n. [ F. ] Alumina. Davy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ammonia + -ine. ] (Org. Chem.) One of a class of basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by an alkyl or aryl group. Compare amide, in which an acyl group is attached to the nitrogen. Hydroxylamine and hydrazine, which are not an organic compounds, are also basic and may also be considered amines. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr. balsami`nh balsam plant. ] (Bot.) The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stoneware jug of a pattern originated in the neighborhood of Cologne, Germany, in the 16th century. It has a bearded face or mask supposed to represent Cardinal Bellarmine, a leader in the Roman Catholic Counter Reformation, following the Reformation; -- called also graybeard, longbeard. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bad smell, stink. Cf. Brome. ] (Chem.) One of the halogen elements, related in its chemical qualities to chlorine and iodine. Atomic weight 79.8. Symbol Br. It is a deep reddish brown liquid of a very disagreeable odor, emitting a brownish vapor at the ordinary temperature. In combination it is found in minute quantities in sea water, and in many saline springs. It occurs also in the mineral bromyrite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Butyric + -yl + amine. ] (Org. Chem.) A colorless liquid base, C4H9.NH2, of which there are four isomeric varieties. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cadmia. See Cadmia. ] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Calcimined p. pr. & vb. n. Calcimining. ] To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. calx, calcis, lime. ] A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [ Also spelt kalsomine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. cardamina, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. cardamine. ] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson. ] 1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthaleïns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ catechol + amine. ] any of a group of chemicals including epinephrine and norepinephrine that are produced in the medulla of the adrenal gland. They function as nerotransmitters in the sympathetic nervous system. Also, any structurally related chemical substance, whether natural or synthetic. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

n. (Mil.) an antipersonnel land mine designed to produce a high-velocity spray of steel fragments in a relatively narrow fan-shaped cone, directed toward the enemy. They are usually detonated by an electrical remote control. [ PJC ]

n. [ Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine. ] 1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. contreminer. ] [ imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermining. ] 1. (Mil.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly. [ 1913 Webster ]

'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a tropical shrub (Tabernaemontana divaricata), native to India, having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas; Northern India to Thailand.
Syn. -- crepe jasmine, crepe gardenia, pinwheel flower, East Indian rosebay, Adam's apple, Nero's crown, coffee rose, Tabernaemontana divaricata. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cross-examined p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-examining. ] (Law) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. “The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses.” Kent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. de`smh, desmo`s, bundle, fr. dei^n to bind. ] (Min.) Same as Stilbite. It commonly occurs in bundles or tufts of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Determined p. pr. & vb. n. Determining. ] [ F. déterminer, L. determinare, determinatum; de + terminare limit, terminus limit. See Term. ] 1. To fix the boundaries of; to mark off and separate. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ God ] hath determined the times before appointed. Acts xvii. 26. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To set bounds to; to fix the determination of; to limit; to bound; to bring to an end; to finish. [ 1913 Webster ]

The knowledge of men hitherto hath been determined by the view or sight. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Now, where is he that will not stay so long
Till his friend sickness hath determined me? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To fix the form or character of; to shape; to prescribe imperatively; to regulate; to settle. [ 1913 Webster ]

The character of the soul is determined by the character of its God. J. Edwards. [ 1913 Webster ]

Something divinely beautiful . . . that at some time or other might influence or even determine her course of life. W. Black. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To fix the course of; to impel and direct; -- with a remoter object preceded by to; as, another's will determined me to this course. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. To ascertain definitely; to find out the specific character or name of; to assign to its true place in a system; as, to determine an unknown or a newly discovered plant or its name. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. To resolve on; to have a fixed intention of; also, to cause to come to a conclusion or decision; to lead; as, this determined him to go immediately. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Logic) To define or limit by adding a differentia. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Physical Sciences) To ascertain the presence, quantity, or amount of; as, to determine the parallax; to determine the salt in sea water. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To come to an end; to end; to terminate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He who has vented a pernicious doctrine or published an ill book must know that his life determine not together. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Estates may determine on future contingencies. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on. “Determine on some course.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He shall pay as the judges determine. Ex. xxi. 22. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + amine. ] (Chem.) A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a diamide. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In chemical nomenclature, if any amine or diamine is named by prefixing the nitrogen group, the name of the latter takes the form of amido, diamido, etc., thus ethylene diamine, C2H4.(NH2)2, is also called diamido-ethylene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + ethylamine. ] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, alkaline liquid, NH(C2H5)2, having a strong fishy odor resembling that of herring or sardines. Cf. Methylamine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Dominie. ] 1. A name given to a pastor of the Reformed Church. The word is also applied locally in the United States, in colloquial speech, to any clergyman.
Syn. -- dominus, dominie. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ From Sp. domine a schoolmaster. ] (Zool.) A West Indian fish (Epinula magistralis), of the family Trichiuridæ. It is a long-bodied, voracious fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. enluminer; pref. en- (L. in) + L. luminare to light up, illumine. See Illuminate, and cf. Limn. ] To illumine. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. ermine, F. hermine, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. harmo, G. hermelin, akin to Lith. szarm&unr_;, szarmonys, weasel, cf. AS. hearma; but cf. also LL. armelinus, armellina, hermellina, and pellis Armenia, the fur of the Armenian rat, mus Armenius, the animal being found also in Armenia. ] 1. (Zoöl.) A valuable fur-bearing animal of the genus Mustela (M. erminea), allied to the weasel; the stoat. It is found in the northern parts of Asia, Europe, and America. In summer it is brown, but in winter it becomes white, except the tip of the tail, which is always black. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The fur of the ermine, as prepared for ornamenting garments of royalty, etc., by having the tips of the tails, which are black, arranged at regular intervals throughout the white. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. By metonymy, the office or functions of a judge, whose state robe, lined with ermine, is emblematical of purity and honor without stain. Chatham. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) One of the furs. See Fur (Her.) [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Ermine is represented by an argent field, tufted with black. Ermines is the reverse of ermine, being black, spotted or timbered with argent. Erminois is the same as ermine, except that or is substituted for argent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ermine moth (Zoöl.), a white moth with black spots (esp. Yponomeuta padella of Europe); -- so called on account of the resemblance of its covering to the fur of the ermine; also applied to certain white bombycid moths of America. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To clothe with, or as with, ermine. [ 1913 Webster ]

