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Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." Shak. Warm and still is the summer night. Longfellow.

Having warm blood; -- applied especially to those animals, as birds and mammals, which have warm blood, or, more properly, the power of maintaining a nearly uniform temperature whatever the temperature of the surrounding air. See Homoiothermal.

Having strong affection; cordial; sincere; hearty; sympathetic. -- Warm"-heart`ed*ness, n.

One who, or that which, warms.

Abounding in capacity to warm; giving warmth; as, a warmful garment. [R.] Chapman.

a. & n. from Warm, v. Warming pan, a long-handled covered pan into which live coals are put, -- used for warming beds. Shak.

In a warm manner; ardently.

Warmth. Chaucer.

One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [R.] Spenser.

An American freshwater bream, or sunfish (Chænobryttus gulosus); -- called also red-eyed bream.

The quality or state of being warm; gentle heat; as, the warmth of the sun; the warmth of the blood; vital warmth. Here kindly warmth their mounting juice ferments. Addison.

Being without warmth; not communicating warmth; cold. [R.] Coleridge.

A feast or merry-making made by or for a family or business firm on taking possession of a new house or premises. Johnson.

Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid; not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm blood." Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." Addison. An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it merits not the name of passion. Dryden. -- Luce"warm`ly, adv. -- Luce"warm`ness, n.

e Shin. [Colloq.] At the top was placed a piece of money, as a prize for those who could swarm up and seize it. W. Coxe.

One of innumerable minute, motile, reproductive bodies, produced asexually by certain algæ and fungi; a zoöspore.

To lose warmth; to grow cold. [R.]

To rise, or cause to rise, in a swarm or swarms. [R.] Shak. Cowper.

A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

Having affection or warm regard; loving; fond; as, an affectionate brother.