(n) Scottish geneticist (son of John Haldane) who contributed to the development of population genetics; a popularizer of science and a Marxist (1892-1964), Syn.John Burdon Sanderson Haldane, J. B. S. Haldane
(n) Scottish physiologist and brother of Richard Haldane and Elizabeth Haldane; noted for research into industrial diseases (1860-1936), Syn.John Haldane, John Scott Haldane
(n) an ancient kingdom in southern Mesopotamia; Babylonia conquered Israel in the 6th century BC and exiled the Jews to Babylon (where Daniel became a counselor to the king), Syn.Chaldea, Chaldaea
(n) an ancient region of Mesopotamia lying between the Euphrates delta and the Persian Gulf and the Arabian Desert; settled in 1000 BC and destroyed by the Persians in 539 BC; reached the height of its power under Nebuchadnezzar II, Syn.Chaldaea
n. [ LL. baldachinus, baldechinus, a canopy of rich silk carried over the host; fr. Bagdad, It. Baldacco, a city in Turkish Asia from whence these rich silks came: cf. It. baldacchino. Cf. Baudekin. ] 1. A rich brocade; baudekin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
2. (Arch.) A structure in form of a canopy, sometimes supported by columns, and sometimes suspended from the roof or projecting from the wall; generally placed over an altar; as, the baldachin in St. Peter's. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. A portable canopy borne over shrines, etc., in procession. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ Written also baldachino, baldaquin, etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. Bretwalda, br&unr_;ten walda, a powerful ruler. ] (Eng. Hist.) The official title applied to that one of the Anglo-Saxon chieftains who was chosen by the other chiefs to lead them in their warfare against the British tribes. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ LL. faldagium, fr. AS. fald, E. fold. Cf. Foldage. ] (O. Eng. Law) A privilege of setting up, and moving about, folds for sheep, in any fields within manors, in order to manure them; -- often reserved to himself by the lord of the manor. Spelman. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) Any species of marine annelids of the genus Maldane, or family Maldanidae. They have a slender, round body, and make tubes in the sand or mud. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ Hind. risāldār, fr. risāltātroop of horse + Per. dār holding. ] (Mil.) In the Anglo-Indian army, a native commander of a ressala. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
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