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To lead the life of a nomad; to wander with flocks and herds for the sake of finding pasturage. The Vogules nomadize chiefly about the Rivers Irtish, Obi, Kama, and Volga. W. Tooke.

Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.

A name given to several species of stonecrop, used as ingredients of vermifuge medicines. See Stonecrop.

Toward a proximal part; on the proximal side of; proximally.

The ninth Mohammedan month.

Made already, or beforehand, in anticipation of need; not made to order; as, ready-made clothing; ready-made jokes.

A reformado. [Obs.]

A monk of a reformed order. [Obs.] Weever.

imp. & p. p. of Remake.

See Ramadan.

Made by one's self. Self-made man, a man who has risen from poverty or obscurity by means of his own talentss or energies.

Made by a tailor or according to a tailor's fashion; -- said specif. of women's garments made with certain closeness of fit, simplicity of ornament, etc.

Same as Prickmadam.

Not yet made or formed; as, an unmade grave. Shak.

the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter (Aleph, and itself from the Egyptian origin. The Aleph was a consonant letter, with a guttural breath sound that was not an element of Greek articulation; and the Greeks took it to represent their vowel…

AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or privative, not, as in abyss, atheist; akin to E. un…

In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.

Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.]

A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.

The act or process of absorbing or sucking in anything, or of being absorbed and made to disappear; as, the absorption of bodies in a whirlpool, the absorption of a smaller tribe into a larger.