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One who animadverts; a censurer; also [Obs.], a chastiser.

A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.

o America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found a…

Armada. [Obs.]

To make mad. [Obs.] Fuller.

A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum. They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison.

A dumbledor.

The earthworm. [Obs.] The earthmads and all the sorts of worms . . . are without eyes. Holland.

A salted and smoked fish, as the pilchard.

A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.

Toward the hæmal side; on the hæmal side of; -- opposed to neurad.

Same as Hemadrometer.

Same as Hemadrometry.

An instrument for registering the velocity of the blood.

Same as Hemadynamometer.

Same as Hemadynamics.

A tree nymph whose life ended with that of the particular tree, usually an oak, which had been her abode.

The sacred baboon of Egypt (Cynocephalus Hamadryas).

Manufactured by hand; as, handmade shoes.

A week; a period of seven days. [R.] Sir T. Browne.