adj. 1. (Bot.) pinnate with a pair of leaflets at the apex, i.e. without an odd leaflet, or other appendage, at the end; -- said of a leaf shape
Syn. -- even-pinnate, paripinnate [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The time just after dinner. “An after-dinner's sleep.” Shak. [ Obs. ] -- a. Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who begins or originates anything. Specifically: A young or inexperienced practitioner or student; a tyro. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sermon of a new beginner. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which begins or originates something; the first cause; origin; source. [ 1913 Webster ]

I am . . . the beginning and the ending. Rev. i. 8. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is begun; a rudiment or element. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mighty things from small beginnings grow. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Enterprise. “To hinder our beginnings.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Inception; prelude; opening; threshold; origin; outset; foundation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ For bittacle, corrupted (perh. by influence of bin) fr. Pg. bitacola binnacle, fr. L. habitaculum dwelling place, fr. habitare to dwell. See Habit, and cf. Bittacle. ] (Naut.) A case or box placed near the helmsman, containing the compass of a ship, and a light to show it at night. Totten. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. L. bis twice + pinna feather. ] (Zool.) The larva of certain starfishes as developed in the free-swimming stage. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnate; cf. F. bipinné. Cf. Bipennate. ] Twice pinnate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + pinnatifid. ] (Bot.) Doubly pinnatifid. [ 1913 Webster ]

A bipinnatifid leaf is a pinnatifid leaf having its segments or divisions also pinnatifid. The primary divisions are pinnæ and the secondary pinnules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The member of a family whose labor supplies the food of the family; one who works for his living. H. Spencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf. Gr. kacha`zein. ] Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Certainty. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Geol.) An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New York. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -ni [ Also cicinus, cicinnus. ] [ L., a curl of hair. ] (Bot.) A form of monochasium in which the lateral branches arise alternately on opposite sides of the false axis; -- called also scorpioid cyme. -- Cin*cin"nal a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ L. cinnabaris, Gr. &unr_;; prob. of Oriental origin; cf. Per. qinbār, Hind. shangarf. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cinnabar Græcorum [ L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks. ] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood. --
Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. --
Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. cinabarin. ] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Cinnamic. ] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Cinnamon. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cinnamic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, odorless substance. C6H5.C2H2C2H2.CO2H, formerly obtained from storax and oil of cinnamon, now made from certain benzene derivatives in large quantities, and used for the artificial production of indigo. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. cinnamomum cinnamon. ] (Chem.) See Cinnamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Heb. qinnāmōn; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay kājū mānis sweet wood. ] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices. (b) Cassia. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. --
Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. --
Wild cinnamon. See Canella. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cinnamic + -one. ] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cinnamic + -yl. ] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [ Formerly written also cinnamule. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cinnamic + quinoline. ] A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity. ] To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin. ] Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. concinnus. ] Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne. De Quiency. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. [ Written also korin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. same as colored. [ Narrower terms: black (vs. white) ]
Syn. -- colored, coloured. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. having a dark color; -- of skin color.
Syn. -- dusky, swart, swarthy. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. dîner, fr. dîner to dine. See Dine. ] 1. The principal meal of the day, eaten in some countries about midday, but in others (especially in the U. S. and in large cities) at a later hour. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An entertainment; a feast. [ 1913 Webster ]

A grand political dinner. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Dinner is much used, in an obvious sense, either adjectively or as the first part of a compound; as, dinner time, or dinner-time, dinner bell, dinner hour, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having no dinner; as, the naughty child was sent to bed dinnerless. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to dinner. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The dinnerly officer. Copley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the time when people eat dinner, usually the time for the evening meal.
Syn. -- suppertime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖ n.; pl. djinn r djinns A spirit believed by Muslims to inhabit the earth and influence mankind by appearing in the form of humans or animals. Same as djinni and Jinnee. See Jinnee, Jinn.
Syn. -- genie, jinn, jinni, jinnee, djinn, djinni. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

a. A native of Finland; one of the Finn&unr_; in the ethnological sense. See Finns. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Haddock. ] Haddock cured in peat smoke, originally at Findon (pron. f&ibreve_;n"&aitalic_;n), Scotland. The name is also applied to other kinds of smoked haddock. [Written also finnan haddock.] [1913 Webster]

a. Having a fin, or fins, or anything resembling a fin. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A finback whale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the Finns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A variety of pigeon, with a crest somewhat resembling the mane of a horse. [ Written also finikin. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Finland, to the Finns, or to their language. -- n. A Northern Turanian group of languages; the language of the Finns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Finn. (Ethnol.) (a) Natives of Finland; Finlanders. (b) A branch of the Mongolian race, inhabiting Northern and Eastern Europe, including the Magyars, Bulgarians, Permians, Lapps, and Finlanders. [ Written also Fins. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Zool.) Having, or abounding in, fins, as fishes; pertaining to fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Abounding in fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

With patient angle trolls the finny deep. Goldsmoth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Ginn See Jinnee. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Genet, a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Gin, v. i. ] Beginning. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small, strong carriage for conveying materials on a railroad. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of two or more species of European labroid fishes (Crenilabrus melops, and Ctenolabrus rupestris); -- called also goldsinny, and goldney. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Goldfinny. [ 1913 Webster ]