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Astromantic
Astromantic As`tro*man"tic, a. [Gr. ? astrology.] Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
Astrometeorological
Astrometeorology As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy, n. [Astro- + meteorology.] The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
Astrometeorologist
Astrometeorology As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy, n. [Astro- + meteorology.] The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
Astrometeorology
Astrometeorology As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gy, n. [Astro- + meteorology.] The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather. -- As`*tro*me`te*or`o*log"ic*al, a. -- As`tro*me`te*or*ol"o*gist, n.
Astrometer
Astrometer As*trom"e*ter, n. [Astro- + meter.] An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
Astrometry
Astrometry As*trom"e*try, n. [Astro- + metry.] The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.
Austromancy
Austromancy Aus"tro*man`cy, n. [L. auster south wind + -mancy.] Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds.
Gastromalacia
Gastromalacia Gas`tro*ma*la"ci*a, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + ? softness, fr. ? soft.] (Med.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
Gastromancy
Gastromancy Gas`tro*man"cy, n. [Gastro- + -mancy: cf. F. gastromancy.] (Antiq.) (a) A kind of divination, by means of words seemingly uttered from the stomach. (b) A species of divination, by means of glasses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.
Gastromyces
Gastromyces Gas`tro*my"ces, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, stomach + ?, ?, a fungus.] (Biol.) The fungoid growths sometimes found in the stomach; such as Torula, etc.
Gastromyth
Gastromyth Gas"tro*myth, n. [Gastro- + Gr. ? to say, speak.] One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]
Lagerstromia Indica
Crape Crape (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]pe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstr["o]mia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. Oriental crape. See Canton crape.
Maelstrom
Maelstrom Mael"strom, n. [Norw., a whirlpool.] 1. A celebrated whirlpool on the coast of Norway. 2. Also Fig.; as, a maelstrom of vice.
spindle stromb
Spindle Spin"dle, n. [AS. spinal, fr. spinnan to spin; akin to D. spil, G. spille, spindel, OHG. spinnala. [root]170. See Spin.] 1. The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom. 2. A slender rod or pin on which anything turns; an axis; as, the spindle of a vane. Specifically: (a) (Mach.) The shaft, mandrel, or arbor, in a machine tool, as a lathe or drilling machine, etc., which causes the work to revolve, or carries a tool or center, etc. (b) (Mach.) The vertical rod on which the runner of a grinding mill turns. (c) (Founding) A shaft or pipe on which a core of sand is formed. 3. The fusee of a watch. 4. A long and slender stalk resembling a spindle. 5. A yarn measure containing, in cotton yarn, 15,120 yards; in linen yarn, 14,400 yards. 6. (Geom.) A solid generated by the revolution of a curved line about its base or double ordinate or chord. 7. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any marine univalve shell of the genus Rostellaria; -- called also spindle stromb. (b) Any marine gastropod of the genus Fusus. Dead spindle (Mach.), a spindle in a machine tool that does not revolve; the spindle of the tailstock of a lathe. Live spindle (Mach.), the revolving spindle of a machine tool; the spindle of the headstock of a turning lathe. Spindle shell. (Zo["o]l.) See Spindle, 7. above. Spindle side, the female side in descent; in the female line; opposed to spear side. --Ld. Lytton. [R.] ``King Lycaon, grandson, by the spindle side, of Oceanus.' --Lowell. Spindle tree (Bot.), any shrub or tree of the genus Eunymus. The wood of E. Europ[ae]us was used for spindles and skewers. See Prickwood.
Stroma
Stroma Stro"ma, n.; pl. Stromata. [L., a bed covering, Gr. ? a couch or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. 2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
Stromata
Stroma Stro"ma, n.; pl. Stromata. [L., a bed covering, Gr. ? a couch or bed.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney. (b) The spongy, colorless framework of a red blood corpuscle or other cell. 2. (Bot.) A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.
