n. 1. 1 a region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
Syn. -- Alsatia, Elsass [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a region of northeastern France famous for its wines.
Syn. -- Alsace, Elsass [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. An inhabitant of Alsatia or Alsace in Germany, or of Alsatia or White Friars (a resort of debtors and criminals) in London. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to Alsatia. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Sp. or Pg. balsa. ] (Naut.) A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. balsamum the balsam tree or its resin, Gr. ba`lsamon. See Balm, n. ] 1. A resin containing more or less of an essential or volatile oil. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The balsams are aromatic resinous substances, flowing spontaneously or by incision from certain plants. A great variety of substances pass under this name, but the term is now usually restricted to resins which, in addition to a volatile oil, contain benzoic and cinnamic acid. Among the true balsams are the balm of Gilead, and the balsams of copaiba, Peru, and Tolu. There are also many pharmaceutical preparations and resinous substances, possessed of a balsamic smell, to which the name balsam has been given. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) (a) A species of tree (Abies balsamea). (b) An annual garden plant (Impatiens balsamina) with beautiful flowers; balsamine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Anything that heals, soothes, or restores. [ 1913 Webster ]

Was not the people's blessing a balsam to thy blood? Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

Balsam apple (Bot.), an East Indian plant (Momordica balsamina), of the gourd family, with red or orange-yellow cucumber-shaped fruit of the size of a walnut, used as a vulnerary, and in liniments and poultices. --
Balsam fir (Bot.), the American coniferous tree, Abies balsamea, from which the useful Canada balsam is derived. --
Balsam of copaiba. See Copaiba. --
Balsam of Mecca, balm of Gilead. --
Balsam of Peru, a reddish brown, syrupy balsam, obtained from a Central American tree (Myroxylon Pereiræ and used as a stomachic and expectorant, and in the treatment of ulcers, etc. It was long supposed to be a product of Peru. --
Balsam of Tolu, a reddish or yellowish brown semisolid or solid balsam, obtained from a South American tree (Myroxylon toluiferum). It is highly fragrant, and is used as a stomachic and expectorant. --
Balsam tree, any tree from which balsam is obtained, esp. the Abies balsamea. --
Canada balsam,
Balsam of fir, Canada turpentine, a yellowish, viscid liquid, which, by time and exposure, becomes a transparent solid mass. It is obtained from the balm of Gilead (or balsam) fir (Abies balsamea) by breaking the vesicles upon the trunk and branches. See Balm. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of imparting balsamic properties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The art or process of embalming. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Cf. F. balsamique. ] Having the qualities of balsam; containing, or resembling, balsam; soft; mitigative; soothing; restorative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Balsam + -ferous. ] Producing balsam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family comprising the balsams, distinguished from the family Geraniaceae by the irregular flowers.
Syn. -- family Balsaminaceae, balsam family. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. balsamine, fr. Gr. balsami`nh balsam plant. ] (Bot.) The Impatiens balsamina, or garden balsam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. genus of coarse West American herbs with large roots containing an aromatic balsam.
Syn. -- genus Balsamorhiza. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Having the quality of balsam; containing balsam. “A balsamous substance.” Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a plant of the genus Balsamorhiza having white-downy leaves in a basal rosette and yellow flowers and long balsam-scented taproots. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ Sp., lit., purse. See Bourse. ] An exchange for the transaction of business. [ Sp. Amer. & Phil. Islands ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Coal + 2d sack. ] (Astron.) Any one of the spaces in the Milky Way which are very black, owing to the nearly complete absence of stars; esp., the large space near the Southern Cross sometimes called the Black Magellanic Cloud. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel. ] Compulsatory. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. By compulsion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraining; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To recover of us, by strong hand
And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., or . A system of calisthenics patterned on the theories of François Delsarte (1811 -- 71), a French teacher of dramatic and musical expression. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ L. falsarius, fr. falsus. See False, a. ] A falsifier of evidence. [ Obs. ] Sheldon. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Fulsome. ] Fulsome. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. opobalsamum, Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; vegetable juice + &unr_; balsam. ] (Med.) The old name of the aromatic resinous juice of the Balsamodendron opobalsamum, now commonly called balm of Gilead. See under Balm. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. propulsatio. See Propulse. ] The act of driving away or repelling; a keeping at a distance. [ Obs. ] Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Pulsated p. pr. & vb. n. Pulsating. ] [ L. pulsatus, p. p. of pulsare to beat, strike, v. intens. fr. pellere to beat, strike, drive. See Pulse a beating, and cf. Pulse, v. ] To throb, as a pulse; to beat, as the heart. [ 1913 Webster ]

The heart of a viper or frog will continue to pulsate long after it is taken from the body. E. Darwin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. It. pulsatile, Sp. pulsatil. ] 1. Capable of being struck or beaten; played by beating or by percussion; as, a tambourine is a pulsatile musical instrument. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Pulsating; throbbing, as a tumor. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of ranunculaceous herbs including the pasque flower. This genus is now merged in Anemone. Some species, as Anemone Pulsatilla, Anemone pratensis, and Anemone patens, are used medicinally. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pulsatio a beating or striking: cf. F. pulsation. ] 1. (Physiol.) A beating or throbbing, especially of the heart or of an artery, or in an inflamed part; a beat of the pulse. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A single beat or throb of a series. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stroke or impulse by which some medium is affected, as in the propagation of sounds. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Law) Any touching of another's body willfully or in anger. This constitutes battery. [ 1913 Webster ]

By the Cornelian law, pulsation as well as verberation is prohibited. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pulsatif. ] Beating; throbbing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] 1. A beater; a striker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mech.) That which beats or throbs in working. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. pulsatoire. ] Capable of pulsating; throbbing. Sir H. Wotton. . [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Salsify. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. salsamentarius, fr. salsamentum brine, pickled fish, fr. salsus salted, p. p. of salire to salt. ] Salt; salted; saline. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Valsalva, an Italian anatomist of the 17th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Valsalvian experiment (Med.), the process of inflating the middle ear by closing the mouth and nostrils, and blowing so as to puff out the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A sack or bag of wool; specifically, the seat of the lord chancellor of England in the House of Lords, being a large, square sack of wool resembling a divan in form. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. xy`lon wood + ba`lsamon the balsam tree, balsam; cf. L. xylobalsamum balsam wood, Gr. xyloba`lsamon. ] (Med.) The dried twigs of a Syrian tree (Balsamodendron Gileadense). U. S. Disp. [ 1913 Webster ]