n.; pl. Aldermen [ AS. aldormon, ealdorman; ealdor an elder + man. See Elder, n. ] 1. A senior or superior; a person of rank or dignity. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The title was applied, among the Anglo-Saxons, to princes, dukes, earls, senators, and presiding magistrates; also to archbishops and bishops, implying superior wisdom or authority. Thus Ethelstan, duke of the East-Anglians, was called Alderman of all England; and there were aldermen of cities, counties, and castles, who had jurisdiction within their respective districts. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One of a board or body of municipal officers next in order to the mayor and having a legislative function. They may, in some cases, individually exercise some magisterial and administrative functions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The office of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Aldermen collectively; the body of aldermen. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The state of being an alderman. [ Jocular ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Like or suited to an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or like, an alderman. “An aldermanly discretion.” Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The district or ward of an alderman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office or rank of an alderman. [ R. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The condition, position, or office of an alderman. Fabyan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'a`rqron joint + 'derm. ] (Zool.) The external covering of an Arthropod. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state of being bewildered. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bewildering tangle or confusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

He . . . soon lost all traces of it amid bewilderment of tree trunks and underbrush. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. blasto`s sprout + E. derm. ] (Embryology) the early stage of an embryo after the first cleavages of the ovum; also, the layer of cells of which the early embryo is composed; specifically: (a) the early embryo developing from a blastodisc, after the blastocoel has formed. (b) in an insect embryo, the layer of cells that surrounds the internal mass of the yolk. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to the blastoderm. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ AS. cildamæsse-dæg; cild child +dæg day. ] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Embryology) the area of the mesoderm that forms the notochord. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin, fr. &unr_; to skin, flay: cf. F. derme. See Tear, v. t. ] 1. The integument of animal; the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) See Dermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ See Derm, n. ] A suffix or terminal formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Derm. ] (Anat.) See Dermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus comprising vectors of important diseases of man and animals.
Syn. -- genus Dermacentor. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ From Derm. ] 1. Pertaining to the integument or skin of animals; dermic; as, the dermal secretions. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis or true skin.

‖/mhw>, n. (Zool.) See Dermoptera, Dermopteran.

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, fr. &unr_; skin. ] Of or pertaining to the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -itis. ] (Med.) Inflammation of the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen. ] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -gen. ] (Bot.) Nascent epidermis, or external cuticle of plants in a forming condition. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -graphy. ] An anatomical description of, or treatise on, the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -oid: cf. F. dermatoïde. Cf. Dermoid. ] Resembling skin; skinlike. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to dermatology.
Syn. -- dermatologic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who discourses on the skin and its diseases; one versed in dermatology; especially, a physician with specialized training in dermatology, licensed to practise as a specialist in treating diseases of the skin. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + -logy: cf. F. dermatologie. ] The science which treats of the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + pa`qos suffering. ] (Med.) Of or pertaining to skin diseases, or their cure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`rma, -atos, skin + fyto`n plant. ] (Med.) A fungus infecting and parasitic on the skin, especially one which causes disease; as, ringworm is caused by a dermatophyte.

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. dermhsth`s; de`rma skin + root of &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) A genus of coleopterous insects, the larvæ of which feed animal substances. They are very destructive to dries meats, skins, woolens, and furs. The most common species is Dermestes lardarius, known as the bacon beetle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Dermestes + -oid. ] (Zool.) Pertaining to or resembling the genus Dermestes. [ 1913 Webster ]

The carpet beetle, called the buffalo moth, is a dermestoid beetle. Pop. Sci. Monthly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Relating to the derm or skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to the dermis; dermal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Underneath each nail the deep or dermic layer of the integument is peculiarly modified. Huxley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dermic remedies (Med.), such as act through the skin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Derm. ] (Anat.) The deep sensitive layer of the skin beneath the scarfskin or epidermis; -- called also true skin, derm, derma, corium, cutis, and enderon. See Skin, and Illust. in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A group of nudibranch mollusks without special gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Derm + branchiate. ] (Zool.) Having the skin modified to serve as a gill. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and hæmal structures; as, the dermohæmal spines or ventral fin rays of fishes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Derm + -oid: cf. F. dermoïde. ] Same as Dermatoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dermoid cyst (Med.), a cyst containing skin, or structures connected with skin, such as hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or in relation with, both dermal and neural structures; as, the dermoneural spines or dorsal fin rays of fishes. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Dermatopathic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dermatophyte. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; skin + &unr_; wing. ] 1. (Zool.) The division of insects which includes the earwigs (Forticulidæ). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) A group of lemuroid mammals having a parachutelike web of skin between the fore and hind legs, of which the colugo (Galeopithecus) is the type. See Colugo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) An order of Mammalia; the Chiroptera.

[ Written also Dermaptera, and Dermatoptera. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) An insect which has the anterior pair of wings coriaceous, and does not use them in flight, as the earwig. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Dermopterygii. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; skin + &unr_; wing, fin, dim. of &unr_; wing. ] (Zool.) A group of fishlike animals including the Marsipobranchiata and Leptocardia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Derm + skeleton. ] (Anat.) See Exoskeleton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; skin + &unr_; bone. ] (Physiol.) Ossification of the dermis. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. An alderman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]