n. [ OF. basilicoc. ] The basilisk. [ Obs. ] Chaucer [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. basilicon, Gr. basiliko`n neut. of basiliko`s: cf. F. basilicon. See Basilica. ] (Med.) An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. bellicosus, fr. bellicus of war, fr. bellum war. See Duel. ] Inclined to war or contention; warlike; pugnacious. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arnold was, in fact, in a bellicose vein. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a bellicose manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bellicose. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Calicoes [ So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot. ] 1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. Beck (Draper's Dict. ). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States the term calico is applied only to the printed fabric. [ 1913 Webster ]

Calico bass (Zool.), an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead. --
Calico printing, the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made of, or having the appearance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [ Colloq. U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The calico bass. (b) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;, neut. &unr_;, universal. See Catholic. ] (Med.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Catholic. ] (Eccl.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] 1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. dia- + catholicon. ] (Med.) A universal remedy; -- a name formerly given to a purgative electuary. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Skr. ēka one + E. silicon. ] (Chem.) The name of a hypothetical element predicted by Mendeleev and afterwards discovered and named germanium; -- so called because it was a missing analogue of the silicon group. See Germanium, and cf. Ekabor. Also see periodic table. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. filix, -icis, fern + -oid: cf. F. filicoiïde. ] (Bot.) Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A fernlike plant. Lindley. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "a`ls sea + ko`rh maiden.] Same as Dugong. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Helix + -graph. ] An instrument for drawing spiral lines on a plane. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_;, &unr_;, spiral + &unr_; shape: cf. F. hélicoïde. See Helix. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Spiral; curved, like the spire of a univalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Shaped like a snail shell; pertaining to the Helicidae, or Snail family. [ 1913 Webster ]

Helicoid parabola (Math.), the parabolic spiral. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Geom.) A warped surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner that every point of the line shall have a uniform motion in the direction of another fixed straight line, and at the same time a uniform angular motion about it. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Same as Helicoid. -- Hel`i*coid"al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

prop. n. [ L., fr. Gr. "Elikw`n.] A mountain in Bœotia, in Greece, supposed by the Greeks to be the residence of Apollo and the Muses. [1913 Webster]

From Helicon's harmonious springs
A thousand rills their mazy progress take. Gray. [1913 Webster]

‖n. [ NL. See Helicon. ] (Zool.) One of numerous species of Heliconius, a genus of tropical American butterflies. The wings are usually black, marked with green, crimson, and white. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Heliconius. ] 1. Of or pertaining to Helicon. “Heliconian honey.” Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) Like or pertaining to the butterflies of the genus Heliconius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`lix, "e`likos, a spiral + ptero`n a wing. ] a heavier-than-air aircraft whose lift is provided by the aerodynamic forces on rotating blades rather than on fixed wings. Contrasted with fixed-wing aircraft. [ PJC ]

v. i. to travel in a helicopter. [ PJC ]

v. t. to transport in a helicopter. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. "e`lix, "e`likos, a helix + &unr_; a hole. ] (Anat.) The opening by which the two scalae communicate at the top of the cochlea of the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Hydraulic. ] (Mus.) An ancient musical instrument played by the action of water; a water organ. [ Written also hydraulis. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; to bend + &unr_; material, fr. &unr_; wood, matter. ] A kind of elastic floor cloth, made of India rubber, gutta-percha, linseed oil, and powdered cork. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Lamella + L. cornu a horn: cf. F. lamellicorne. See Lamella. ] (Zool.) (a) Having antennae terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of certain coleopterous insects. (b) Terminating in a group of flat lamellae; -- said of antennae. -- n. A lamellicorn insect. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Lamellicorn. ] (Zool.) A group of lamellicorn, plant-eating beetles; -- called also Lamellicornes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. licoris, through old French, fr. L. liquiritia, corrupted fr. glycyrrhiza, Gr. glyky`rriza; glyky`s sweet + "ri`za root. Cf. Glycerin, Glycyrrhiza, Wort.] [Written also liquorice.] 1. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Glycyrrhiza (Glycyrrhiza glabra), the root of which abounds with a sweet juice, and is much used in demulcent compositions. [1913 Webster]

2. The inspissated juice of licorice root, used as a confection and for medicinal purposes. [1913 Webster]

Licorice fern (Bot.), a name of several kinds of polypody which have rootstocks of a sweetish flavor. --
Licorice sugar. (Chem.) See Glycyrrhizin. --
Licorice weed (Bot.), the tropical plant Scapania dulcis. --
Mountain licorice (Bot.), a kind of clover (Trifolium alpinum), found in the Alps. It has large purplish flowers and a sweetish perennial rootstock. --
Wild licorice. (Bot.) (a) The North American perennial herb Glycyrrhiza lepidota. (b) Certain broad-leaved cleavers (Galium circæzans and Galium lanceolatum). (c) The leguminous climber Abrus precatorius, whose scarlet and black seeds are called black-eyed Susans. Its roots are used as a substitute for those of true licorice (Glycyrrhiza glabra). [1913 Webster]

a. See Lickerish. -- Lic"o*rous*ness, n. [Obs.] Herbert. [1913 Webster]

n. Liquor. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Melocoton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pelecoid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. peli`ka a wooden bowl (but taken to mean, pelvis) + say^ros a lizard. ] (Paleon.) A suborder of Theromorpha, including terrestrial reptiles from the Permian formation. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The friar bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. pulicosus, from pulex, a flea. ] Abounding with fleas. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting the presence of silicon or its compounds; as, silicobenzoic, silicofluoride, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Containing, or composed of, silicon and fluorine; especially, denoting the compounds called silicofluorides. [ 1913 Webster ]

Silicofluoric acid (Chem.), a compound of hydrofluoric acid and silicon fluoride, known only in watery solution. It is produced by the action of silicon fluoride on water, and is regarded as an acid, H2SiF6, and the type and origin of the silicofluorides. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A fluosilicate; a salt of silicofluoric acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Silex, and -oid. ] (Zool.) An extensive order of Porifera, which includes those that have the skeleton composed mainly of siliceous fibers or spicules. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Silica. ] (Chem.) A nonmetalic element analogous to carbon. It always occurs combined in nature, and is artificially obtained in the free state, usually as a dark brown amorphous powder, or as a dark crystalline substance with a meetallic luster. Its oxide is silica, or common quartz, and in this form, or as silicates, it is, next to oxygen, the most abundant element of the earth's crust. Silicon is characteristically the element of the mineral kingdom, as carbon is of the organic world. Symbol Si. Atomic weight 28. Called also silicium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, any one of a series of double acids of silicon and tungsten, known in the free state, and also in their salts (called silicotungstates). [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from L. subula an awl + cornu horn. ] (Zool.) A division of insects having slender or subulate antennae. The dragon flies and May flies are examples. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Triple + costate. ] (Bot.) Three-ribbed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. tubulus little tube + colere to inhabit. ] (Zool.) Any hydroid which has tubular chitinous stems. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An open car or chariot. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Of old time coaches were not known in this island, but chariots, or whirlicotes. Stow. [ 1913 Webster ]