n. [ alcoran, fr. Ar. al-qorān, orig. the reading, the book, fr. qaraa to read. Cf. Koran. ] The Muslim Scriptures; the Koran (now the usual form). [ Spelt also Alkoran. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who adheres to the letter of the Koran, rejecting all traditions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Muslim Scriptures. Same as Alcoran and Koran. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Alcoranic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Alcoranist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. one of the aplacophora; a deep-water wormlike mollusk lacking calcareous plates on the body but having fine limy spicules on the covering mantle.
Syn. -- solenogaster [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Chlorine + aniline. ] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place. ] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Commorancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Law) A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commorancy consists in usually lying there. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Am. Law) Residence temporarily, or for a short time. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. commorans, p. pr. of commorari to abide; com- + morari to delay. ] 1. (Law) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting. [ 1913 Webster ]

All freeholders within the precinct . . . and all persons commorant therein. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Am. Law) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A resident. Bp. Hacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being contemporaneous. [ 1913 Webster ]

The lines of contemporaneity in the oolitic system. J. Philips. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous. ] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary. [ 1913 Webster ]

The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman

-- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

adv. At the same time with some other event. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek. ] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [ Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc. ] [ Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ See Courant. ] A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion. [ 1913 Webster ]

It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cormoran, fr. Armor. mōr-vran a sea raven; mōr sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven. ] 1. (Zool.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [ Written also corvorant. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. corroborans, p. pr. See Corroborate. ] Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. -- n. Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Cormorant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Contemporaneous. ] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. décolorant, p. pr. ] A substance which removes color, or bleaches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deodorizer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An edulcorant remedy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Edulcorate. ] Having a tendency to purify or to sweeten by removing or correcting acidity and acrimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aequus equal + tempus, temporis, time. ] Contemporaneous. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. ] (Her.) Standing, but with the wings spread, as if about to fly; -- said of a bird borne as a charge on an escutcheon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. expectorans, p. pr. of expectorare to drive from the breast: cf. F. expectorant. ] (Med.) Tending to facilitate expectoration or to promote discharges of mucus, etc., from the lungs or throat. -- n. An expectorant medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Extemporaneous. [ Obs ] Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Extempore. ] Composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment, or without previous study; unpremeditated; off-hand; ad-lib; extempore; extemporary; as, an extemporaneous address or production. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Ex*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. foras out of doors. ] Pertaining to that which is out of doors. “Extraforaneous occupations.” Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Mining) Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. Pryce. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Fluorene + anthracene. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon C15H10, of a complex structure, found as one ingredient of the higher boiling portion of coal tar. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. ignorantia. ] 1. The condition of being ignorant; the lack of knowledge in general, or in relation to a particular subject; the state of being uneducated or uninformed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignorance is the curse of God,
Knowledge the wing wherewith we fly to heaven. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Theol.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have. Book of Common Prayer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Invincible ignorance (Theol.), ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. ignorans, -antis, p. pr. of ignorare to be ignorant. See Ignore. ] 1. Destitute of knowledge; uninstructed or uninformed; untaught; unenlightened. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that doth not know those things which are of use for him to know, is but an ignorant man, whatever he may know besides. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Unacquainted with; unconscious or unaware; -- used with of. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignorant of guilt, I fear not shame. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Unknown; undiscovered. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Ignorant concealment. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Alas, what ignorant sin have I committed? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Resulting from ignorance; foolish; silly. [ 1913 Webster ]

His shipping,
Poor ignorant baubles! -- on our terrible seas,
Like eggshells moved. Shak.

Syn. -- Uninstructed; untaught; unenlightened; uninformed; unlearned; unlettered; illiterate. -- Ignorant, Illiterate. Ignorant denotes lack of knowledge, either as to single subject or information in general; illiterate refers to an ignorance of letters, or of knowledge acquired by reading and study. In the Middle Ages, a great proportion of the higher classes were illiterate, and yet were far from being ignorant, especially in regard to war and other active pursuits. [ 1913 Webster ]

In such business
Action is eloquence, and the eyes of the ignorant
More learned than the ears. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the first ages of Christianity, not only the learned and the wise, but the ignorant and illiterate, embraced torments and death. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A person untaught or uninformed; one unlettered or unskilled; an ignoramous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Did I for this take pains to teach
Our zealous ignorants to preach? Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The spirit of those who extol the advantage of ignorance; obscurantism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to the diffusion of knowledge; an obscurantist. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a ignorant manner; without knowledge; inadvertently. [ 1913 Webster ]

