Anatomy, Neurophysiology) A group of neural structures in the brain below the cerebral cortex, centered on the hypothalamus and including the hippocampus and amygdala, involved with control of emotion, motivation, memory, and some homeostatic regulatory processes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

At the most ancient part of the human brain lies the spinal cord; the medulla and pons, which comprise the hindbrain; and the midbrain. This cobination of spinal cord, hindbrain, and midbrain MacLean calls the neural chassis. It contains the basic neural machinery for reproduction and self-preservation, . . . MacLean has distinguished three sorts of [ more recent brain structures controlling ] the neural chassis. The most ancient of them surround the midbrain. . . . We share it with the other mammals and the reptiles. It probably evolved several hundred million years ago. MacLean calls it the reptilian or R-complex. Surrounding the R-complex is the limbic system, so called because it borders on the underlying brain. (Our arms and legs are called limbs because they are peripheral to the rest of the body.) We share the limbic system with other mammals, but not, in its full elaboration, with the reptiles. It probably evolved more than one hundred fifty million years ago. Finally, surrounding the rest of the brain and clearly the most recent evolutionary accretion, is the neocortex. Carl Sagan (The Dragons of Eden, New York, Random House, 1977). [ PJC ]

a. [ L. nimbifer; nimbus a cloud + ferre to bear. ] Serving to bring clouds or stormy weather. [ 1913 Webster ]