n. [ L. &unr_;, Gr. &unr_; short at both ends; 'amfi` + brachy`s short. ] (Anc. Pros.) A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (˘ -- ˘); as, hăbēr&ebreve_;. In modern prosody the accented syllable takes the place of the long and the unaccented of the short; as, pro-phet&bprime_;ic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the antibrachium, or forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Anat.) That part of the fore limb between the brachium and the carpus; the forearm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Good against the rickets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An arachnidan. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) (a) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida. (b) Pertaining to the arachnidium. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Arachnida. ] (Zool.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_;. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; like a cobweb; &unr_; spider, spider's web + e'i^dos form. ] 1. Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Bot.) Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Anat.) The arachnoid membrane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) One of the Arachnoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider + -logy. ] The department of Zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Orach. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. See Astrakhan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of large important East Indian trees: the neem trees.
Syn. -- genus Azadirachta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a triterpenoid (C35H44O16) isolated from the seeds of the neem tree (Azadirachta indica), used as an insecticide. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ F. azédarac, Sp. acederaque, Pers. āzāddirakht noble tree. ] 1. (Bot.) a handsome tree (Melia azedarach) of the mahogany family, native to Northern India and China, having long clusters of fragrant purple blossoms and small ornamental but inedible yellow fruits. It has been naturalized as a shade tree and is common in the southern United States; -- called also, chinaberry, China tree, Pride of India, Pride of China, and Bead tree.
Syn. -- chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, pride-of-India, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

2. (Med.) The bark of the roots of the azedarach, used as a cathartic and emetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A kind of wine made at Bacharach on the Rhine. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. batra`cheios belonging to a frog, fr. ba`trachos frog. ] (Zool.) The order of amphibians which includes the frogs and toads; the Anura. Sometimes the word is used in a wider sense as equivalent to Amphibia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to the Batrachia. -- n. One of the Batrachia. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Batrachia + -oid. ] (Zool.) Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. batrachomyomachi`a; ba`trachos frog + my^s mouse + ma`chh battle. ] The battle between the frogs and mice; -- a Greek parody on the Iliad, of uncertain authorship. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. ba`trachos frog + fagei^n to eat. ] Feeding on frogs. Quart. Rev. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp. borracha a leather bottle for wine, borracho drunk, fr. borra a lamb. ] A large leather bottle for liquors, etc., made of the skin of a goat or other animal. Hence: A drunkard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You're an absolute borachio. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Borachio. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache, F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to smell. ] A bitch of the hound kind. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brache a kind of scenting hound or setting dog, OF. brache, F. braque, fr. OHG. braccho, G. bracke; related to Sw. brack a dog that hunts by scent; possibly akin to E. fragrant, fr. L. fragrare to smell. ] A bitch of the hound kind. See also bratchet. Shak. [ Also spelled bratch when pronounced ] [ 1913 Webster + Century Dict. 1906 ]

A sow pig by chance sucked a brach, and when she was grown would miraculously hunt all manner of deer. Burton (Anatomy of Melancholy). [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. (&unr_;) short + &unr_; a covering. ] (Zool.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as bratchet. [ Century Dict. 1906 ]

‖n. pl. See Brachium. [ 1913 Webster ]

r a. [ L. brachialis (bracch-), from bracchium (bracch-) arm: cf. F. brachial. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining or belonging to the arm; as, the brachial artery; the brachial nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of the nature of an arm; resembling an arm. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ See Brachiate. ] (Zool.) A division of the Crinoidea, including those furnished with long jointed arms. See Crinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. brachiatus (bracch-) with boughs or branches like arms, from brackium (bracch-) arm. ] (Bot.) Having branches in pairs, decussated, all nearly horizontal, and each pair at right angles with the next, as in the maple and lilac. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the Brachioganoidei. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl.[ NL., from L. brachium (bracch-) arm + NL. ganoidei. ] (Zool.) An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. L. brachiolum (bracch-), dim. of brachium (bracch-) arm. ] (Zool.) A peculiar early larval stage of certain starfishes, having a bilateral structure, and swimming by means of bands of vibrating cilia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf.F. brachiopode. ] (Zool.) One of the Brachiopoda, or its shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; arm + -poda. ] (Zool.) A class of Molluscoidea having a symmetrical bivalve shell, often attached by a fleshy peduncle. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Within the shell is a pair of “arms, ” often long and spirally coiled, bearing rows of ciliated tentacles by which a current of water is made to flow into the mantle cavity, bringing the microscopic food to the mouth between the bases of the arms. The shell is both opened and closed by special muscles. They form two orders; Lyopoma, in which the shell is thin, and without a distinct hinge, as in Lingula; and Arthropoma, in which the firm calcareous shell has a regular hinge, as in Rhynchonella. See Arthropomata. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Bracchia [ L. brachium or bracchium, arm. ] (Anat.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Brachmanae, pl., Gr. &unr_;. ] See Brahman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; brachy`s short + &unr_; to leave off; cf. &unr_; incomplete. ] (Gr. & Last. Pros.) A verse wanting two syllables at its termination. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Cf. F. Brachycéphalie ] . (Anat.) The state or condition of being brachycephalic; shortness of head. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + &unr_; head. ] (Anat.) Having the skull short in proportion to its breadth; shortheaded; -- in distinction from dolichocephalic. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + ke`ras horn. ] (Zool.) Having short antennæ, as certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. brachy`s short + E. diagonal. ] Pertaining to the shorter diagonal, as of a rhombic prism. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brachydiagonal axis, the shorter lateral axis of an orthorhombic crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]