a. [ L. aculeatus, fr. aculeus, dim. of acus needle. ] 1. (Zool.) Having a sting; covered with prickles; sharp like a prickle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) Having prickles, or sharp points; beset with prickles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Severe or stinging; incisive. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a sharp point; armed with prickles; prickly; aculeate. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. aleatorius, fr. alea chance, die. ] (Law) Depending on some uncertain contingency; as, an aleatory contract. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. bi- + nuclear, nucleate. ] (Biol.) Having two nuclei; as, binucleate cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A plaintive cry of, or like that of, a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bleat of fleecy sheep. Chapman's Homer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Bleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Bleating. ] [ OE. bleten, AS. bl&unr_;tan; akin to D. blaten, bleeten, OHG. blāzan, plāzan; prob. of imitative origin. ] To make the noise of, or one like that of, a sheep; to cry like a sheep or calf. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then suddenly was heard along the main,
To low the ox, to bleat the woolly train. Pope [ 1913 Webster ]

The ewe that will not hear her lamb when it baas, will never answer a calf when he bleats. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who bleats; a sheep. [ 1913 Webster ]

In cold, stiff soils the bleaters oft complain
Of gouty ails. Dyer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Crying as a sheep does. [ 1913 Webster ]

Then came the shepherd back with his bleating flocks from the seaside. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The cry of, or as of, a sheep. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. clete wedge; cf. D. kloot ball, Ger. kloss, klotz, lump. clod, MHG. klōz lump, ball, wedge, OHG. chlōz ball, round mass. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Carp.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To strengthen with a cleat. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. cochleatus spiral or screw-formed. See Cochlea. ] Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. eleaticus, from Elea (or Velia) in Italy. ] Of or pertaining to a certain school of Greek philosophers who taught that the only certain science is that which owes nothing to the senses, and all to the reason. -- n. A philosopher of the Eleatic school. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The Eleatic doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enucleated p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating ] [ L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel. ] 1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) To remove without cutting (as a tumor). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. énucléation. ] The act of enucleating; elucidation; exposition. [ 1913 Webster ]

Neither sir, nor water, nor food, seem directly to contribute anything to the enucleation of this disease. Tooke. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. galeatus, p. p. of galeare helmet. ] 1. Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Lead to conduct. ] An artificial water trench, esp. one to or from a mill. C. Kingsley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lether, AS. leðer; akin to D. leder, leêr, G. leder, OHG. ledar, Icel. leðr, Sw. läder, Dan. læder. ] 1. The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, with the hair removed, and tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The skin. [ Ironical or Sportive ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Leather is much used adjectively in the sense of made of, relating to, or like, leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

Leather board, an imitation of sole leather, made of leather scraps, rags, paper, etc. --
Leather carp (Zool.) , a variety of carp in which the scales are all, or nearly all, absent. See Illust. under Carp. --
Leather jacket. (Zool.) (a) A California carangoid fish (Oligoplites saurus). (b) A trigger fish (Balistes Carolinensis). --
Leather flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Clematis Viorna) of the Middle and Southern States having thick, leathery sepals of a purplish color. --
Leather leaf (Bot.), a low shrub (Cassandra calyculata), growing in Northern swamps, and having evergreen, coriaceous, scurfy leaves. --
Leather plant (Bot.), one or more New Zealand plants of the composite genus Celmisia, which have white or buff tomentose leaves. --
Leather turtle. (Zool.) See Leatherback. --
Vegetable leather. (a) An imitation of leather made of cotton waste. (b) Linen cloth coated with India rubber. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Leathered p. pr. & vb. n. Leathering. ] To beat, as with a thong of leather. [ Obs. or Colloq. ] G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to or made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a black leather jacket. [ PJC ]

n. (Zool.) A large sea turtle (Sphargis coriacea), having no bony shell on its back. It is common in the warm and temperate parts of the Atlantic, and sometimes weighs over a thousand pounds; -- called also leather turtle, leathery turtle, leather-backed tortoise, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Leather + et, F. -ette. ] A material made in imitation of leather, made of paper and cloth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
Syn. -- leatherjacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) The friar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales; the leatherjacket{ 2 }.
Syn. -- leatherjacket. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes.
Syn. -- leatherfish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales.
Syn. -- leatherjack. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. The tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. A stiff leathery-leaved fern (Polypodium scouleri) of Western North America having ovate fronds parted to the midrib.
Syn. -- leathery polypody, coast polypody, Polypodium scouleri. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A northern temperate bog shrub (Chamaedaphne calyculata) with evergreen leathery leaves and small white cylindrical flowers.
Syn. -- Chamaedaphne calyculata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. resembling or made to resemble leather; tough but pliable; leathery.
Syn. -- coriaceous, leathered, leathery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Made of leather; consisting of leather; as, a leathern purse. “A leathern girdle about his loins.” Matt. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) The sordid friar bird of Australia (Tropidorhynchus sordidus). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ from the leather collar that was once part of their uniform. ] A member of the United States Marine Corps; a United States Marine. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

n. (Bot.) A small branching shrub (Dirca palustris), with a white, soft wood, and a tough, leathery bark, common in damp woods in the Northern United States; -- called also moosewood, and wicopy. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Articles made of leather. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Resembling leather in appearance or consistency; tough; as, nothing but a leathery steak left to eat. “A leathery skin.” Grew. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of linoleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A salt of maleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Malleated p. pr. & vb. n. Malleating ] [ L. malleatus hammered, fr. malleus a hammer. See Mall, v. t. ] To hammer; to beat into a plate or leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. malleatio: cf. OF. malléation. ] The act or process of beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal; extension by beating. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Biol.) Multinuclear. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Without a nucleus; anucleate. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. nucleatus having a kernel. ] Having a nucleus; nucleated. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. L. nucleare to become kernelly. ] To gather, as about a nucleus or center. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To form into a nucleus or multiple nuclei; as, raindrops may nucleate around silver iodide crystals. [ PJC ]

a. Having a nucleus; nucleate; as, nucleated cells. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. oléate. ] (Chem.) A salt of oleic acid. Some oleates, as the oleate of mercury, are used in medicine by way of inunction. [ 1913 Webster ]

. Leather made from sheep and calf skins by mechanically forcing ooze through them; esp., such leather with a soft, finely granulated finish (called sometimes
velvet finish) put on the flesh side for special purposes. Ordinary ooze leather is used for shoe uppers, in bookbinding, etc. Hence
Ooze calf,
Ooze finish, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To surpass in bleating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Upper leather. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pileatus, fr. pileus a felt cap or hat. ] 1. Having the form of a cap for the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Having a crest covering the pileus, or whole top of the head. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pileated woodpecker (Zool.), a large American woodpecker (Ceophloeus pileatus). It is black, with a bright red pointed crest. Called also logcock, and woodcock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. See Plait. [ 1913 Webster ]