n. [ Gr. 'a`mfw both: cf. F. amphide. ] (Chem.) A salt of the class formed by the combination of an acid and a base, or by the union of two oxides, two sulphides, selenides, or tellurides, as distinguished from a haloid compound. [ R. ] Berzelius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. 'amfi` + di`skos a round plate. ] (Zool.) A peculiar small siliceous spicule having a denticulated wheel at each end; -- found in freshwater sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. 'amfi`dromos running about or around. ] Pertaining to an Attic festival at the naming of a child; -- so called because the friends of the parents carried the child around the hearth and then named it. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. (Zool.) See Aphis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. -- n. One of the aphides; an aphid. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Aphis + L. vorare to devour. ] (Zool.) Devouring aphides; aphidophagous. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Aphis + Gr. &unr_; to eat. ] (Zool.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. archidiaconus, Gr. &unr_;, equiv. to E. archdeacon. ] Of or pertaining to an archdeacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a natural family containing only one species of frog: the tailed frog.
Syn. -- family Ascaphidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a antural family comprising the scrubbirds.
Syn. -- family Atrichornithidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. bi- + sulphide. ] (Chem.) A sulphide having two atoms of sulphur in the molecule; a disulphide, as in iron pyrites, FeS2; -- less frequently called bisulphuret. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Jap. bu military + shi knight + dō way, doctrine, principle. ] The unwritten code of moral principles regulating the actions of the Japanese knighthood, or Samurai; the chivalry of Japan. [ 1913 Webster ]

Unformulated, Bushido was and still is the animating spirit, the motor force of our country. Inazo Nitobé. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. any of a group of small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies; black bass; bluegills; pumpkinseed.
Syn. -- sunfish. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of fish comprising the sunfishes. See sunfish.
Syn. -- family Centrarchidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. an order comprising the false scorpions.
Syn. -- order Chelonethida, Pseudoscorpionida, order Pseudoscorpionida, Pseudoscorpiones, order Pseudoscorpiones. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. Chid or Chode p. p. Chidden Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding. ] [ AS. cīdan; of unknown origin. ] 1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with. [ 1913 Webster ]

Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To be noisy about; to chafe against. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chide hither,
To chide from, or
To chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof.

Syn. -- To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. Ex. xvii. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe. [ 1913 Webster ]

As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. cīd ] A continuous noise or murmur. [ 1913 Webster ]

The chide of streams. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who chides or quarrels. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. She who chides. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Chide + -ster. ] A female scold. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a chiding or reproving manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The hide of a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Leather made of the hide of a cow. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowhiding. ] To flog with a cowhide. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Same as Didelphic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A marsupial animal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. di- + sulphide. ] (Chem.) A binary compound of sulphur containing two atoms of sulphur in each molecule; -- formerly called disulphuret. Cf. Bisulphide. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a viper, adder, Gr. 'e`chidna. ] 1. (Gr. Myth.) A monster, half maid and half serpent. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) A genus of Monotremata found in Australia, Tasmania, and New Guinea. They are toothless and covered with spines; -- called also porcupine ant-eater, and Australian ant-eater. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Echidna. ] (Chem.) The clear, viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. Brande & C.

n. (Zoöl.) a genus of fleas including the stick-tight flea (Echidnophaga gallinacea), which is a serious pest in subtropical America, infesting poultry and frequently attacking man and domestic animals. [ Stedman ] [ PJC ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; to place upon. See Epithet. ] (Arch.) The uppermost member of the cornice of an entablature. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) Any compound of ethyl of a binary type; as, potassium ethide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Ether. ] (Chem.) Ethylidene. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; point of an arrow. ] (Bot.) Having barbs; as, glochidiate bristles. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Glochidia [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the point of an arrow. ] (Zool.) The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Gnathidia [ NL., fr. Gr. gna`qos the jaw. ] (Zool.) The ramus of the lower jaw of a bird as far as it is naked; -- commonly used in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of fish including the halfbeaks, marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide.
Syn. -- family Hemiramphidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

