n. [ Aero- + therapeutics. ] (Med.) Treatment of disease by the use of air or other gases. AS [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Origin uncertain. ] The salt of wisdom of the alchemists, a double salt composed of the chlorides of ammonium and mercury. It was formerly used as a stimulant. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. algaroth, fr. the name of the inventor, Algarotti. ] (Med.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + theology. ] Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; weight + thermograph. ] An instrument for recording both pressure and temperature, as of the atmosphere. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betrothed p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing. ] [ Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth. ] 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. [ 1913 Webster ]

What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? Deut. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. “The feast of betrothal.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. broð; akin to OHG. brod, brot; cf. Ir. broth, Gael. brot. √93. Cf. Brewis, Brew. ] Liquid in which flesh (and sometimes other substances, as barley or rice) has been boiled; thin or simple soup. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am sure by your unprejudiced discourses that you love broth better than soup. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. brothel, brodel, brethel, a prostitute, a worthless fellow, fr. AS. beróðan to ruin, destroy; cf. AS. breótan to break, and E. brittle. The term brothel house was confused with bordel brothel. CF. Bordel. ] A house of lewdness or ill fame; a house frequented by prostitutes; a bawdyhouse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who frequents brothels. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lewdness; obscenity; a brothel. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brothers r Brethren See Brethren. [ OE. brother, AS. brōðor; akin to OS. brothar, D. broeder, OHG. pruodar, G. bruder, Icel. brōðir, Sw. & Dan. broder, Goth. brōþar, Ir. brathair, W. brawd, pl. brodyr, Lith. brolis, Lett. brahlis, Russ. brat', Pol. & Serv. brat, OSlav. bratrŭ, L. frater, Skr. bhrāt&rsdot_;, Zend bratar brother, Gr. fra`thr, fra`twr, a clansman. The common plural is Brothers; in the solemn style, Brethren, OE. pl. brether, bretheren, AS. dative sing. brēðer, nom. pl. brōðor, brōðru. √258. Cf. Friar, Fraternal. ] 1. A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood. A brother having the same mother but different fathers is called a uterine brother, and one having the same father but a different mother is called an agnate brother, or in (Law) a consanguine brother. A brother having the same father and mother is called a brother-german or full brother. The same modifying terms are applied to sister or sibling. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Two of us in the churchyard lie,
My sister and my brother. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc. “A brother of your order.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers,
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character. [ 1913 Webster ]

He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster. Prov. xviii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

That April morn
Of this the very brother. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In Scripture, the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents, as in the case of Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Laban. In a more general sense, brother or brethren is used for fellow-man or fellow-men. [ 1913 Webster ]

For of whom such massacre
Make they but of their brethren, men of men? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Brother Jonathan, a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively. The phrase is said to have originated from Washington's referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull, governor of Connecticut, as “Brother Jonathan.” --
Blood brother. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Brothered ] To make a brother of; to call or treat as a brother; to admit to a brotherhood. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Law) A brother by both the father's and mother's side, in contradistinction to a uterine brother, one by the mother only. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Brother + -hood. ] 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Brothers-in-law The brother of one's husband or wife; also, the husband of one's sister; sometimes, the husband of one's wife's sister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being brotherly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Fraternal; kind; affectionate; tender. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Like a brother; affectionately; kindly. “I speak but brotherly of him.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Gr. chei`r hand + qhri`on beast. ] (Poleon.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; beak + &unr_; box, case. ] (Zool.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

v. t. To inclose in a brothel. [ Obs. ] Donne.

v. i. To throw up or out spume, foam, or bubbles; to foam; as beer froths; a horse froths. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. frothe, Icel. froða; akin to Dan. fraade, Sw. fradga, AS. āfreoðan to froth. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The bubbles caused in fluids or liquors by fermentation or agitation; spume; foam; esp., a spume of saliva caused by disease or nervous excitement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any empty, senseless show of wit or eloquence; rhetoric without thought. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

It was a long speech, but all froth. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Light, unsubstantial matter. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Froth insect (Zool.), the cuckoo spit or frog hopper; -- called also froth spit, froth worm, and froth fly. --
Froth spit. See Cuckoo spit, under Cuckoo. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Frothed p. pr. & vb. n.. Frothing. ] 1. To cause to foam. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spit, vent, or eject, as froth. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . froths treason at his mouth. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Is your spleen frothed out, or have ye more? Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cover with froth; as, a horse froths his chain. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a frothy manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being frothy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Exaggerated declamation; rant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Free from froth. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Frothier superl. Frothiest. ] 1. Full of foam or froth, or consisting of froth or light bubbles; spumous; foamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not firm or solid; soft; unstable. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Of the nature of froth; light; empty; unsubstantial; as, a frothy speaker or harangue. Tillotson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brother by one parent, but not by both. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A composition for infernal purposes; a magical preparation. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -cæ [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;; "iero`s sacred + &unr_; chest.] A receptacle for sacred objects. [1913 Webster]

‖n.; pl. L. Hydrothecæ E. Hydrothecas [ NL., fr. E. hydra + Gr. &unr_; a box. ] (Zool.) One of the calicles which, in some Hydroidea (Thecaphora), protect the hydrants. See Illust. of Hydroidea, and Campanularian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + therapeutics. ] (Med.) A system of treating disease by baths and mineral waters. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + therapy. ] (Med.) See Hydropathy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Hydro-, 1 + thermal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to hot water; -- used esp. with reference to the action of heated waters in dissolving, redepositing, and otherwise producing mineral changes within the crust of the globe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. of, pertaining to, or using the hot waters or steam found at special locations within the earth's crust; as, hydrothermal power generation. [ PJC ]

n. [ Hydro-, 1 + thorax. ] (Med.) An accumulation of serous fluid in the cavity of the chest. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. pleyro`qen from the side + to`nos a stretching. ] (Med.) A species of tetanus, in which the body is curved laterally. Quain. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; chamber, especially, the bridal chamber. ] A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prothallia [ NL. ] (Bot.) Same as Prothallus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Prothalli [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; a young shoot. ] (Bot.) The minute primary growth from the spore of ferns and other Pteridophyta, which bears the true sexual organs; the oophoric generation of ferns, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; a placing in public, fr. &unr_; to set before; &unr_; before + &unr_; to set, put. ] 1. (Eccl.) A credence table; -- so called by the Eastern or Greek Church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) See Prosthesis. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Of or pertaining to prothesis; as, a prothetic apparatus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Office of a prothonotary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the prothorax. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pro- + thorax. ] (Zool.) The first or anterior segment of the thorax in insects. See Illusts. of Butterfly and Coleoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Biol.) Same as Prothyalosoma. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ or , n.; pl. -ries [ LL. protonotarius, fr. Gr. prw^tos first + L. notarius a shorthand writer, a scribe: cf. F. protonotaire. ] 1. A chief notary or clerk. “ My private prothonotary.” Herrick. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formerly, a chief clerk in the Court of King's Bench and in the Court of Common Pleas, now superseded by the master. [ Eng. ] Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A register or chief clerk of a court in certain States of the United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, one who had the charge of writing the acts of the martyrs, and the circumstances of their death; now, one of twelve persons, constituting a college in the Roman Curia, whose office is to register pontifical acts and to make and preserve the official record of beatifications. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Gr. Ch.) The chief secretary of the patriarch of Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prothonotary warbler (Zool.), a small American warbler (Protonotaria citrea). The general color is golden yellow, the back is olivaceous, the rump and tail are ash-color, several outer tail feathers are partly white. [ 1913 Webster ]