‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; up + E. electrotonus. ] (Physiol.) The condition of decreased irritability of a nerve in the region of the positive electrode or anode on the passage of a current of electricity through it. Foster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Astro- + theology. ] Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies. Derham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus having but one species; the New Caledonian yew.
Syn. -- genus Austrotaxus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Betrothed p. pr. & vb. n. Betrothing. ] [ Pref. be- + troth, i. e., truth. See Truth. ] 1. To contract to any one for a marriage; to engage or promise in order to marriage; to affiance; -- used esp. of a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

He, in the first flower of my freshest age,
Betrothed me unto the only heir. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ay, and we are betrothed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To promise to take (as a future spouse); to plight one's troth to. [ 1913 Webster ]

What man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? Deut. xx. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To nominate to a bishopric, in order to consecration. Ayliffe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the fact of being betrothed; a mutual promise, engagement, or contract for a future marriage between the persons betrothed; betrothment; affiance. “The feast of betrothal.” Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or the state of being betrothed; betrothal. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish. Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Living among bogs. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physics) Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; down + &unr_; (see Electro-) + &unr_; tone. ] (Physics) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; beak + &unr_; box, case. ] (Zool.) The horny covering of the end of the bill of birds.

a. [ Gr. &unr_; for abortion; 'ek out + &unr_; to wound, cause mischief to. ] (Med.) Having a tendency to prevent the development of anything, especially of a disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Physics) Of or pertaining to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Physiol.) Relating to electrotonus; as, the electrotonic condition of a nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. (Physiol.) To cause or produce electrotonus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Electrotonic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. combining form electro- + Gr. &unr_; tension. ] (Physiol.) The modified condition of a nerve, when a constant current of electricity passes through any part of it. See Anelectrotonus, and Catelectrotonus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Electro- + -type. ] A facsimile plate made by electrotypy for use in printing; also, an impression or print from such plate. Also used adjectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The face of an electrotype consists of a shell of copper, silver, or the like, produced by the action of an electrical current upon a plate of metal and a wax mold suspended in an acid bath and connected with opposite poles of the battery. It is backed up with a solid filling of type metal. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Electrotyped p. pr. & vb. n. Electrotyping ] To make facsimile plates of by the electrotype process; as, to electrotype a page of type, a book, etc. See Electrotype, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who electrotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or effected by means of, electrotypy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act or the process of making electrotypes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The process of producing electrotype plates. See Note under Electrotype, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a ballroom dance for couples in quadruple time, combining short and long and fast and slow steps in fixed sequences.
Syn. -- fox-trot. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To dance the foxtrot. [ PJC ]

n. [ Gastro- + Gr &unr_; sheath + &unr_; a cutting ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the upper part of the vagina, through the abdomen (without opening the peritoneum), for the purpose of removing a fetus. It is a substitute for the Cæsarean operation, and less dangerous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gastro + Gr. &unr_; to cut: cf. F. gastrotomie. ] (Surg.) A cutting into, or opening of, the abdomen or the stomach. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl., [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; belly + &unr_;, &unr_;, hair. ] (Zool.) A group of small wormlike animals, having cilia on the ventral side. The group is regarded as an ancestral or synthetic one, related to rotifers and annelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, stomach + &unr_; a wheel. ] (Zool.) A form of annelid larva having cilia on the ventral side. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. to travel all over the world for pleasure and sightseeing. -- globe"-trot`ter, n. -- globe"-trot`ting, a. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ See Metrotomy. ] (Surg.) An instrument for cutting or scarifying the uterus or the neck of the uterus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; womb + &unr_; to cut: cf. F. métrotomie. ] (Surg.) The operation of cutting into the uterus; hysterotomy; the Caesarean section. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Print.) An electrotype plate formed in a mold made by photographing on prepared gelatine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Trotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Trotting. ] [ OE. trotten, OF. troter, F. trotter; probably of Teutonic origin, and akin to E. tread; cf. OHG. trott&unr_;n to tread. See Tread. ] 1. To proceed by a certain gait peculiar to quadrupeds; to ride or drive at a trot. See Trot, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: To run; to jog; to hurry. [ 1913 Webster ]

He that rises late must trot all day, and will scarcely overtake his business at night. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To cause to move, as a horse or other animal, in the pace called a trot; to cause to run without galloping or cantering. [ 1913 Webster ]

To trot out, to lead or bring out, as a horse, to show his paces; hence, to bring forward, as for exhibition. [ Slang. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. See Trot, v. i. ] 1. The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time. “The limbs move diagonally in pairs in the trot.” Stillman (The Horse in Motion). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: A jogging pace, as of a person hurrying. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who trots; a child; a woman. [ 1913 Webster ]

An old trot with ne'er a tooth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A variant of truth. See Truth. ] 1. Belief; faith; fidelity. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bid her alight
And hertroth plight. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Truth; verity; veracity; as, by my troth. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

In troth, thou art able to instruct gray hairs. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Betrothal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Faitless; false; treacherous. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky. Fairfax. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To betroth. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Betrothed; espoused; affianced. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of betrothing, or plighting faith; betrothing. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having fidelity pledged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One that trots; especially, a horse trained to be driven in trotting matches. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The foot of an animal, especially that of a sheep; also, humorously, the human foot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., from trotter to trot. See Trot. ] Footpath; pavement; sidewalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An eccentric ragtime dance, danced with the feet well apart and with a characteristic rise on the ball of the foot, followed by a drop upon the heel. The original form, owing to the positions assumed by the dancers, is offensively suggestive. Similar dances are the
bunny hug and
grizzly bear, so called in allusion to the movements and the positions assumed by the partners in dancing. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]