Search the Dictionary

medicine and as a condiment. An oil containing thymol is extracted from it. Called also Javanee seed, Javanese seed, and ajava.

make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

Cell division in which there is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly…

When the imbedded minerals are detached or removed by decomposition, it is porous, like lava.

A extravagant fondness for flowers. [R.]

A Virulent poison prepared in Java from the gum resin of one species of the upas tree (Antiaris toxicaria).

zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.

(pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl.

ce of divine architecture. Burnet. Military architecture, the art of fortifications. -- Naval architecture, the art of building ships.

To counsel, advise, warn, or direct. But mark what I aread thee now. Avaunt! Milton.

A branch of the military service; as, the cavalry arm was made efficient.

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force. "The whole united armament of Greece." Glover.

mit. In equipment the organization of the army is into the three great arms of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, together with more or less numerous other branches, such as engineers, medical corps, etc., besides the staff organizations such as those of the pay and subsistence departments.

n order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers. Prescott.

ssessed, as a demoniac; raving; mad; crack-brained. [Obs.] Odd, arreptitious, frantic extravagances. Howell.

or the manufacture and storage, of arms and all military equipments, whether for land or naval service.

Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning). We wish, however, to avail ourselves of the interest, transient as it may be, which this work has excited. Macaulay.

olcanic ashes, or Volcanic ash, the loose, earthy matter, or small fragments of stone or lava, ejected by volcanoes.

A European species of lavender (Lavandula spica), which produces a volatile oil. See Spike.

, but to whom good matter of discharge has subsequently accrued which could not have been availed of to prevent such judgment. Wharton.