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A floral ornament. See Palmette.

Chamomile; a genus of composite, herbaceous plants.

Alternately. [Obs.] Bacon.

Tending to stop hemorrhage. -- n.

Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.

The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

Of supreme chemical powers. [R.] "The archchemic sun." Milton.

An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15- 24.

A hospital for lunatics; -- corrupted into bedlam.

An inhabitant of Bethlehem in Judea.

The chemistry of living organisms; the chemistry of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

or address, with impious irreverence; to revile impiously (anything sacred); as, to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. So Dagon shall be magnified, and God, Besides whom is no god, compared with idols, Disglorified, blasphemed, and had in scorn. Milton. How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge thyself o…

One who blasphemes. And each blasphemer quite escape the rod, Because the insult's not on man, but God Pope.

Speaking or writing blasphemy; uttering or exhibiting anything impiously irreverent; profane; as, a blasphemous person; containing blasphemy; as, a blasphemous book; a blasphemous caricature. "Blasphemous publications." Porteus. Nor from the Holy One of Heaven Refrained his tongue blasphemous. Milton.…

In a blasphemous manner.

tively, of things held in high honor: Calumny; abuse; vilification. Punished for his blasphemy against learning. Bacon.

Fig.: The region or community of social Bohemians. See Bohemian, n., 3. She knew every one who was any one in the land of Bohemia. Compton Reade.

Of or pertaining to Bohemia, or to the language of its ancient inhabitants or their descendants. See Bohemian, n., 2.

The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian. [Modern]

A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood. --Ca*chæ"mic, Ca*che"mic (#), a.