imp. & p. p. of Hide. See Hidden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From hide a quantity of land. ] (O. Eng. Law.) A tax formerly paid to the kings of England for every hide of land. [ Written also hydage. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., contr. fr. hijo de algo, i. e., son of something; hijo son (fr. LL. filius) + algo something, fr. L. aliquod. Cf. Fidalgo. ] A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. from Hide. Concealed; put out of view; secret; not known; mysterious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hidden fifths or
Hidden octaves (Mus.), consecutive fifths or octaves, not sounded, but suggested or implied in the parallel motion of two parts towards a fifth or an octave.

Syn. -- Hidden, Secret, Covert. Hidden may denote either known to on one; as, a hidden disease; or intentionally concealed; as, a hidden purpose of revenge. Secret denotes that the thing is known only to the party or parties concerned; as, a secret conspiracy. Covert literally denotes what is not open or avowed; as, a covert plan; but is often applied to what we mean shall be understood, without openly expressing it; as, a covert allusion. Secret is opposed to known, and hidden to revealed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bring to light the hidden things of darkness. 1 Cor. iv. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

My heart, which by a secret harmony
Still moves with thine, joined in connection sweet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

By what best way,
Whether of open war, or covert guile,
We now debate. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ After W. E. Hidden. ] (Min.) An emerald-green variety of spodumene found in North Carolina; lithia emerald, -- used as a gem. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a hidden manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. Hid p. p. Hidden Hid; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding ] [ OE. hiden, huden, AS. h&ymacr_;dan; akin to Gr. key`qein, and prob. to E. house, hut, and perh. to E. hide of an animal, and to hoard. Cf. Hoard. ] 1. To conceal, or withdraw from sight; to put out of view; to secrete. [ 1913 Webster ]

A city that is set on an hill can not be hid. Matt. v. 15. [ 1913 Webster ]

If circumstances lead me, I will find
Where truth is hid. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To withhold from knowledge; to keep secret; to refrain from avowing or confessing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To remove from danger; to shelter. [ 1913 Webster ]

In the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion. Ps. xxvi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

To hide one's self, to put one's self in a condition to be safe; to secure protection. “A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself.” Prov. xxii. 3. --
To hide the face, to withdraw favor. “Thou didst hide thy face, and I was troubled.” Ps. xxx. 7. --
To hide the face from. (a) To overlook; to pardon. “Hide thy face from my sins.” Ps. li. 9. (b) To withdraw favor from; to be displeased with.

Syn. -- To conceal; secrete; disguise; dissemble; screen; cloak; mask; veil. See Conceal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To lie concealed; to keep one's self out of view; to be withdrawn from sight or observation. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bred to disguise, in public 'tis you hide. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hide and seek, a play of children, in which some hide themselves, and others seek them. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hīd, earlier hīged; prob. orig., land enough to support a family; cf. AS. hīwan, hīgan, members of a household, and E. hind a peasant. ] (O. Eng. Law.) (a) An abode or dwelling. (b) A measure of land, common in Domesday Book and old English charters, the quantity of which is not well ascertained, but has been differently estimated at 80, 100, and 120 acres. [ Written also hyde. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. hide, hude, AS. h&ymacr_;d; akin to D. huid, OHG. hūt, G. haut, Icel. hūð, Dan. & Sw. hud, L. cutis, Gr. ky`tos; and cf. Gr. sky`tos skin, hide, L. scutum shield, and E. sky. √13. ] 1. The skin of an animal, either raw or dressed; -- generally applied to the undressed skins of the larger domestic animals, as oxen, horses, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The human skin; -- so called in contempt. [ 1913 Webster ]

O tiger's heart, wrapped in a woman's hide! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Hided; p. pr. & vb. n. Hiding. ] To flog; to whip. [ Prov. Eng. & Low, U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A game played by children, in which one child (who is “it”) covers his eyes for a short time while the other players hide, and then the one who is “it” tries to find the others. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]