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the sun shines most obliquely upon any region; the coldest season of the year. "Of thirty winter he was old." Chaucer. And after summer evermore succeeds Barren winter, with his wrathful nipping cold. Shak. Winter lingering chills the lap of May. Goldsmith.

The aromatic bark of tree (Drimys, or Drymis, Winteri) of the Magnolia family, which is found in Southern Chili. It was first used as a cure for scurvy by its discoverer, Captain John Winter, vice admiral to sir Francis Drake, in 1577.

Beaten or harassed by the severe weather of winter. Spenser.

To coved over in the season of winter, as for protection or shelter; as, to winter-ground the roods of a plant. The ruddock would . . . bring thee all this, Yea, and furred moss besides, when flowers are none To winter-ground thy corse. Shak.

Having too rank or forward a growth for winter. When either corn is winter-proud, or other plants put forth and bud too early. Holland.

To fallow or till in winter. [Prov. Eng.]

A plant which keeps its leaves green through the winter.

To kill by the cold, or exposure to the inclemency of winter; as, the wheat was winterkilled. [U. S.]

Like winter; wintry; cold; hence, disagreeable, cheerless; as, winterly news. [R.] Shak. The sir growing more winterly in the month of April. Camden.

Winter time. Tennyson.

A kind of speedwell (Veronica hederifolia) which spreads chiefly in winter. Dr. Prior.

Wintry.

To make wintry. [Obs.]

The middle of winter. Dryden.

A domestic animal two winters old. [Prov. Eng.]

To hide, withdraw, or be concealed. The marmot absconds all winter. Ray.

An extract or tincture obtained from Aconitum napellus, used as a poison and medicinally. Winter aconite, a plant (Eranthis hyemalis) allied to the aconites.

d berry, the size of a cherry, loosely inclosed in a enlarged leafy calyx; -- also called winter cherry, ground cherry, and strawberry tomato. D. C. Eaton.

rformance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear.

pound (Chem.), one of a large class of organic substances, as the oils of bitter almonds, wintergreen, and turpentine, the balsams, camphors, etc., many of which have an aromatic odor. They include many of the most important of the carbon compounds and may all be derived from the benzene group, C6H6. The term is extend…