n. 1. a steroid having androgenic activity; obtained from the cortex of the adrenal gland. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. aéronef. ] A power-driven, heavier-than-air flying machine. Now called airplane. [ obsolescent ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; flour. ] (Bot.) An albuminoid substance which occurs in minute grains (“protein granules”) in maturing seeds and tubers; -- supposed to be a modification of protoplasm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Wearing an apron. [ 1913 Webster ]

A cobbler aproned, and a parson gowned. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. asarum hazelwort, wild spikenard, Gr. 'a`saron ] (Chem.) A crystallized substance, resembling camphor, obtained from the Asarum Europæum; -- called also camphor of asarum. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the area comprising the islands of central and S Pacific (Indonesia and Melanesia and Micronesia and Polynesia). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to Austronesia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A baron's wife; also, a lady who holds the baronial title in her own right; as, the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Baron + -et. ] A dignity or degree of honor next below a baron and above a knight, having precedency of all orders of knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honor that is hereditary. The baronets are commoners. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The order was founded by James I. in 1611, and is given by patent. The word, however, in the sense of a lesser baron, was in use long before. “Baronets have the title of 'Sir' prefixed to their Christian names; their surnames being followed by their dignity, usually abbreviated Bart. Their wives are addressed as 'Lady' or 'Madam'. Their sons are possessed of no title beyond 'Esquire.'” Cussans. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. State or rank of a baronet. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective body of baronets. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The rank or patent of a baronet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Incorrect for brachistochrone, fr. Gr. bra`chistos shortest (superl. of brachy`s short) + &unr_; time : cf. F. brachistochrone. ] (Math.) A curve, in which a body, starting from a given point, and descending solely by the force of gravity, will reach another given point in a shorter time than it could by any other path. This curve of quickest descent, as it is sometimes called, is, in a vacuum, the same as the cycloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Butyric + -one. ] (Chem.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Greek antiquity) either of two battles in ancient Greece, one in which Philip of Macedon defeated the Athenians and Thebans (338 BC), or another in which Sulla defeated Mithridates (86 BC). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

p. a. Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ A garment ] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, chevroned all over with lace. B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Her.) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. It. Ciceroni E. Cicerones [ It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide. ] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [ the Italians ] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Colonel. ] A colonel. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Cronel, Crown. ] (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. [ Written also cronel. ] Grose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From OE. coronen to crown, OF. coroner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona crown. Formed as a translation of LL. coronator coroner, fr. L. corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown. ] An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [ In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of OE. corone crown; cf. OF. coronete. See Crown, and cf. Crownet, Cronet. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown. [ 1913 Webster ]

Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The coronet of the Prince of Wales consist of a circlet of gold with four crosses pattée around the edge between as many fleurs-de-lis. The center crosses are connected by an arch which is surmounted by a globe or cross. The coronet of a British duke is adorned with strawberry leaves; that of a marquis has leaves with pearls interposed; that of an earl raises the pearls above the leaves; that of a viscount is surrounded with pearls only; that of a baron has only four pearls. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Far.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin. James White. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel. Crose. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. any of several steroid compounds secreted by the adrenal cortex; they are involved in regulating water and electrolyte balance in the body. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne ill-natured woman.). See Carrion, and Crony. ] 1. An old ewe. [ Obs. ] Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The old crone [ a negro man ] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Coronel spearhead, Crown. ] The iron head of a tilting spear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Coronet, Crownet. ] The coronet of a horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Dethroned p. pr. & vb. n. Dethroning. ] [ Pref. de- + throne: cf. F. détrôner; pref. dé- (L. dis-) + trône throne. See Throne. ] To remove or drive from a throne; to depose; to divest of supreme authority and dignity. “The Protector was dethroned.” Hume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. détrônement. ] Deposal from a throne; deposition from regal power. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who dethrones. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To dethrone; to depose from sovereign authority. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. dis- + throne: cf. OF. desthroner, F. détroner. ] To dethrone. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. drane a dronebee, AS. drān; akin to OS. drān, OHG. treno, G. drohne, Dan. drone, cf. Gr. &unr_; a kind of wasp, dial. Gr. &unr_; drone. Prob. named fr. the droning sound. See Drone, v. i. ] 1. (Zool.) The male of bees, esp. of the honeybee. It gathers no honey. See Honeybee. [ 1913 Webster ]