Stromateus triacanthus
Dollar Dol"lar, n. [D. daalder, LG. dahler, G. thaler, an abbreviation of Joachimsthaler, i. e., a piece of money first coined, about the year 1518, in the valley (G. thal) of St. Joachim, in Bohemia. See Dale.] 1. (a) A silver coin of the United States containing 371.25 grains of silver and 41.25 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 412.5 grains. (b) A gold coin of the United States containing 23.22 grains of gold and 2.58 grains of alloy, that is, having a total weight of 25.8 grains, nine-tenths fine. It is no longer coined. Note: Previous to 1837 the silver dollar had a larger amount of alloy, but only the same amount of silver as now, the total weight being 416 grains. The gold dollar as a distinct coin was first made in 1849. The eagles, half eagles, and quarter eagles coined before 1834 contained 24.75 grains of gold and 2.25 grains of alloy for each dollar. 2. A coin of the same general weight and value, though differing slightly in different countries, current in Mexico, Canada, parts of South America, also in Spain, and several other European countries. 3. The value of a dollar; the unit commonly employed in the United States in reckoning money values. Chop dollar. See under 9th Chop. Dollar fish (Zo["o]l.), a fish of the United States coast (Stromateus triacanthus), having a flat, roundish form and a bright silvery luster; -- called also butterfish, and Lafayette. See Butterfish. Trade dollar, a silver coin formerly made at the United States mint, intended for export, and not legal tender at home. It contained 378 grains of silver and 42 grains of alloy.
Stromateus triacanthus
Butterfish But"ter*fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.
Stromatic
Stromatic Stro*mat"ic, a. [Gr. ? coverlet of a bed, pl. ? patchwork (for such a coverlet), also applied to several miscellaneous writings, fr. ? anything spread out for resting upon, a bed, fr. ? to spread out.] Miscellaneous; composed of different kinds.
Stromatology
Stromatology Stro`ma*tol"o*gy, n. [Gr. ?, ?, a bed + -logy.] (Geol.) The history of the formation of stratified rocks.
Stromb
Stromb Stromb, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any marine univalve mollusk of the genus Strombus and allied genera. See Conch, and Strombus.
Strombite
Strombite Strom"bite, n. (Paleon.) A fossil shell of the genus Strombus.
Stromboid
Stromboid Strom"boid, a. [Strombus + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.) Of, pertaining to, or like, Strombus.
Strombuliform
Strombuliform Strom*bu"li*form, a. [NL. strombulus, dim. of strombus + -form. See Strombus.] 1. (Geol.) Formed or shaped like a top. 2. (Bot.) Coiled into the shape of a screw or a helix.
Strombus
Strombus Strom"bus, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of marine gastropods in which the shell has the outer lip dilated into a broad wing. It includes many large and handsome species commonly called conch shells, or conchs. See Conch.
Strombus gigas
Fountain Foun"tain (foun"t[i^]n), n. [F. fontaine, LL. fontana, fr. L. fons, fontis. See 2d Fount.] 1. A spring of water issuing from the earth. 2. An artificially produced jet or stream of water; also, the structure or works in which such a jet or stream rises or flows; a basin built and constantly supplied with pure water for drinking and other useful purposes, or for ornament. 3. A reservoir or chamber to contain a liquid which can be conducted or drawn off as needed for use; as, the ink fountain in a printing press, etc. 4. The source from which anything proceeds, or from which anything is supplied continuously; origin; source. Judea, the fountain of the gospel. --Fuller. Author of all being, Fountain of light, thyself invisible. --Milton. Air fountain. See under Air. Fountain heead, primary source; original; first principle. --Young. Fountain inkstand, an inkstand having a continual supply of ink, as from elevated reservoir. Fountain lamp, a lamp fed with oil from an elevated reservoir. Fountain pen, a pen with a reservoir in the handle which furnishes a supply of ink. Fountain pump. (a) A structure for a fountain, having the form of a pump. (b) A portable garden pump which throws a jet, for watering plants, etc. Fountain shell (Zo["o]l.), the large West Indian conch shell (Strombus gigas). Fountain of youth, a mythical fountain whose waters were fabled to have the property of renewing youth.
Stromeyerite
Stromeyerite Stro"mey`er*ite, n. [So named from the German chemist Friedrich Stromeyer.] (Min.) A steel-gray mineral of metallic luster. It is a sulphide of silver and copper.

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