n. [ Alltude + azimuth. ] (Astron.) An instrument for taking azimuths and altitudes simultaneously. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Animi [ L., mind. ] Animating spirit; intention; temper. [ 1913 Webster ]

nimus furandi [ L. ] (Law), intention of stealing. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. assimulatus, p. p. of assimulare, equiv. to assimilare. See Assimilate, v. t. ] 1. To feign; to counterfeit; to simulate; to resemble. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To assimilate. [ Obs. ] Sir M. Hale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. assimulatio, equiv. to assimilatio. ] Assimilation. [ Obs. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. azimut, F. azimut, fr. Ar. as-sum&unr_;t, pl. of as-samt a way, or perh., a point of the horizon and a circle extending to it from the zenith, as being the Arabic article: cf. It. azzimutto, Pg. azimuth, and Ar. samt-al-rā's the vertex of the heaven. Cf. Zenith. ] (Astron. & Geodesy) (a) The quadrant of an azimuth circle. (b) An arc of the horizon intercepted between the meridian of the place and a vertical circle passing through the center of any object; as, the azimuth of a star; the azimuth or bearing of a line surveying. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In trigonometrical surveying, it is customary to reckon the azimuth of a line from the south point of the horizon around by the west from 0° to 360°. [ 1913 Webster ]

Azimuth circle, or
Vertical circle, one of the great circles of the sphere intersecting each other in the zenith and nadir, and cutting the horizon at right angles. Hutton. --
Azimuth compass, a compass resembling the mariner's compass, but having the card divided into degrees instead of rhumbs, and having vertical sights; used for taking the magnetic azimuth of a heavenly body, in order to find, by comparison with the true azimuth, the variation of the needle. --
Azimuth dial, a dial whose stile or gnomon is at right angles to the plane of the horizon. Hutton. --
Magnetic azimuth, an arc of the horizon, intercepted between the vertical circle passing through any object and the magnetic meridian. This is found by observing the object with an azimuth compass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the azimuth; in a horizontal circle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Azimuthal error of a transit instrument, its deviation in azimuth from the plane of the meridian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + muscular. ] (Zool.) Having two adductor muscles, as a bivalve mollusk. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. bulimus hunger. See Bulimy. ] (Zool.) A genus of land snails having an elongated spiral shell, often of large size. The species are numerous and abundant in tropical America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. capris goat + mulgere to milk. ] a widely distributed natural family of nocturnally active birds including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus), the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis), and the common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor); -- called popularly the goatsuckers or nightjars. The nighthawks are sometimes active during the day.
Syn. -- goatsuckers, nightjars, family Caprimulgidae. [ PJC ]

The family . . . is alternately known as the nightjars (derived from the "churring" sounds of several species -- "jarring" the night air), or goatsuckers, a nonsense name that should be discontinued as it has its origin in the preposterous myth that the birds sucked the milk of nanny goats until they were dry. Terence Michael Short (Wild Birds of the Americas)

n. an order of birds including the goatsuckers (Caprimulgidae), frogmouths, and the oilbird (guacharo) (family Steatornithidae).
Syn. -- order Caprimulgiformes. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. the type genus of the Caprimulgidae, including the whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) and the chuck-will's-widow (Caprimulgus carolinensis).
Syn. -- genus Caprimulgus. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

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. [ L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc. ] (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. dissimulatus, p. p. of dissimulare. See Dissemble. ] Feigning; simulating; pretending. [ Obs. ] Henryson. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To dissemble; to feign; to pretend. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. concealing under a false appearance with the intent to deceive.
Syn. -- dissembling, dissimulative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. dissimulatio: cf. F. dissimulation. ] The act of dissembling; a hiding under a false appearance; concealment by feigning; false pretension; hypocrisy. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let love be without dissimulation. Rom. xii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dissimulation . . . when a man lets fall signs and arguments that he is not that he is. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

