{ } n. [ L. amphitheatrum, fr. Gr. &unr_;; 'amfi` + &unr_; theater: cf. F. amphithéâtre. See Theater. ] 1. An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Romans first constructed amphitheaters for combats of gladiators and wild beasts. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Anything resembling an amphitheater in form; as, a level surrounded by rising slopes or hills, or a rising gallery in a theater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who cheats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An escheator. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. characterized by great warmth and intensity of feeling; as, a heated argument. Opposite of dispassionate, passionless. [ wns=1 ]
Syn. -- ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, impassioned, perfervid, torrid. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. supplied with a mechanism for heating; -- of structures or devices; as, a heated fishing cabin. Opposite of unheated. [ wns=2 ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, heats. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any contrivance or implement, as a furnace, stove, or other heated body or vessel, etc., used to impart heat to something, or to contain something to be heated. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A pistol or other carryable firearm; as, gunmen with their heaters bulging in their pockets. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

Feed heater. See under Feed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A heating or cooking device that burns oil (such as kerosine) as a fuel.
Syn. -- oilstove, kerosene heater, kerosine heater. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a portable heating device used for warming the air of a single room; -- it may be electrical or use a combustible fuel. [ PJC ]

heated to a temperature above the boiling point at the ambient pressure; -- said of liquids. In such an unstable condition, a small disturbance of the liquid can cause a rapid and sometimes violent ebullition of vapor. [ PJC ]

n. (Steam Engine) An apparatus for superheating steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. théâtre, L. theatrum, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to see, view; cf. Skr. dhyā to meditate, think. Cf. Theory. ] 1. An edifice in which dramatic performances or spectacles are exhibited for the amusement of spectators; anciently uncovered, except the stage, but in modern times roofed. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any room adapted to the exhibition of any performances before an assembly, as public lectures, scholastic exercises, anatomical demonstrations, surgical operations, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which resembles a theater in form, use, or the like; a place rising by steps or gradations, like the seats of a theater. Burns. [ 1913 Webster ]

Shade above shade, a woody theater
Of stateliest view. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A sphere or scheme of operation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For if a man can be partaker of God's theater, he shall likewise be partaker of God's rest. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A place or region where great events are enacted; as, the theater of war. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Breathing by means of tracheae; of or pertaining to the Tracheata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any arthropod having tracheae; one of the Tracheata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small European singing bird (Saxicola œnanthe). The male is white beneath, bluish gray above, with black wings and a black stripe through each eye. The tail is black at the tip and in the middle, but white at the base and on each side. Called also checkbird, chickell, dykehopper, fallow chat, fallow finch, stonechat, and whitetail. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ AS. hwæten. ] Made of wheat; as, wheaten bread. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]