n. the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al a. -- as`tro*chem"ic*al*ly adv. [ PJC ]

‖a. [ F. ] 1. Woven with a figure; as, broché goods. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stitched; -- said of a book with no cover or only a paper one. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F. ] See Broach, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., dim. of broche. See Broach, n. ] (Cookery) A small spit or skewer. [ 1913 Webster ]

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En bro`chette" ety>[F.], on a brochette; skewered. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. [ OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car. ] A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Placed in a caroche. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Beggary rides caroched. Massenger. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. croche, equiv. to F. crochet, croc, hook. See Crotchet, Crook. ] A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. crochet small hook. See Croche. ] A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crochet hook,
Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Crocheted p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting ] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to crochet a shawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. something created by interlocking looped stitches with a hooked needle.
Syn. -- crochet. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. creating a garment of needlework. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Pros.) Containing two trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ditrochaeus, Gr. &unr_;; di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; trochee. ] (Pros.) A double trochee; a foot made up of two trochees. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to iatrochemistry, or to the iatrochemists. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; physician + E. chemist. ] A physician who explained or treated diseases upon chemical principles; one who practiced iatrochemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Chemistry applied to, or used in, medicine; -- used especially with reference to the doctrines in the school of physicians in Flanders, in the 17th century, who held that health depends upon the proper chemical relations of the fluids of the body, and who endeavored to explain the conditions of health or disease by chemical principles. [ 1913 Webster ]

peop. n. A genus of giant crabs of Japan.
Syn. -- genus Macrocheira. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to microchemistry; as, a micro-chemical test. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Micro- + chemistry. ] The application of chemical tests to minute objects or portions of matter, usually assisted by sensitive instruments; -- distinguished from macro-chemistry. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. prochain, fr. L. (assumed) proximanus, fr. proximus. ] Next; nearest. [ 1913 Webster ]

Prochein ami or
Prochein amy fld>(Law), the next friend. See under Next. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. rapprocher to cause to approach again. See Re-; Approach. ] Act or fact of coming or being drawn near or together; establishment or state of cordial relations. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

He had witnessed the gradual rapprochement between the papacy and Austria. Wilfrid Ward. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Rock. ] Rock. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A kind of alum occuring in small fragments; -- so called from Rocca, in Syria, whence alum is said to have been obtained; -- also called rock alum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. roche rock + E. lime. ] Lime in the lump after it is burned; quicklime. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A seaport town in France. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rochelle powders. Same as Seidlitz powders. --
Rochelle salt (Chem.), the double tartrate of sodium and potassium, a white crystalline substance. It has a cooling, saline, slightly bitter taste and is employed as a mild purgative. It was discovered by Seignette, an apothecary of Rochelle, and is called also Seignete's salt. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., sheep-shaped rock. ] (Geol.) See Sheepback. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., dim. fr. OHG. rocch coat, G. rock. ] 1. (Eccl.) A linen garment resembling the surplise, but with narrower sleeves, also without sleeves, worn by bishops, and by some other ecclesiastical dignitaries, in certain religious ceremonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

They see no difference between an idler with a hat and national cockade, and an idler in a cowl or in a rochet. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A frock or outer garment worn in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Probably corrupted fr. F. rouget the red gurnet, from rouge red. CF. Rouge. ] (Zool.) The red gurnard, or gurnet. See Gurnard. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Bot.) Same as Rock tripe, under Rock. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. trocho`s anything round or circular, a wheel, properly, a runner, fr. tre`chein to run. Cf. Trochee. ] (Pharm.) A medicinal tablet or lozenge; strictly, one of circular form. [ 1913 Webster ]

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n. [ L. trochaeus, Gr. &unr_; (sc.&unr_;), from &unr_; running, from &unr_; to run. Cf. Troche, Truck a wheel. ] (Pros.) A foot of two syllables, the first long and the second short, as in the Latin word ante, or the first accented and the second unaccented, as in the English word motion; a choreus. [ 1913 Webster ]