n. See Accustomance. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Zool.) A genus of amphibians, inhabiting the Southern United States, having a serpentlike form, but with four minute limbs and two persistent gill openings; the Congo snake. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Med.) Antistrumous. -- n. A medicine for scrofula. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not blown through. ] (Med.) Devoid of air; free from air; as, an apneumatic lung; also, effected by or with exclusion of air; as, an apneumatic operation. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. That may be assumed. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By way of assumption. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ OE. for amel, enamel. ] To figure or variegate. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Auto- + pneumatic. ] Acting or moving automatically by means of compressed air. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., fr. L. bruma winter. ] The second month of the calendar adopted by the first French republic. It began thirty days after the autumnal equinox. See Vendemiaire. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. brumalis, fr. bruma winter: cf. F. brumal. ] Of or pertaining to winter. “The brumal solstice.” Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., fr. Gr. &unr_; a burning heat. ] (Med.) Great heat, as of the body in fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. circum + agitate. ] To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages. ] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [ Obs. ] S. Richardson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. circum- + ambient. ] Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. “The circumambient heaven.” J. Armstrong. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk around; circum + ambulare. See Ambulate. ] To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion n. [1913 Webster]

a. Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. “Consumable commodities.” Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy. ] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. Blackstone.

Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong.

-- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Contumacies /plu>. [ L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn. ] 1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned.

Syn. -- Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana. [ 1913 Webster ]

Coumaric acid (Chem.), one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artificially. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. coumarou, a tree of Guiana. ] (Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ See Coumarin. ] (Bot.) The tree (Dipteryx odorata) which bears the tonka bean; also, the bean itself. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. ] (Zool.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Cf. F., It., & Sp. curcuma; all fr. Ar. kurkum. Cf. Turmeric. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamineæ, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa). [ 1913 Webster ]

Curcuma paper. (Chem.) See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Customary. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, fr. decem ten. ] Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [ R. ] Also used substantively. “Such decuman billows.” Gauden. “The baffled decuman.” Lowell.

n. a woody climber of southeastern US (Decumaria barbara) having white flowers in compound terminal clusters.
Syn. -- Decumaria barbata, Decumaria barbara. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. diplumatus, p. p. of deplumare. See Deplume. ] (Zool.) Destitute or deprived of features; deplumed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Deplumate. ] 1. The stripping or falling off of plumes or feathers. Bp. Stillingfleet [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A disease of the eyelids, attended with loss of the eyelashes. Thomas. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ imp. & p. p. Despumated p. pr. & vb. n. Despumating ] [ L. despumatus, p. p. of despumare to despume; de- + spumare to foam, froth, spuma froth, scum. ] To throw off impurities in spume; to work off in foam or scum; to foam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. despumatio: cf. F. despumation. ] The act of throwing up froth or scum; separation of the scum or impurities from liquids; scumming; clarification. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dumus bramble. ] Pertaining to, or set with, briers or bushes; brambly. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The capability of flying off in fumes or vapor. [ Obs. ] Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; a live coal covered with ashes, fr. &unr_; to set on fire, fr. &unr_;: cf. F. empyreume. See Empyreal. ] (Chem.) The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

{ } a. [ Cf. F. empyreumatique. ] Of or pertaining to empyreuma; as, an empyreumatic odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Empyreumatic oils, oils obtained by distilling various organic substances at high temperatures. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To render empyreumatic. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; mark caused by burning, fr. &unr_;. See Encaustic. ] (Med.) An ulcer in the eye, upon the cornea, which causes the loss of the humors. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Disinterred. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. LL. exhumatio, F. exhumation. ] The act of exhuming that which has been buried; as, the exhumation of a body. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having the structure of a filoplume. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. folmard, fulmard; AS. fūl foul + mearð, meard, marten: cf. F. marte, martre. See Foul, a., and Marten the quadruped. ] (Zool.) The European polecat; -- called also European ferret, and fitchew. See Polecat. [ Written also foulmart, foulimart, and fulimart. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Fume. ] Smoky; hence, fond of smoking; addicted to smoking tobacco. [ 1913 Webster ]

/mhw>, n.; pl. Fumades Fumadoes [ Sp. fumodo smoked, p. p. of fumar to smoke, fr. L. fumare. See Fume, v. i. ] A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. fumage, fumaige, fr. L. fumus smoke. ] Hearth money. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fumage, or fuage, vulgarly called smoke farthings. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of fumaric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (Fumaria officinalis). [ 1913 Webster ]

Fumaric acid (Chem.), a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called lichenic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. fumus smoke, fume. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from fumitory, as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. fumaruola, fr. fumo smoke, L. fumus: cf. F. fumerolle, fumarolle. ] A hole or spot in a volcanic or other region, from which fumes issue. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; L. pl. -ria /plu>. [ NL., fr. L. fumare, fumatum, to smoke. ] An air-tight compartment in which vapor may be generated to destroy germs or insects; esp., the apparatus used to destroy San José scale on nursery stock, with hydrocyanic acid vapor. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]