n. [ L. ] Admonisher; monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Conscience is at most times a very faithful and prudent admonitor. Shenstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Admonitory. [ R. ] “An admonitorial tone.” Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ LL. admonitorius. ] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Ammonite + -oid. ] (Zool.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. -tos /plu>. [ Sp. ] In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n.; pl. Bonitoes [ Sp. & Pg. bonito, fr. Ar. bainīt and bainīth. ] [ Often incorrectly written bonita. ] (Zool.) 1. A large tropical fish (Orcynus pelamys) allied to the tunny. It is about three feet long, blue above, with four brown stripes on the sides. It is sometimes found on the American coast. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. any of a variety of scombroid fishes of the genera Sarda or Euthynnus, with a size intermediate between those of the smaller mackerels and the tunas. It is applied especially to the skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis, syn. Katsuwonus pelamis, formerly Sarda Mediterranea, also called skipjack) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (Sarda Chilensis) of the Pacific, and other related species. These are large and active fishes, of a blue color above and silver below, with black oblique stripes. MW10 [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

3. The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern part of the United States and the West Indies. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The cobia or crab eater (Elacate canada), an edible fish of the Middle and Southern United States. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. commonitorius. ] Calling to mind; giving admonition. [ Obs. ] Foxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Genital + crural. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the genital organs and the thigh; -- applied especially to one of the lumbar nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. One who begets; a generator; an originator. Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. The genitals. [ Obs. ] Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Genital + urinary. ] (Anat.) See Urogenital. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Granite + -oid: cf. F. granitoïde. ] Resembling granite in granular appearance; as, granitoid gneiss; a granitoid pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

A kind of pillow lace, remarkable for the beauty of its figures; -- so called because chiefly made in Honiton, England. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ A dim. fr. Sp. horno oven, L. furnus. See Furnace. ] (Geol.) A low, oven-shaped mound, common in volcanic regions, and emitting smoke and vapors from its sides and summit. Humboldt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, produces ignition; especially, a contrivance for igniting the powder in a torpedo or the like. [ Written also igniter. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. or adv. [ It. incognito, masc., incognita, fem., L. incognitus unknown; pref. in- not + cognitus known, p. p. of cognoscere: cf. F. incognito, fr. It. See Cognition. ] Without being known; in disguise; in an assumed character, or under an assumed title; -- said esp. of great personages who sometimes adopt a disguise or an assumed character in order to avoid notice. [ 1913 Webster ]

'T was long ago
Since gods come down incognito. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

The prince royal of Persia came thither incognito. Tatler. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Incognitos [ See Incognito, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. One unknown or in disguise, or under an assumed character or name. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The assumption of disguise or of a feigned character; the state of being in disguise or not recognized. [ 1913 Webster ]

His incognito was endangered. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ It. ] (Mus.) Infinite; perpetual, as a canon whose end leads back to the beginning. See Infinite, a., 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. janua a door. ] 1. A door-keeper; a porter. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster PJC ]

2. One who is employed to care for a public building, or a building occupied for offices, suites of rooms, etc.; a caretaker; -- the duties may include removal of trash, cleaning of the rooms and public areas, and minor repairs. [ 1913 Webster PJC ]

[ So called from Maestricht, a town in Holland. ] (Paleon.) The Mosasaurus Hofmanni. See Mosasaurus. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A name given by tribes of American Indians to a great spirit, whether good or evil, or to any object of worship. Tylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gitche Manito the mighty,
The Great Spirit, the creator,
Smiled upon his helpless children! Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

Mitche Manito the mighty,
He the dreadful Spirit of Evil,
As a serpent was depicted. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Mannite + -ol. ] 1. (Chem.) A white crystalline hexose (HO.CH2.(CHOH)4.CH2.OH) of a sweet taste obtained from a so-called manna, the dried sap of the flowering ash (Fraxinus ornus); -- called also mannite, and hydroxy hexane. Cf. Dulcite. It is used in pharmacy as excipient and diluent for solids and liquids. It is also used as a food additive for anti-caking properties, or as a sweetener, and, illegally, to "cut" (dilute) illegal drugs such as cocaine or heroin. Syn. -- D-mannitol; manna sugar; cordycepic acid; Diosmol; Mannicol; Mannidex; Osmiktrol; Osmosal. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. (Chem.) A variety of sugar obtained by the partial oxidation of mannite, and closely resembling levulose. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L., fr. monere. See Monition, and cf. Mentor. ] 1. One who admonishes; one who warns of faults, informs of duty, or gives advice and instruction by way of reproof or caution. [ 1913 Webster ]

You need not be a monitor to the king. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, specifically, a pupil selected to look to the school in the absence of the instructor, to notice the absence or faults of the scholars, or to instruct a division or class. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Zool.) Any large Old World lizard of the genus Varanus; esp., the Egyptian species (Varanus Niloticus), which is useful because it devours the eggs and young of the crocodile. It is sometimes five or six feet long. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ So called from the name given by Captain Ericson, its designer, to the first ship of the kind. ] An ironclad war vessel, very low in the water, and having one or more heavily-armored revolving turrets, carrying heavy guns. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Mach.) A tool holder, as for a lathe, shaped like a low turret, and capable of being revolved on a vertical pivot so as to bring successively the several tools in holds into proper position for cutting. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A monitor nozzle. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Monitor top, the raised central portion, or clearstory, of a car roof, having low windows along its sides. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Of or pertaining to a monitor or monitors. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Done or performed by a monitor; as, monitorial work; conducted or taught by monitors; as, a monitorial school; monitorial instruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a monitorial manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A nozzle capable of turning completely round in a horizontal plane and having a limited play in a vertical plane, used in hydraulic mining, fire-extinguishing apparatus, etc. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The post or office of a monitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. monitorius. ] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [ 1913 Webster ]

Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Premunitory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. praemonitor. ] One who, or that which, gives premonition. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. praemonitorius. ] Giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease. -- Pre*mon"i*to*ri*ly adv. [1913 Webster]

a. Of or pertaining to a premunire; as, a premunitory process. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL., fr. L. primus first + genitor a begetter. ] The first ancestor; a forefather. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. progeniteur, L. progenitor, fr. progignere, progenitum, to bring forth, to beget; pro forth + gignere to beget. See Gender kind. ] An ancestor in the direct line; a forefather. [ 1913 Webster ]

And reverence thee their great progenitor. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a progenitor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Punishing; tending to punishment; punitive. [ 1913 Webster ]

God . . . may make moral evil, as well as natural, at the same time both prudential and punitory. A. Tucker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] (Law) One of a jury impaneled on an assize. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to, or connected with, recognition. Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. & Pg. sambenito, contr. from L. saccus sack + benedictus blessed. ] 1. Anciently, a sackcloth coat worn by penitents on being reconciled to the church. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A garnment or cap, or sometimes both, painted with flames, figures, etc., and worn by persons who had been examined by the Inquisition and were brought forth for punishment at the auto-da-fé. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A very large lizard (Varanaus salvator) native of India. It frequents the borders of streams and swims actively. It becomes five or six feet long. Called also two-banded monitor, and kabaragoya. The name is also applied to other aquatic monitors. [ 1913 Webster ]