a. [ Gr. 'anakaqartiko`s, fr. 'anakaqai`rein to cleanse upward, i. e., by vomiting; 'ana` + kaqai`rein. See Cathartic. ] 1. (Med.) Producing vomiting or expectoration. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. (Med.) An anacathartic medicine; an expectorant or an emetic. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

n. 1. essential oil or perfume obtained from flowers.
Syn. -- attar, atar, ottar, otto [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. (Hinduism) a collection of mantras and formulas. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Cantharis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Cantharides [ L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. kanqari`s. ] (Zool.) A beetle (Lytta vesicatoria, syn. Cantharis vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to cleanse, fr. &unr_; pure; akin to F. chaste. ] 1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

See catherine wheel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. catharista, fr. Gr. &unr_; clean, pure. ] One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Cathartic. ] (Med.) 1. A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

2. (Psychotherapy) The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by reëstablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations.

-- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; down + &unr_; serving to purge. See Cathartic. ] (Med.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. Cf. Cittern, Guitar. ] (Mus.) An ancient stringed musical instrument resembling the harp. [ Also spelled kithara. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; cithara. ] Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqo&tsdot_;ar. ] (Chem.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; vomiting + E. cathartic. ] (Med.) Producing vomiting and purging at the same time.

n. 1. [ From the sounds of the first five letters. ] The Runic alphabet; -- so called from the first six letters f, u, þ (th), o (or a), r, c (=k). See rune. [ Also spelled futhark ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞ The spelling futharc represents most accurately the original values of these six Runic letters. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

☞The name is derived from the sounds of the first five letters of the runic alphabet, f, u, th, o, r, and c. The vowel sound of the fourth letter corresponded more closely to a in the earlier versions used in Scandinavian countries, and the earlier alphabet is therefore referred to as the futharc or futhark. The fifth rune had a sound like that of k, and in the Danish futhark the fifth character is that transliterated as k. Thus the runic alphabet is also called the futhork or futhark. The third rune had a sound and form resembling that of the Anglo-Saxon thorn, which represented the th sound at the beginning of the word thorn. The origins of the runic alphabet are obscure, but the earliest forms may have been invented around the second century A.D. in eastern Europe. The forms of some of the letters show a relation to the Latin or Greek alphabets, and the futhorc was presumably in part an adaptation of those alphabets to the sound of the Germanic tongues. An inscription of the futhark itself, an ordered list of the runes, was found on an object dated as early as the fifth century A.D. The Scandinavian futharc had 16 runes, but the futhorc used in Anglo-Saxon England had 31. The futhark was mostly used for writing on wood, for which reason the runes were comprised of only vertical and diagonal strokes. The degree of widespread use of the futharc is not known but it was probably used mostly for short messages or inscriptions on objects. Fewer than 10, 000 runic inscriptions, both on wood and stone, have been found. The number and forms of some of the runes varied over time and locality. R. I. Page, “Runes”. [ PJC ]

The letters are called Runes and the alphabet bears the name Futhorc from the first six letters. I. Taylor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. purging of emotional tensions; -- usually spelled catharsis.
Syn. -- catharsis, abreaction. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. See Cithara. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. lethargicus, Gr. lhqargiko`s: cf. F. léthargique. See Lethargy. ] Pertaining to, affected with, or resembling, lethargy; morbidly drowsy; dull; heavy. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ly, adv. -- Le*thar"gic*al*ness, n. -- Le*thar"gic*ness, n. [1913 Webster]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Lethargized p. pr. & vb. n. Lethargizing ] To make lethargic. [ 1913 Webster ]

All bitters are poison, and act by stilling, and depressing, and lethargizing the irritability. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. -gies [ F. léthargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See Lethe. ] 1. Morbid drowsiness; continued or profound sleep, from which a person can scarcely be awaked. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A state of inaction or indifference. [ 1913 Webster ]

Europe lay then under a deep lethargy. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To lethargize. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. litarge, F. litharge, L. lithargyrus, Gr. liqa`rgyros the scum or foam of silver; li`qos stone + 'a`rgyros silver. Litharge is found in silverbearing lead ore. ] (Chem.) Lead monoxide; a yellowish red substance, obtained as an amorphous powder, or crystallized in fine scales, by heating lead moderately in a current of air or by calcining lead nitrate or carbonate. It is used in making flint glass, in glazing earthenware, in making red lead or minium, etc. Called also massicot. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Litharge. ] (Old Chem.) Crystallized litharge, obtained by fusion in the form of fine yellow scales. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Name of a character in Rowe's drama, “The Fair Penitent.” ] A gay seducer of women; a libertine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. spinqari`s spark + -scope. ] A small instrument containing a minute particle of a radium compound mounted in front of a fluorescent screen and viewed with magnifying lenses. The tiny flashes produced by the continual bombardment of the screen by the α rays are thus rendered visible. -- Spin*thar`i*scop"ic a. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

n. (Zool.) A goatlike animal (Capra Jemlaica) native of the Himalayas. It has small, flattened horns, curved directly backward. The hair of the neck, shoulders, and chest of the male is very long, reaching to the knees. Called also serow, and imo. [ Written also thaar, and tahr. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. impersonal, pres. [ OE. thar, þarf, AS. þearf, infin. þurfan to need; akin to OHG. durfan, G. dürfen to be allowed, Icel. þurfa to need, Goth. þaúrban. ] It needs; need. [ Obs. ] Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

What thar thee reck or care? Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ AS. þearm a gut; akin to D. & G. darm, Icel. þarmr, Sw. & Dan. tarm. √53. ] Twisted guts. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A small American butterfly (Phycoides tharos) having the upper surface of the wings variegated with orange and black, the outer margins black with small white crescents; -- called also pearl crescent. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) Same as Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Zoantharia. -- n. One of the Anthozoa. [ 1913 Webster ]