Whom therefoer ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you. Acts xvii. 23. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) The native name of a South American rutaceous shrub (Pilocarpus pennatifolius). The leaves are used in medicine as an diaphoretic and sialogogue. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ar. qorān; with the Ar. article, Alkoran, Alcoran; = Turk. Pers. qurân, from Ar. quran, qoran, book, reading, from qârâ, read. See Alcoran. ] The Scriptures of the Muslims, containing the professed revelations to Mohammed; -- called also Alcoran. [ Written also Kuran or Quran, Also rarely Coran and Core. ]

☞ The Koran is the sacred book of the Muslims (sometimes called Mohammedans by non-Muslims, a term considered offensive by some Muslims). It is the most important foundation on which Islam rests and it is held in the highest veneration by all Islamic sects. When being read it must be kept on a stand elevated above the floor. No one may read it or touch it without first making a legal ablution. It is written in the Arabic language, and its style is considered a model. The substance of the Koran is held to be uncreated and eternal. Mohammed was merely the person to whom the work was revealed. At first the Koran was not written, but entirely committed to memory. But when a great many of the best Koran reciters had been killed in battle, Omar suggested to Abu-Bekr (the successor of Mohammed) that it should be written down. Abu-Bekr accordingly commanded Zeid, an amanuensis of the prophet, to commit it to writing. This was the authorized text until 23 years after the death of the prophet. A number of variant readings had, however, crept into use. By order of the calif Osman in the year 30 of the Hejira, Zeid and three assistants made a careful revision which was adopted as the standard, and all the other copies were ordered to be burned. The Koran consists of 114 suras or divisions. These are not numbered, but each one has a separate name. They are not arranged in historical order. These suras purport to be the addresses delivered by Mohammed during his career at Mecca and Medina. As a general rule the shorter suras, which contain the theology of Islam, belong to the Meccan period; while the longer ones, relating to social duties and relationships, to Medina. The Koran is largely drawn from Jewish and Christian sources, the former prevailing. Moses and Jesus are reckoned among the prophets. The biblical narratives are interwoven with rabbinical legends. The customs of the Jews are made to conform to those of the Arabians. Islamic theology consists in the study of the Koran and its commentaries. A very fine collection of Korans, including one in Cufic (the old Arabic character), is to be found in the Khedival Library at Cairo, Egypt. [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

n. [ L. laborans, p. pr. of laborare to labor. ] A chemist. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Acronym, from LOng RAnge Navigation ] (Naut., aviation) A system of electronic navigation in which a vessel or aircraft determines its latitude and longitude by measuring the time differences between low frequency radio transmissions from two stationary transmitters (slaves) and a stationary master transmitter. Contrary to the name, Loran is a medium range system, usually effective for no more than a few hundred miles from shore. The first commercial system was called Loran A; the latest (and final) development is Loran C. [ acronym ] [ RDH ]

‖n. [ NL. See Macro-, and Sporangium. ] (Bot.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum.
Syn. -- genus Majorana. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A shrub or small tree (Citrus reticulata) having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to Southeast Asia.
Syn. -- mandarin orange tree. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. Same as mandarin{ 7 }. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. E. Memorandums, L. Memoranda [ L., something to be remembered, neut. of memorandus, fut. pass. p. of memorare. See Memorable. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A record of something which it is desired to remember; a note to help the memory. [ 1913 Webster ]

I . . . entered a memorandum in my pocketbook. Guardian. [ 1913 Webster ]

I wish you would, as opportunity offers, make memorandums of the regulations of the academies. Sir J. Reynolds. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A brief or informal note in writing of some transaction, or an outline of an intended instrument; an instrument drawn up in a brief and compendious form. [ 1913 Webster ]

Memorandum check, a check given as an acknowledgment of indebtedness, but with the understanding that it will not be presented at bank unless the maker fails to take it up on the day the debt becomes due. It usually has Mem. written on its face. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Micro-, and Sporangium. ] (Bot.) A sporangium or conceptacle containing only very minute spores. Cf. Macrosporangium. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A type of orange in which the fruit incloses a small secondary fruit, the rind showing on the exterior a navel-like pit or depression at the apex. There are several varieties; they are usually seedless, or nearly so, and are much grown in California. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]