The snows that have ermined it in the winter. Lowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. élamine. ] A light textile fabric, like a fine bunting. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Ethyl + amine. ] (Chem.) A colorless, mobile, inflammable liquid, C2H5.NH2, very volatile and with an ammoniacal odor. It is a strong base, and is a derivative of ammonia. Called also ethyl carbamine, and amido ethane. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Examined p. pr. & vb. n. Examining. ] [ L. examinare, examinatum, fr. examen, examinis: cf. F. examiner. See Examen. ] 1. To test by any appropriate method; to inspect carefully with a view to discover the real character or state of; to subject to inquiry or inspection of particulars for the purpose of obtaining a fuller insight into the subject of examination, as a material substance, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. [ 1913 Webster ]

Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To interrogate as in a judicial proceeding; to try or test by question; as, to examine a witness in order to elicit testimony, a student to test his qualifications, a bankrupt touching the state of his property, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

The offenders that are to be examined. Shak.

Syn. -- To discuss; debate; scrutinize; search into; investigate; explore. See Discuss. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ F. exterminer. ] To exterminate; to destroy. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. famine, fr. L. fames hunger; cf. Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; want, need, Skr. hāni loss, lack, hā to leave. ] General scarcity of food; dearth; a want of provisions; destitution. “Worn with famine.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

There was a famine in the land. Gen. xxvi. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Famine fever (Med.), typhus fever. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To determine or decree beforehand. Bp. Hopkins. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ F. fulminer. See Fulminate, v. ] To thunder. [ Obs. ] Spenser. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To shoot; to dart like lightning; to fulminate; to utter with authority or vehemence. [ 1913 Webster ]

She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine (Gelsemium sempervirens), as a bitter white semicrystalline substance; -- called also gelsemia. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ See Harmaline. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid accompanying harmaline (in the Peganum harmala), and obtained from it by oxidation. It is a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydroxyl + amine. ] (Chem.) One of a series of artificial, organic bases, usually produced as thick viscous liquids by the action of ammonia on ethylene oxide. They have the properties both of alcohol and amines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hydroxyl + amine. ] (Chem.) A nitrogenous, organic base, NH2.OH, resembling ammonia, and produced by a modified reduction of nitric acid. It is usually obtained as a volatile, unstable solution in water. It acts as a strong reducing agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Hyoscyamus. ] (Chem.) An alkaloid found in henbane (Hyoscyamus niger), and regarded as its active principle. It is also found with other alkaloids in the thorn apple and deadly nightshade. It is extracted as a white crystalline substance, with a sharp, offensive taste. Hyoscyamine is isomeric with atropine, is very poisonous, and is used as a medicine for neuralgia, like belladonna. Called also hyoscyamia, duboisine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. F. illuminer. See Illuminate. ] To illuminate; to light up; to adorn. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Illumine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To intersect or penetrate with mines. [ Obs. ] Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ Iridium + osmium. ] (Min.) The native compound of iridium and osmium. It is found in flattened metallic grains of extreme hardness, and is often used for pointing gold pens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. jasmin, Sp. jazmin, Ar. yāsmīn, Pers. yāsmīn; cf. It. gesmino, gelsomino. Cf. Jessamine. ] (Bot.) A shrubby plant of the genus Jasminum, bearing flowers of a peculiarly fragrant odor. The Jasminum officinale, common in the south of Europe, bears white flowers. The Arabian jasmine is Jasminum Sambac, and, with Jasminum angustifolia, comes from the East Indies. The yellow false jasmine in the Gelseminum sempervirens (see Gelsemium). Several other plants are called jasmine in the West Indies, as species of Calotropis and Faramea. [ Written also jessamine. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Cape jasmine, or
Cape jessamine, the Gardenia florida, a shrub with fragrant white flowers, a native of China, and hardy in the Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) Same as Jasmine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. & v. t. Same as Calcimine. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To illumine. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A twining woody vine (Stephanotis floribunda) of Madagascar having thick dark waxy evergreen leaves and clusters of large fragrant waxy white flowers along the stems; widely cultivated in warm regions.
Syn. -- waxflower, Stephanotis floribunda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]