Simulation is a pretense of what is not, and dissimulation a concealment of what is. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who dissimulates; a dissembler. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. [ F. dissimuler. See Dissimulate. ] To dissemble. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dissembler. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. dissimuleur. ] A dissembler. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; belly + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe. ] An ventriloquist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Equi- + multiple: cf. F. équimultiple. ] Multiplied by the same number or quantity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Math.) One of the products arising from the multiplication of two or more quantities by the same number or quantity. Thus, seven times 2, or 14, and seven times 4, or 28, are equimultiples of 2 and 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a large genus of annual or perennial herbs of the Old World and North America; some are grown for their flowers and some for their attractive evergreen leaves.
Syn. -- genus Erysimum. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ L. extimulatus, exstimulatus, p. p. of extimulare, exstimulare, to goad. See Stimulate. ] To stimulate. [ Obs. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stimulation. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Things insipid, and without any extimulation. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. insimulatus, p. p. of insimulare to accuse. ] To accuse. [ Obs. ] Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., we have inspected. ] The first word of ancient charters in England, confirming a grant made by a former king; hence, a royal grant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Pref. in- not + stimulate. ] Not to stimulate; to soothe; to quiet. [ Obs. ] Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. instimulatus, p. p. instimulare to stimulate. See 1st In-, and Stimulate. ] To stimulate; to excite. [ Obs. ] Cockeram. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Stimulation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A caoutchouc-like substance obtained from the milky juice of the East Indian Euphorbia Kattimundoo. It is used as a cement. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Bot.) The Hawaiian name for seaweeds. Over sixty kinds are used as food, and have species names, as Limu Lipoa, Limu palawai, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] (Zool.) A limulus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Limulus, and -oid. ] (Zool.) An order of Merostomata, including among living animals the genus Limulus, with various allied fossil genera, mostly of the Carboniferous period. Called also Xiphosura. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are six pairs of leglike organs, surrounding the mouth, most of which terminate in claws; those of the first pair (probably mandibles) are the smallest; the others have the basal joints thickened and spinose, to serve as jaws, while the terminal joints serve as legs. This group is intermediate, in some characteristics, between crustaceans and certain arachnids (scorpions), but the respiration is by means of lamellate gills borne upon the five posterior abdominal appendages, which are flat and united in pairs by their inner edges, and are protected by the lidlike anterior pair, which also bear the genital orifices. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Limuli [ L., dim. of limus sidelong, askance. ] (Zool.) The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Maxima [ L., neut. from maximus the greatest. See Maxim. ] The greatest quantity or value attainable in a given case; or, the greatest value attained by a quantity which first increases and then begins to decrease; the highest point or degree; -- opposed to minimum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Good legislation is the art of conducting a nation to the maximum of happiness, and the minimum of misery. P. Colquhoun. [ 1913 Webster ]

Maximum thermometer, a thermometer that registers the highest degree of temperature attained in a given time, or since its last adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Greatest in quantity or highest in degree attainable or attained; as, a maximum consumption of fuel; maximum pressure; maximum heat. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of the family Mimidae, comprising certain of the mockingbirds.
Syn. -- genus Mimus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Minima [ L., fr. minimus. See Minim. ] The least quantity assignable, admissible, or possible, in a given case; hence, a thing of small consequence; -- opposed to maximum. [ 1913 Webster ]

Minimum thermometer, a thermometer for recording the lowest temperature since its last adjustment. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Minimi [ L. See Minim. ] 1. A being of the smallest size. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Anat.) The little finger; the fifth digit, or that corresponding to it, in either the manus or pes. [ 1913 Webster ]

de minimis or
de minimus a.of trifling consequence or importance; too insignificant to be worthy of concern; -- a reference to the phrase de minimis non curat lex. --
de minimis non curat lex [ Latin ] The law does not concern itself with trifles; -- a principle of law, that even if a technical violation of a law appears to exist according to the letter of the law, if the effect is too small to be of consequence, the violation of the law will not be considered as a sufficient cause of action, whether in civil or criminal proceedings. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ L., we send, fr. mittere to send. ] (Law) (a) A precept or warrant granted by a justice for committing to prison a party charged with crime; a warrant of commitment to prison. Burrill. (b) A writ for removing records from one court to another. Brande & C. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Best possible or most desirable; -- usually under a restriction expressed or implied; as, an optimum return on capital; optimum concentration of a drug; an optimum result.
Syn. -- optimal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The most favorable condition, greatest degree, or largest amount possible under given circumstances. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A form of betting where winners share the total amount wagered, in proporation to their bets, and less a portion for the management; -- used commonly in betting at horse racing track. In parimutuel betting, the payoff for a bet does not have fixed odds, but depends on the amount bet on each outcome. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

‖n. [ LL. See Primrose. ] (Bot.) The genus of plants including the primrose (Primula vera). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Of or pertaining to an order of herbaceous plants (Primulaceæ), of which the primrose is the type, and the pimpernel, the cyclamen, and the water violet are other examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., first cause of motion. ] (Astron.) In the Ptolemaic system, the outermost of the revolving concentric spheres constituting the universe, the motion of which was supposed to carry with it all the inclosed spheres with their planets in a daily revolution from east to west. See Crystalline heavens, under Crystalline. [ 1913 Webster ]

The motions of the greatest persons in a government ought to be, as the motions of the planets, under primum mobile. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., the first. ] One of the bishops of the Episcopal Church of Scotland, who presides at the meetings of the bishops, and has certain privileges but no metropolitan authority. Internat. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]