n. [ Gr. 'allo`trios strange + fagei^n to eat: cf. F. allotriophagie. ] (Med.) A depraved appetite; a desire for strange or nonnutritious food, such as clay or starch. Called also pica. AS [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'androfa`gos; 'anh`r, 'andro`s, man + fagei^n to eat. ] Cannibals; man-eaters; anthropophagi. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Anthropophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'a`nqos flower + fagei^n to eat. ] (Zool.) Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; eating men; 'a`nqrwpos man + + &unr_; to eat. ] Man eaters; cannibals. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Relating to cannibalism or anthropophagy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who east human flesh. [ Ludicrous ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cannibal. W. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Feeding on human flesh; cannibal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] The eating of human flesh; cannibalism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n. A remedy for hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aphis + Gr. &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; self + &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Birds which are able to run about and obtain their own food as soon as hatched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; self + &unr_; to eat. ] (Med.) The feeding of the body upon itself, as in fasting; nutrition by consumption of one's own tissues. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. sing. & pl. a virus which infects bacteria; -- also colloquially called phage in laboratory jargon. Bacteriophages are of many varieties, generally specific for one or a narrow range of bacterial species, and almost every bacterium is susceptible to at least one bacteriophage. They may have DNA or RNA as their genetic component. Certain types of bacteriophage, called
temperate bacteriophage, may infect but not kill their host bacteria, residing in and replicating either as a plasmid or integrated into the host genome. Under certain conditions, a resident temperate phage may become induced to multiply rapidly and vegetatively, killing and lysing its host bacterium, and producing multiple progeny. The lambda phage of Eschericia coli, much studied in biochemical and genetic research, is of the temperate type. [ PJC ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to bacteriophage. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

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

n. A place for mooring vessels in a dock or harbor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. karpo`s fruit + &unr_; to eat. ] Living on fruits; fruit-consuming. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carlos Chagas, a physician in Brazil, 1879-1934 ] a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with Trypamosoma cruzi, found principally in South America. It is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has natural reservoirs in dogs, armadillos, rodents and other domestic and wild mammals. Stedman's Med. Dict., Dorland's Illustr. Med. Dict.
Syn. -- South Amercian trypanosomiasis, Chagas-Cruz disease. [ PJC ]

n. See Shagreen. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A form of malarial fever occurring along the Chagres River, Panama. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chagrined p. pr. & vb. n. Chargrining. ] [ Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n. ] To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding grief. See Shagreen. ] Vexation; mortification. [ 1913 Webster ]

I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. Richard Porson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope.

Syn. -- Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet. Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words agree in the general sense of pain produced by untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc. Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that keen sense of pain which results from wounded pride or humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense of mortification.

“Vexation arises chiefly from our wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a mixture of the two.” Crabb. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Chagrined. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. feeling vexed, especially due to feeling inferior or unworthy and hence embarrassed; as, chagrined at the poor sales of his book.
Syn. -- embarrassed, mortified. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. chthonophagia; Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, earth + &unr_; to eat. ] A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + esophagal. ] (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in (Zool.) said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Denmark. Population (2000) = 1, 339, 395. [ PJC ]

n. [ From Copenhagen, Denmark. ] 1. A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Coprophagous. ] (Zool.) A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; exrement + &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

n. (Bot.) See Cowhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Hind. kawānch, koānch. ] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spiculæ are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [ Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of birds including the anis. See ani.
Syn. -- genus Crotophaga. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖ } n. [ NL. dysphagia, fr. Gr. dys- ill, hard + &unr_; to eat. ] (Med.) Difficulty in swallowing, or inability to swallow.
Syn. -- aglutition. [ 1913 Webster + PJC ]

n. (Zoöl.) a genus of fleas including the stick-tight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), which is a serious pest in subtropical America, infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals. [ Stedman ] [ PJC ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'e`ntomon an insect + fagei^n to eat. ] (Zoöl.) 1. a group of hymenopterous insects whose larvæ feed parasitically upon living insects. See Ichneumon, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A group of marsupials which are partly insectivorous, as the opossum. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A group of edentates, including the ant-eaters. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Relating to the Entomophaga. -- n. One of the Entomophaga. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zoöl.) Feeding on insects; insectivorous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Esophageal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the esophagus. [ Written also œsophageal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Esophageal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. o'isofa`gos the esophagus + te`mnein to cut. ] (Surg.) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus, for the purpose of removing any foreign substance that obstructs the passage. [ Written also œsophagotomy. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. o'isofa`gos; root of o'i`sw which is used as future of fe`rein to bear, carry (cf. Skr. vī to go, drive) + fagei^n to eat. ] (Anat.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive. [ Written also œsophagus. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, milk + &unr_; to eat: cf. &unr_; to live on milk. ] One who eats, or subsists on, milk. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. galactophade. ] Feeding on milk. [ 1913 Webster ]