‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; an intestinal worm. ] (Med.) A disease, usually accompanied by colicky pains and diarrhea, caused by the presence of ascarids in the gastrointestinal canal. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Ascarides r Ascarids. [ NL. ascaris, fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A parasitic nematoid worm, especially the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine, and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of large roundworms parasitic in intestines of vertebrates.
Syn. -- family Ascaridae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a roundworm having a preanal sucker.
Syn. -- genus Ascaridia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the type genus of the family Ascaridae: roundworms with a three-lipped mouth.
Syn. -- genus Ascaris. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of cáscara bark. ] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cascarilla bark (or
Cascarilla) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. muscarium fly brush + -form. ] Having the form of a brush. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystalline substance, C5H13NO2, found in the toadstool (Agaricus muscarius), and in putrid fish. It is a typical ptomaine, and a violent poison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. scarificatio: cf. F. scarification. ] The act of scarifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. scarificateur. ] (Surg.) An instrument, principally used in cupping, containing several lancets moved simultaneously by a spring, for making slight incisions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who scarifies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Surg.) The instrument used for scarifying. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Agric.) An implement for stripping and loosening the soil, without bringing up a fresh surface. [ 1913 Webster ]

You have your scarifiers to make the ground clean. Southey. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Scarified p. pr. & vb. n. Scarifying ] [ F. scarifier, L. scarificare, scarifare, fr. Gr. &unr_; to scratch up, fr. &unr_; a pointed instrument. ] 1. To scratch or cut the skin of; esp. (Med.), to make small incisions in, by means of a lancet or scarificator, so as to draw blood from the smaller vessels without opening a large vein. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Agric.) To stir the surface soil of, as a field. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. scarieux, NL. scariosus. Cf. Scary. ] (Bot.) Thin, dry, membranous, and not green. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]