{ ‖ } n. [ F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat. ] 1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tune which regulates the dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.

4. A formal ball, especially one at which debutantes are first presented to society. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. octo eight + -illion, as in E. million: cf. F. octillion. ] According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Pistillida [ NL., fr. E. pistil. ] (Bot.) Same as Archegonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pistil + -ferous: cf. F. pistillifère. ] (Bot.) Pistillate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Painting) A theory or practice which is a further development, on more rigorously scientific lines, of the theory and practice of Impressionism, originated by George Seurat (1859-91), and carried on by Paul Signac (1863- -) and others. Its method is marked by the laying of pure primary colors in minute dots upon a white ground, any given line being produced by a variation in the proportionate quantity of the primary colors employed. This method is also known as (stippling). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. septilion, formed fr. L. septem seven, in imitation of million. ] According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed (in imitation of million) fr. L. sextus sixth, sex six: cf. F. sextilion. ] According to the method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-one ciphers annexed. According to the English method, a million raised to the sixth power, or the number expressed by a unit with thirty-six ciphers annexed. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. stillicidium; stilla a drop + cadere to fall. ] A continual falling or succession of drops; rain water falling from the eaves. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Falling in drops. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. stilla a drop + -form. ] Having the form of a drop. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LG. stelling, G. stellen to set, to place. ] A stillion. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Stilling. ] A stand, as for casks or vats in a brewery, or for pottery while drying. [ 1913 Webster ]