All with united force combine to drive
The lazy drones from the laborious hive. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who lives on the labors of others; a lazy, idle fellow; a sluggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

By living as a drone, to be an unprofitable and unworthy member of so noble and learned a society. Burton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which gives out a grave or monotonous tone or dull sound; as: (a) A drum. [ Obs. ] Halliwell. (b) The part of the bagpipe containing the two lowest tubes, which always sound the key note and the fifth. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A humming or deep murmuring sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

The monotonous drone of the wheel. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mus.) A monotonous bass, as in a pastoral composition. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Droned p. pr. & vb. n. Droning. ] [ Cf. (for sense 1) D. dreunen, G. dröhnen, Icel. drynja to roar, drynr a roaring, Sw. dröna to bellow, drone, Dan. dröne, Goth. drunjus sound, Gr. &unr_; dirge, &unr_; to cry aloud, Skr. dhran to sound. Cf. Drone, n. ] 1. To utter or make a low, dull, monotonous, humming or murmuring sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the beetle wheels his droning flight. T. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To love in idleness; to do nothing. “Race of droning kings.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The male of the honeybee; a drone. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A dipterous insect (Eristalis tenax), resembling the drone bee. See Eristalis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the low-toned tubes of a bagpipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem. & Physics) 1. Having the property of being attracted by an electro-positive body, or a tendency to pass to the positive pole in electrolysis, by the law that opposite electricities attract each other. Contrasted with neutral and electropositive [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Negative; nonmetallic; acidic; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Physics) carrying a negative electrical charge. [ PJC ]

4. (Chem. and Physics) having a tendency to take up electrons and form negative ions; having a relatively positive electrode potential. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

adj. (Physics) having no net electric charge; not electrified; uncharged; neutral. Opposite of charged. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ Pref. en- + throne: cf. OF. enthroner. Cf. Inthronize. ] 1. To seat on a throne; to exalt to the seat of royalty or of high authority; hence, to invest with sovereign authority or dignity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beneath a sculptured arch he sits enthroned. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

It [ mercy ] is enthroned in the hearts of kings. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Eccl.) To induct, as a bishop, into the powers and privileges of a vacant see. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of enthroning, or state of being enthroned. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. erroneus, fr. errare to err. See Err. ] 1. Wandering; straying; deviating from the right course; -- hence, irregular; unnatural. [ Obs. ] “Erroneous circulation.” Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

Stopped much of the erroneous light, which otherwise would have disturbed the vision. Sir I. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Misleading; misled; mistaking. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

An erroneous conscience commands us to do what we ought to omit. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Containing error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. inadvertent incorrectness.
Syn. -- error. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

pos>n. (Chem.) A substance obtained from euchroic acid. See Eychroic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hawk used in hunting the heron. “Heroner and falcon.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Hetero-, and Nereis. ] (Zool.) A free-swimming, dimorphic, sexual form of certain species of Nereis. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In this state the head and its appendages are changed in form, the eyes become very large; more or less of the parapodia are highly modified by the development of finlike lobes, and branchial lamellæ, and their setæ become longer and bladelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., Gr. "y`dwr water + &unr_; a kidney.] (Med.) An accumulation of urine in the pelvis of the kidney, occasioned by obstruction in the urinary passages. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Hydro-, 2 + phlorone. ] (Chem.) A white, crystalline benzene derivative, C8H10O2, obtained by the reduction of phlorone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. Same as Enthrone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, irons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fragrant liquid substance, a mixture of several isomers of the formula C14H22O, forming the essence of the violet fragrance, commonly isolated from orris oil or from the rhizomes of Iris. The main ingredient in violets is α-irone, which occurs as both cis and trans stereoisomers. Called also 6-methylionone. [ PJC ]