adv. In an accidental manner; unexpectedly; by chance; unintentionally; casually; fortuitously; not essentially. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. So as to serve for nourishment or food; nourishing quality. Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + metallic: cf. F. bimétallique. ] 1. Of or relating to, or using, a double metallic standard (as gold and silver) for a system of coins or currency. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Composed of two different metals; formed of two parts, each of a different metal; as, bimetallic wire; bimetallic thermometer, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. bimétalisme. ] The legalized use of two metals (as gold and silver) in the currency of a country, at a fixed relative value; -- in opposition to monometallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The words bimétallisme and monométallisme are due to M. Cernuschi [ 1869 ]. Littré. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An advocate of bimetallism. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to bimetallism.
Syn. -- bimetallic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A stall or stand where books are sold. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a brutal manner; cruelly. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A toil or net to take deer. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a capital manner; excellently. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;. See Catallactics. ] (Zool.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosphæra is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. [ Gr. &unr_; to exchange; kata` wholly + &unr_; to change. ] The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a congenital manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline. ] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Physiol. Chem.) See Gobulin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. crystallinus, from Gr. &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;: cf. F. cristallin. See Crystal. ] 1. Consisting, or made, of crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture. [ 1913 Webster ]

Their crystalline structure. Whewell. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectly crystallized. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. “The crystalline sky.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Crystalline heavens, or
Crystalline spheres, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavenly bodies. --
Crystalline lens (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Aniline. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Crystal. ] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cristallization. ] 1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and structure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized; the formation of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The systems of crystallization are the several classes to which the forms are mathematically referable. They are most simply described according to the relative lengths and inclinations of certain assumed lines called axes; but the real distinction is the degree of symmetry characterizing them. 1. The Isometric system, or The Monometric system has the axes all equal, as in the cube, octahedron, etc. 2. The Tetragonal system, or The Dimetric system has a varying vertical axis, while the lateral are equal, as in the right square prism. 3. The Orthorhombic system, or The Trimetric system has the three axes unequal, as in the rectangular and rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called, respectively, macrodiagonal and brachydiagonal. -- The preceding are erect forms, the axes intersecting at right angles. The following are oblique. 4. The Monoclinic system, having one of the intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called respectively, clinodiagonal and orthodiagonal. 5. The Triclinic system, having all the three intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. There is also: 6. The Hexagonal system (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Diclinic system, sometimes recognized, with two oblique intersections, is only a variety of the Triclinic. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Crystallized p. pr. & vb. n. Crystallizing. ] [ Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal. ] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction; to precipitate from a solution in the form of crystals. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

adj. 1. smoothly coated with crystals of sugar; -- used especially of fruits.
Syn. -- candied, glacé, glacéed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. caused to form into crystals; hence, in a crystalline form. [ PJC ]

{ } a. Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + root of gi`gnesqai to be born. ] The science which pertains to the production of crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. crystallographique. ] Pertaining to crystallography. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In the manner of crystallography. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -graphy: cf. F. cristallographie. See Crystal. ] 1. The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -oid. ] Crystal-like; transparent like crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Chem.) A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -logy. ] The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -mancy. ] Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + -metry. ] The art of measuring crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. kry`stallos crystal + 'e`rgon work. ] Crystallization. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. (Anat.) Toward a distal part. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or art precipitating a metal electro-chemical action, by which a coating is deposited, on a prepared surface, as in electroplating and electrotyping; galvanoplasty. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. According to elements; literally; as, the words, “Take, eat; this is my body, ” elementally understood. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By experiment; by experience or trial. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. 1. In a manner proceeding from, or determined by, fate. Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In a manner resulting in death or ruin; mortally; destructively; as, fatally deceived or wounded. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Joyously; festively; mirthfully. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a sheath worn to protect a finger.
Syn. -- cot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. Pedestal. ] 1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) The plinth or base of a pillar. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Forestalled p. pr. & vb. n. Forestalling. ] [ OE. forstallen to stop, to obstruct; to stop (goods) on the way to the market by buying them beforehand, from forstal obstruction, AS. forsteal, foresteall, prop., a placing one's self before another. See Fore, and Stall. ] 1. To take beforehand, or in advance; to anticipate. [ 1913 Webster ]

What need a man forestall his date of grief,
And run to meet what he would most avoid? Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To take possession of, in advance of some one or something else, to the exclusion or detriment of the latter; to get ahead of; to preoccupy; also, to exclude, hinder, or prevent, by prior occupation, or by measures taken in advance. [ 1913 Webster ]

An ugly serpent which forestalled their way. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

But evermore those damsels did forestall
Their furious encounter. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

To be forestalled ere we come to fall. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Habit is a forestalled and obstinate judge. Rush. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To deprive; -- with of. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

All the better; may
This night forestall him of the coming day! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Eng. Law) To obstruct or stop up, as a way; to stop the passage of on highway; to intercept on the road, as goods on the way to market. [ 1913 Webster ]

To forestall the market, to buy or contract for merchandise or provision on its way to market, with the intention of selling it again at a higher price; to dissuade persons from bringing their goods or provisions there; or to persuade them to enhance the price when there. This was an offense at law in England until 1844. Burrill.

Syn. -- To anticipate; monopolize; engross. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who forestalls; esp., one who forestalls the market. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To forestall. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Primarily; originally; essentially; radically; at the foundation; in origin or constituents. “Fundamentally defective.” Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A stall at which greens and fresh vegetables are exposed for sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Hematocrystallin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That part of a bridle or halter which encompasses the head. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]