v. t. [ L. ablaqueatus, p. p. of. ablaqueare; fr. ab + laqueus a noose. ] To lay bare, as the roots of a tree. [ Obs. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ablaqueatio. ] The act or process of laying bare the roots of trees to expose them to the air and water. [ Obs. ] Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. aqueduc, OF. aqueduct (Cotgr.), fr. L. aquaeductus; aquae, gen. of aqua water + ductus a leading, ducere to lead. See Aqua, Duke. ] 1. A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The term is also applied to a structure (similar to the ancient aqueducts), for conveying a canal over a river or hollow; more properly called an aqueduct bridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wateriness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. aqueux, L. aquosus, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aquose. ] 1. Partaking of the nature of water, or abounding with it; watery. [ 1913 Webster ]

The aqueous vapor of the air. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Made from, or by means of, water. [ 1913 Webster ]

An aqueous deposit. Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

Aqueous extract, an extract obtained from a vegetable substance by steeping it in water. --
Aqueous humor (Anat.), one the humors of the eye; a limpid fluid, occupying the space between the crystalline lens and the cornea. (See Eye.) --
Aqueous rocks (Geol.), those which are deposited from water and lie in strata, as opposed to volcanic rocks, which are of igneous origin; -- called also sedimentary rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wateriness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Chyle + aqueous. ] (Zool.) Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a group of sycophantic followers. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ F. ] One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. elaqueatus, p. p. of elaqueare to unfetter. ] To disentangle. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Hagbut. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Japan) suicide by self-disembowlment on a sword.
Syn. -- harikari. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Capable of being insnared or entrapped. [ R. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Illaqueated p. pr. & vb. n. Illaqueating. ] [ L. illaqueatus, p. p. of illaqueare; pref. il- in + laqueare to insnare, fr. laqueus, noose, snare. ] To insnare; to entrap; to entangle; to catch. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retiary versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of catching or insnaring. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A snare; a trap. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ From Labarraque, a Parisian apothecary. ] (Med.) An aqueous solution of sodium hypochlorite, extensively used as a disinfectant. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sodium hypochlorite is the same compound used in the commercial trademarked bleach Clorox(TM). It has both disinfectant and bleaching activity. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Laquearia [ L. ] (Arch.) A lacunar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. laqueus a noose. ] Using a noose, as a gladiator. [ Obs. or R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Retiary and laqueary combatants. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Macacus. ] (Zool.) Any one of several species of short-tailed monkeys of the genus Macaca (formerly Macacus), found in rocky regions of Asia and Africa; as, Macaca maurus, the moor macaque of the East Indies. Macaca mulatta is the Rhesus monkey, much used in biomedical research, and namesake of the Rh factor used in blood typing (due to discovery of that factor in the Rhesus monkey). [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ F., fr. L. opacus. Cf. Opacous. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Impervious to the rays of light; not transparent; as, an opaque substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Obscure; not clear; unintelligible. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which is opaque; opacity. Young. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being impervious to light; opacity. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pâque. ] See Pasch and Easter. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ See Paroquet. ] (Zool.) See Parrakeet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. Cf. Plack, and see Placard. ] Any flat, thin piece of metal, clay, ivory, or the like, used for ornament, or for painting pictures upon, as a slab, plate, dish, or the like, hung upon a wall; also, a smaller decoration worn on the person, as a brooch. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of plaque plate, plaque. See Plaque. ] A small plaque, esp., in modern medal engraving, a small and delicate bas-relief, whether cast or struck from a die, or of form other than circular. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Half opaque; only half transparent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Being under water, or beneath the surface of water; adapted for use under water; submarine; as, a subaqueous helmet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) Formed in or under water; as, subaqueous deposits. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. terra the earth + E. aqueous. ] Consisting of land and water; as, the earth is a terraqueous globe. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

The grand terraqueous spectacle
From center to circumference unveiled. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp., cowherd, fr. vaca a cow, L. vacca. Cf. Vacher. ] One who has charge of cattle, horses, etc.; a herdsman; a cowboy. [ Southwestern U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A yellow crystalline glucoside obtained from the pansy (Viola tricolor), and decomposing into glucose and quercitrin. [ 1913 Webster ]