n. (Naut.) A round piece of timber at the bow or stern of a whaleboat, around which the harpoon line is run out when the whale darts off. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a head shaped like a bullet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Lethal. ] Death. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. Gr. lh`qh, prop., forgetfulness; akin to lanqa`nesqai to forget, lanqa`nein to escape notice. ] 1. (Class. Myth.) A river of Hades whose waters when drunk caused forgetfulness of the past. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Oblivion; a draught of oblivion; forgetfulness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Lethaeus, Gr. lh`qaios or lhqai^os. ] Of or pertaining to Lethe; resembling in effect the water of Lethe. Milton. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Caused by Lethe. “ Letheed dullness.” [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. lh`qh. ] (Med.) Sulphuric ether used as an anæsthetic agent. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To subject to the influence of letheon. [ R. or Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. th^le far + thermo- + -graph. ] (Physics) (a) A record of fluctuations of temperature made automatically at a distant station. (b) An instrument, usually electrical, making such records. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; far off + E. thermometer. ] (Physics) An apparatus for determining the temperature of a distant point, as by a thermoelectric circuit or otherwise. [ 1913 Webster ]