n. [ G. alant elecampane, the Inula helenium of Linnæus. ] (Chem.) See Inulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Atlanticus, fr. Atlas. See Atlas and Atlantes. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Mt. Atlas in Libya, and hence applied to the ocean which lies between Europe and Africa on the east and America on the west; as, the Atlantic Ocean (called also the Atlantic); the Atlantic basin; the Atlantic telegraph. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the isle of Atlantis. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Descended from Atlas. [ 1913 Webster ]

The seven Atlantic sisters. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ L. See Atlantes. ] The Pleiades or seven stars, fabled to have been the daughters of Atlas. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Bull an edict. ] Pertaining to, or used in, papal bulls. Fry. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bullantic letters, Gothic letters used in papal bulls. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. cis- + Atlantic. ] On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. églantine, fr. OF. aiglent brier, hip tree, fr. (assumed) LL. acuculentus, fr. a dim. of L. acus needle; cf. F. aiguille needle. Cf. Aglet. ] (Bot.) (a) A species of rose (Rosa Eglanteria), with fragrant foliage and flowers of various colors. (b) The sweetbrier (R. rubiginosa). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Milton, in the following lines, has applied the name to some twining plant, perhaps the honeysuckle. [ 1913 Webster ] Through the sweetbrier, or the vine,
Or the twisted eglantine. L'Allegro, 47. “In our early writers and in Gerarde and the herbalists, it was a shrub with white flowers.” Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. galantine. ] A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. slanting toward the left; -- of handwriting. Such handwriting is usually found in left-handed writers [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ From Alloxantin, by transposition of letters. ] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5) obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of Plant. ] A young plant, or plant in embryo. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) A subdivision of Carnivora having plantigrade feet. It includes the bears, raccoons, and allied species. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. planta sole of the foot + gradi to walk: cf. F. plantigrade. ] (Zool.) (a) Walking on the sole of the foot; pertaining to the plantigrades. (b) Having the foot so formed that the heel touches the ground when the leg is upright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A plantigrade animal, or one that walks or steps on the sole of the foot, as man, and the bears. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or operation of setting in the ground for propagation, as seeds, trees, shrubs, etc.; the forming of plantations, as of trees; the carrying on of plantations, as of sugar, coffee, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is planted; a plantation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord. Isa. lxi. 3. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Arch.) The laying of the first courses of stone in a foundation. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Oblique; sloping. -- Slant"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

a. [ Pref. trans- + Atlantic: cf. F. transatlantique. ] 1. Lying or being beyond the Atlantic Ocean. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When used by a person in Europe or Africa, transatlantic signifies being in America; when by a person in America, it denotes being or lying in Europe or Africa, especially the former. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Crossing the Atlantic Ocean; as, a transatlantic flight. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ See Violuric. ] (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]