a. [ Cf. It. avellana a filbert, fr. L. Avella or Abella a city of Campania. ] (Her.) In the form of four unhusked filberts; as, an avellane cross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Chaplain. ] The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. Amer. ] One of the inhabitants of the llanos of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Miscellaneous, and cf. Maslin. ] A mixture of two or more sorts of grain; -- now called maslin and meslin. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. See Miscellany. ] A collection of miscellaneous matters; matters of various kinds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. miscellaneus mixed, miscellaneous, fr. miscellus mixed, fr. miscere to mix. See Mix, and cf. Miscellany. ] Mixed; mingled; consisting of several things; of diverse sorts; promiscuous; heterogeneous; as, a miscellaneous collection. “A miscellaneous rabble.” Milton. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Mis`cel*la"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Of or pertaining to porcelain; resembling porcelain; as, porcelaneous shells. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a smooth, compact shell without pores; -- said of certain Foraminifera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Villanelle. ] A ballad. [ Obs. ] Cotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Villanelle [ It., a pretty country girl. ] (Mus.) An old rustic dance, accompanied with singing. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A poem written in tercets with but two rhymes, the first and third verse of the first stanza alternating as the third verse in each successive stanza and forming a couplet at the close. E. W. Gosse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of villa; formed on the analogy of the French. ] A small villa. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]