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ship of fire, which prevails chiefly in Persia, among the followers of Zoroaster, called Chebers, or Guebers, and among the Parsees of India. -- Greek fire. See under Greek. -- On fire, burning; hence, ardent; passionate; eager; zealous. -- Running fire, the rapid discharge of firearms in succession by a line of tro…

A fire worshiper; a Gheber or Gueber. Tylor.

Same as Gheber.

re now obtained chiefly by planing down the bones of calves. They afford a kind of jelly. Hebert. -- Salt of hartshorn (Chem.), an impure solid carbonate of ammonia, obtained by the destructive distillation of hartshorn, or any kind of bone; volatile salts. Brande & C.-- Spirits of hartshorn (Chem.), a solution of amm…

A celebrated Egyptian statue near Thebes, said to have the property of emitting a harplike sound at sunrise.

(with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium. Nercotykes and opye (opium) of Thebes. Chaucer.

The daughter of Tantalus, and wife of Amphion, king of Thebes. Her pride in her children provoked Apollo and Diana, who slew them all. Niobe herself was changed by the gods into stone.

fall or to fail; to subvert; to defeat; to make a ruin of; to destroy. When the walls of Thebes he overthrew. Dryden. [Gloucester] that seeks to overthrow religion. Shak.

Persian religion, descended from Persian refugees settled in India; a fire worshiper; a Gheber.

Having gates. [Obs.] We took the sevenfold-ported Thebes. Chapman.

A presbytery; also, presbytership. Heber.

Royal; regal; kingly. [Obs.] "The blood real of Thebes." Chaucer.

Bereft. Reft of thy sons, amid thy foes forlorn. Heber.

A station on the Nile, midway between Thebes and Memphis, forming the site of the capital of Amenophis IV., whose archive chamber was discovered there in 1887. A collection of tablets (called the Tel-el-Amarna, or the Amarna, tablets) was found here, forming the Asiatic correspondence (Tel-el-Amarna letters) of Amenoph…

Of or pertaining to Thebes in Egypt; specifically, designating a version of the Bible preserved by the Copts, and esteemed of great value by biblical scholars. This version is also called the Sahidic version.

A Latin epic poem by Statius about Thebes in Boeotia.

Of or pertaining to Thebes. Theban year (Anc. Chron.), the Egyptian year of 365 days and 6 hours. J. Bryant.

An implement for reducing a stiff soil, resembling a harrow, but running upon wheels. Hebert.

To remove a bar or bars from; to unbolt; to open; as, to unbar a gate. Heber.

lose with a wall, or as with a wall. "Seven walled towns of strength." Shak. The king of Thebes, Amphion, That with his singing walled that city. Chaucer.