a. [ Pref. bi- + ramous. ] (Biol.) Having, or consisting of, two branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson. ] Crimson. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove. ] The plant love-lies-bleeding. [ Obs. ] Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; a thing drawn or written (fr. &unr_; write) + -phone, as in telephone. Originally a trademark. ] An instrument for recording, preserving, and reproducing sounds, the record being a tracing of a phonautograph etched in some solid material. Reproduction is accomplished by means of a system attached to an elastic diaphragm. This older term is almost completely replaced for modern devices by the word phonograph (or hi-fi), and technological changes have made the term sound antiquated, and it is usually used to refer to older non-electronic versions of the phonograph. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

a. 1. (Chem. & Physics) Between molecules; situated, or acting, between the molecules of bodies. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Being or occurring within a single molecule; as, intramolecular hydrogen bonds. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. ke`ramos tile + graph + ic. ] Suitable to be written upon; capable of being written upon, as a slate; -- said especially of a certain kind of globe. Scudamore. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Multi- + ramose. ] Having many branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To exceed in the number of mistresses. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Paramos [ Sp. pæramo. ] A high, bleak plateau or district, with stunted trees, and cold, damp atmosphere, as in the Andes, in South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + Gr. morfh` form. ] 1. (Min.) A kind of pseudomorph, in which there has been a change of physical characters, by a change in crystal structure without alteration of chemical composition, as the change of aragonite to calcite; called also allomorph. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Biol.) A taxonomic variant observed within a species, for which a more specific term has not been assigned. [ PJC ]

-- par`a*mor"phic, a. -- par`a*mor"phous, a. [ PJC ]

n. (Min.) The change of one mineral species to another, so as to involve a change in physical characters without alteration of chemical composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Relating to paramorphism; exhibiting paramorphism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. par amont above; par through, by (L. per) + amont above. See Amount. ] Having the highest rank or jurisdiction; superior to all others; chief; supreme; preëminent; as, a paramount duty. “A traitor paramount.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lady paramount (Archery), the lady making the best score. --
Lord paramount, the king. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. Superior; principal; preeminent; chief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The highest or chief. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a paramount manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. par amour, lit., by or with love. See 2d Par, and Amour. ] 1. A lover, of either sex; a wooer or a mistress (formerly in a good sense, now only in a bad one); one who takes the place, without possessing the rights, of a husband or wife; -- used of a man or a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

The seducer appeared with dauntless front, accompanied by his paramour Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Love; gallantry. [ Obs. ] “For paramour and jollity.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , adv. By or with love, esp. the love of the sexes; -- sometimes written as two words. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

For par amour, I loved her first ere thou. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pyramidoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ramollir to make soft, to soften; pref. re- re- + amollir to soften; a (L. ad) + mollir to soften, L. mollire, fr. mollis soft. ] A softening or mollifying. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A small West Indian tree (Trophis Americana) of the Mulberry family, whose leaves and twigs are used as fodder for cattle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. ramosus, from ramus a branch. ] Branched, as the stem or root of a plant; having lateral divisions; consisting of, or having, branches; full of branches; ramifying; branching; branchy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Ramose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. scaramouche, It. scaramuccio, scaramuccia, originally the name of a celebrated Italian comedian; cf. It. scaramuccia, scaramuccio, F. escarmouche, skirmish. Cf. Skirmish. ] A personage in the old Italian comedy (derived from Spain) characterized by great boastfulness and poltroonery; hence, a person of like characteristics; a buffoon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; Cf. F. stramoine. ] (Bot.) A poisonous plant (Datura Stramonium); stinkweed. See Datura, and Jamestown weed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Stramonium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Tetra- + Gr. morfh` form, figure: cf. Gr. &unr_; fourfold. ] (Christian Art) The union of the four attributes of the Evangelists in one figure, which is represented as winged, and standing on winged fiery wheels, the wings being covered with eyes. The representations of it are evidently suggested by the vision of Ezekiel (ch. i.) [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. See Tramontane. ] (Meteor.) A dry, cold, violent, northerly wind of the Adriatic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ OF. tramontain, It. tramontano, L. transmontanus; trans across, beyond + mons, montis, mountain. ] Lying or being beyond the mountains; coming from the other side of the mountains; hence, foreign; barbarous. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Italians sometimes use this epithet for ultramontane, and apply it to the countries north of the Alps, as France and Germany, and especially to their ecclesiastics, jurists, painters, etc.; and a north wind is called a tramontane wind. The French lawyers call certain Italian canonists tramontane, or ultramontane, doctors; considering them as favoring too much the court of Rome. See Ultramontane. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One living beyond the mountains; hence, a foreigner; a stranger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. ultramontanus; L. ultra beyond + montanus belonging to a mountain, from mons, montis, mountain: cf. F. ultramontain, It. ultramontano. See Ultra-, and Mountain. ] Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This term was first applied, somewhat contemptuously, by the Italians, to the nations north of the Alps, especially the Germans and French, their painters, jurists, etc. At a later period, the French and Germans applied it to the Italians. It is now more particularly used in respect to religious matters; and ultramontane doctrines, when spoken of north of the Alps, denote the extreme views of the pope's rights and supremacy maintained by Bellarmin and other Italian writers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who resides beyond the mountains, especially beyond the Alps; a foreigner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who maintains extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy. See Ultramontanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. ultramontanisme. ] The principles of those within the Roman Catholic Church who maintain extreme views favoring the pope's supremacy; -- so used by those living north of the Alps in reference to the Italians; -- rarely used in an opposite sense, as referring to the views of those living north of the Alps and opposed to the papal claims. Cf. Gallicanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who upholds ultramontanism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Uni- + L. ramus branch. ] (Biol.) Having but one branch. [ 1913 Webster ]