n. [ L. acetum vinegar + -meter: cf. F. acétimètre. ] An instrument for estimating the amount of acetic acid in vinegar or in any liquid containing acetic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or method of ascertaining the strength of vinegar, or the proportion of acetic acid contained in it. Ure. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In time past; formerly. “He prayed . . . as he did aforetime.” Dan. vi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. unsurpassed in some respect up to the present. prices at an all-time high; morale at an all-time low; among the all-time great lefthanders [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ LL. altimeter; altus high + metrum, Gr. &unr_;, measure: cf. F. altimètre. ] An instrument for taking altitudes, as a quadrant, sextant, etc. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. altimétrie. ] The art of measuring altitudes, or heights. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. antepaenultima (sc. syllaba) antepenultimate; ante before + paenultimus the last but one; paene almost + ultimus last. ] (Pros.) The last syllable of a word except two, as -syl- in monosyllable. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two. -- n. The antepenult. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A cover for the back or arms of a chair or sofa, etc., to prevent them from wear or from being soiled by macassar or other oil from the hair. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + magistrical for magistratical. ] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Good against malaria. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A secondary mask, or grotesque interlude, between the parts of a serious mask. [ Written also antimasque. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to Freemasonry. -- An`ti*ma*son"ic a. [1913 Webster]

n. Opposition to Freemasonry. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physics) Matter whch is composed of antiparticles such as antiprotons, positrons, and antineutrons. [ PJC ]

a. (Med.) Good against mephitic or deleterious gases. -- n. A remedy against mephitic gases. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ . anti- + -mere. ] (Biol.) One of the two halves of bilaterally symmetrical animals; one of any opposite symmetrical or homotypic parts in animals and plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) A figure in which the same words or ideas are repeated in transposed order. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. ] (Rhet.) An antithesis in which the members are repeated in inverse order. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; like + &unr_; measure. ] A modification of the quadrant, for measuring small angles. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } Opposed to monarchial government. Bp. Benson. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An enemy to monarchial government. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A compound of antimonic acid with a base or basic radical. [ Written also antimoniate. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to antimony. -- n. (Med.) A preparation or medicine containing antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

Antimonial powder, a consisting of one part oxide of antimony and two parts phosphate of calcium; -- also called James's powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Combined or prepared with antimony; as, antimoniated tartar. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, antimonic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, antimony; -- said of those compounds of antimony in which this element has an equivalence next lower than the highest; as, antimonious acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) A compound of antimonious acid and a base or basic radical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Min.) Stibnite. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Combined with or containing antimony; as, antimoniureted hydrogen. [ Written also antimoniuretted. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Meteor.) The upper, contrary-moving current of the atmosphere over a monsoon. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ LL. antimonium, of unknown origin. ] (Chem.) An elementary substance, resembling a metal in its appearance and physical properties, but in its chemical relations belonging to the class of nonmetallic substances. Atomic weight, 120. Symbol, Sb. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ It is of tin-white color, brittle, laminated or crystalline, fusible, and vaporizable at a rather low temperature. It is used in some metallic alloys, as type metal and bell metal, and also for medical preparations, which are in general emetics or cathartics. By ancient writers, and some moderns, the term is applied to native gray ore of antimony, or stibnite (the stibium of the Romans, and the sti`mmi of the Greeks, a sulphide of antimony, from which most of the antimony of commerce is obtained. Cervantite, senarmontite, and valentinite are native oxides of antimony. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. one of several antibiotic substances produced by several species of Streptomyces, active against various fungi. They are used only experimentally, not in medicine. The two best-known antimycins are antimycin A₁ (C28H40N2O9) and antimycin A₃ (C26H36N2O9). They are notable for their mechanism of action, interference with the proton pumping mechanism of fungi. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; 'a priv. + &unr_; honor. ] (Gr. Antiq.) Public disgrace or stigma; infamy; loss of civil rights. Mitford. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Advertisement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } (Zool.) A common bird (Icterus galbula) of eastern and central America and Canada, named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin. It winters in the American tropics. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The time to go to bed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Formerly; aforetime. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ They ] dwelt in their tents, as beforetime. 2 Kings xiii. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

The season when pigeons are said to feed on bents, before peas are ripe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bare benting times . . . may come. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } adv. [ Pref. be- (for by) + time; that is, by the proper time. The -s is an adverbial ending. ] 1. In good season or time; before it is late; seasonably; early. [ 1913 Webster ]

To measure life learn thou betimes. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

To rise betimes is often harder than to do all the day's work. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a short time; soon; speedily; forth with. [ 1913 Webster ]

He tires betimes that spurs too fast betimes. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ NL. ] Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. centesimus. See Centesimal. ] (F. Coinage) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. centimètre; centi- (L. centum) + mètre. See Meter. ] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. the latest time for vacating a hotel room without being charged for extra time; as, the checkout here is 12 noon.
Syn. -- checkout. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Well-proportioned; symmetrical. [ Poetic ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.) An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resistance; opposition. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night; same as day, 1; as, during the daytime. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. the time when people eat dinner, usually the time for the evening meal.
Syn. -- suppertime. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Disesteem. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -ti [ It. ] (Mus.) A light and pleasing composition. [ 1913 Webster ]