a. [ L. aliquantus some, moderate; alius other + quantus how great: cf. F. aliquante. ] (Math.) An aliquant part of a number or quantity is one which does not divide it without leaving a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquant part of 16. Opposed to aliquot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aliquot some, several; alius other + quot how many: cf. F. aliquote. ] (Math.) An aliquot part of a number or quantity is one which will divide it without a remainder; thus, 5 is an aliquot part of 15. Opposed to aliquant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Antiquary ]. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An antiquary. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Character of an antiquary; study or love of antiquities. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To act the part of an antiquary. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. antiquarius, fr. antiquus ancient. See Antique. ] Pertaining to antiquity. [ R. ] “Instructed by the antiquary times.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antiquaries One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. antiquatus, p. p. of antiquare, fr. antiquus ancient. ] To make old, or obsolete; to make antique; to make old in such a degree as to put out of use; hence, to make void, or abrogate. [ 1913 Webster ]

Christianity might reasonably introduce new laws, and antiquate or abrogate old one. Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Grown old. Hence: Bygone; obsolete; out of use; old-fashioned; as, an antiquated law. “Antiquated words.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old Janet, for so he understood his antiquated attendant was denominated. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ancient; old; antique; obsolete. See Ancient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Quality of being antiquated. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Antiquatedness. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. antiquatio, fr. antiquare. ] The act of making antiquated, or the state of being antiquated. Beaumont. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., fr. L. antiquus old, ancient, equiv. to anticus, from ante before. Cf. Antic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Old; ancient; of genuine antiquity; as, an antique statue. In this sense it usually refers to the flourishing ages of Greece and Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the antique world excess and pride did hate. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Old, as respects the present age, or a modern period of time; of old fashion; antiquated; as, an antique robe. “Antique words.” Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Made in imitation of antiquity; as, the antique style of Thomson's “Castle of Indolence.” [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Odd; fantastic. [ In this sense, written antic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; obsolete; antic; old-fashioned; old. See Ancient. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Antique, a. ] In general, anything very old; but in a more limited sense, a relic or object of ancient art; collectively, the antique, the remains of ancient art, as busts, statues, paintings, and vases. [ 1913 Webster ]

Misshapen monuments and maimed antiques. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an antique manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being antique; an appearance of ancient origin and workmanship. [ 1913 Webster ]

We may discover something venerable in the antiqueness of the work. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An antiquary; a collector of antiques. [ R. ] Pinkerton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An admirer of antiquity. [ Used by Milton in a disparaging sense. ] [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Antiquities [ L. antiquitas, fr. antiquus: cf. F. antiquité. See Antique. ] 1. The quality of being ancient; ancientness; great age; as, a statue of remarkable antiquity; a family of great antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Old age. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

It not your voice broken? . . . and every part about you blasted with antiquity? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Ancient times; former ages; times long since past; as, Cicero was an eloquent orator of antiquity. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The ancients; the people of ancient times. [ 1913 Webster ]

That such pillars were raised by Seth all antiquity has &unr_;vowed. Sir W. Raleigh. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. An old gentleman. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

You are a shrewd antiquity, neighbor Clench. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A relic or monument of ancient times; as, a coin, a statue, etc.; an ancient institution. [ In this sense, usually in the plural. ] “Heathen antiquities.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., fr. appliquer to put on. ] Ornamented with a pattern (which has been cut out of another color or stuff) applied or transferred to a foundation; as, appliqué lace; appliqué work. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bésigue. ] A game at cards in which various combinations of cards in the hand, when declared, score points. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + quadrate. ] (Math.) The fourth power, or the square of the square. Thus 4x4=16, the square of 4, and 16x16=256, the biquadrate of 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + quadratic: cf. F. biquadratique. ] (Math.) Of or pertaining to the biquadrate, or fourth power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Biquadratic equation (Alg.), an equation of the fourth degree, or an equation in some term of which the unknown quantity is raised to the fourth power. --
Biquadratic root of a number, the square root of the square root of that number. Thus the square root of 81 is 9, and the square root of 9 is 3, which is the biquadratic root of 81. Hutton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) (a) A biquadrate. (b) A biquadratic equation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + quintile: cf. F. biquintile. ] (Astron.) An aspect of the planets when they are distant from each other by twice the fifth part of a great circle -- that is, twice 72 degrees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Also briquet. ] [ F., dim. of brique brick. ] 1. A block of compacted charcoal, coal dust, or peat, etc., used as a fuel. Charcoal briquettes are a common fuel used for the outdoor barbecue grill. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

2. A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ Sp. ] See Cazique. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. Turk. qāīq boat. ] (Naut.) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Haiti. ] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. See Chronicle. ] A chronicle. L. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Med.) A clinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i. ] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit. -- Cli"*quish*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

n. The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [ Obs. ] Harvey. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating. ] [ Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt. ] To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Ice ] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call “glass”. Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, colliquative sweats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liquēre to be liquid + facere to make. ] A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion. [ 1913 Webster ]

The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Critic, v. ] To criticise or pass judgment upon. [ Obs. ] Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. critique, f., fr. Gr. kritikh` (sc. te`chnh) the critical art, from kritiko`s. See Critic. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The art of criticism. [ Written also critic. ] [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and thorough analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's “Critique of Pure Reason.” [ 1913 Webster ]

I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A critic; one who criticises. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A question among critiques in the ages to come. Bp. Lincoln. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an alcoholic beverage containing rum and lime or lemon juice, usually mixed with a fruit juice or fruit extract and often blended with crushed ice; as, a strawberry daiquiri.
Syn. -- rum cocktail. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

v. i. [ L. deliquatus, p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt, dissolve. ] To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A melting. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Deliquesced p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing. ] [ L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid. ] (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.

In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. déliquescence. ] The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt. [ 1913 Webster ]