n. 1. any of various South American plants of the genus Alstroemeria valued for their handsome umbels of beautiful flowers. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 one of many families or subfamilies into which some classification systems subdivide the Liliaceae but not widely accepted; sometimes included in subfamily Amaryllidaceae.
Syn. -- family Alstroemeriaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Canoemen One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. coëmptio, fr. coëmere to buy up. See Emption. ] The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [ R. ] Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Foemen [ AS. fāhman. ] An enemy in war. [ 1913 Webster ]

And the stern joy which warriors feel
In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. goëmon seaweed. ] A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A local Orkney name; cf. Icel. hār. ] (Zool.) The basking or liver shark; -- called also homer. See Liver shark, under Liver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding + ta`chos swiftness + -graph. ] An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding. See Noetic. ] Of or pertaining to the understanding. [ Obs. ] Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. no`hma the understanding. See Noetic. ] The science of the understanding; intellectual science. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; bark. ] (Bot.) That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. poëma, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; to make, to compose, to write, especially in verse: cf. F. poëme. ] 1. A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A composition, not in verse, of which the language is highly imaginative or impassioned; as, a prose poem; the poems of Ossian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] Pertaining to a poem, or to poetry; poetical. [ R. ] Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. prooemium, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; before + &unr_; way, course or strain of a song: cf. F. proème. ] Preface; introduction; preliminary observations; prelude. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thus much may serve by way of proem. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To preface. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. pro- + embryo. ] (Bot.) (a) The series of cells formed in the ovule of a flowering plant after fertilization, but before the formation of the embryo. (b) The primary growth from the spore in certain cryptogamous plants; as, the proembryo, or protonema, of mosses. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Introductory; prefatory; preliminary. [ R. ] Hammond. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; to fall in before; &unr_; before + &unr_; in + &unr_; to fall. ] (Chron.) The addition of a day to the lunar calendar. [ R. ] See Metemptosis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One whose occupation it is to make shoes and boots. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) (a) The threadfish. (b) The runner, 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The business of a shoemaker. [ 1913 Webster ]