a. [ L. acinus a grape, grapestone + -form: cf. F. acinoforme. ] 1. Having the form of a cluster of grapes; clustered like grapes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Full of small kernels like a grape. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One opposed to vaccination. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. bi- + laciniate. ] Doubly fringed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. former name of the family Characidae.
Syn. -- family Characinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Convicinities Immediate vicinity; neighborhood. [ 1913 Webster ]

The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ It., dim. fr. fante child. ] Puppets caused to perform evolutions or dramatic scenes by means of machinery; also, the representations in which they are used. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] (Bot.) A genus of plants, including the mangosteen tree (Garcinia Mangostana), found in the islands of the Indian Archipelago; -- so called in honor of Dr. Garcin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. gh^ earth + karki`nos crab. ] (Zool.) A land crab of the genus Gecarcinus, or of allied genera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, glucinum; as, glucinic oxide. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Laciniæ [ L., the lappet or flap of a garment. ] 1. (Bot.) (a) One of the narrow, jagged, irregular pieces or divisions which form a sort of fringe on the borders of the petals of some flowers. (b) A narrow, slender portion of the edge of a monophyllous calyx, or of any irregularly incised leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) The posterior, inner process of the stipes on the maxillæ of insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ See Lacinia. ] 1. Fringed; having a fringed border. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot. & Zool.) Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lacinia. ] (Bot.) Consisting of, or abounding in, very minute laciniæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from leucin, and called also oxycaproic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of birds including the nightingale Luscinia megarhyncos.
Syn. -- genus Luscinia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Oscines, or singing birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of dipterous flies of the family Oscinidae. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Some, whose larvae live in the stalks, are very destructive to barley, wheat, and rye; others, as the barley fly (Oscinis frit), destroy the heads of grain. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Oscines. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Of, pertaining to, or discovered by, Filippo Pacini (1812-1883), an Italian physician of the 19th century. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pacinian corpuscles, small oval bodies terminating some of the minute branches of the sensory nerves in the skin of the fingers, mesentery, integument and other parts of the body; the corpuscula lamellosa; called also Vater's corpuscles and Vater-Pacini corpuscles. They are sensitive to pressure, and supposed to be tactile organs. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

a. [ L. ricinus castor-oil plant. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, castor oil; formerly, designating an acid now called ricinoleic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ricinus castor-oil plant. ] (Chem.) A bitter white crystalline alkaloid (C8H8N2O2) extracted from the seeds of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communalis). Called also ricidine. Ingestion may cause vomiting and various other toxic reactions, including liver and kidney damage, convulsions, hypotension, and death. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ L. scinifes, cinifes, or ciniphes, pl., Gr. &unr_;. ] Some kind of stinging or biting insect, as a flea, a gnat, a sandfly, or the like. Ex. viii. 17 (Douay version). [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to Socinus, or the Socinians. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One of the followers of Socinus; a believer in Socinianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl. Hist.) The tenets or doctrines of Faustus Socinus, an Italian theologian of the sixteenth century, who denied the Trinity, the deity of Christ, the personality of the Devil, the native and total depravity of man, the vicarious atonement, and the eternity of future punishment. His theory was, that Christ was a man divinely commissioned, who had no existence before he was conceived by the Virgin Mary; that human sin was the imitation of Adam's sin, and that human salvation was the imitation and adoption of Christ's virtue; that the Bible was to be interpreted by human reason; and that its language was metaphorical, and not to be taken literally. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Socinianized p. pr. & vb. n. Socinianizing ] To cause to conform to Socinianism; to regulate by, or imbue with, the principles of Socinianism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. succinique. See Succinate. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, amber; specif., designating a dibasic acid, C&unr_;H&unr_;.(CO&unr_;H)&unr_;, first obtained by the dry distillation of amber. It is found in a number of plants, as in lettuce and wormwood, and is also produced artificially as a white crystalline substance having a slightly acid taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, C2H4.(CO)2.NH, obtained by treating succinic anhydride with ammonia gas. It is a typical imido acid, and forms a series of salts. See Imido acid, under Imido. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. succinite. ] (Min.) (a) Amber. (b) A garnet of an amber color. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. See Vaccine. ] (Med.) Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A vaccinator. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., the blueberry, or whortleberry. ] (Bot.) A genus of ericaceous shrubs including the various kinds of blueberries and the true cranberries. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. vicinitas, from vicinus neighboring, near, from vicus a row of houses, a village; akin to Gr. o'i^kos a house, Skr. vēça a house, viç to enter, Goth. weihs town: cf. OF. vicinité. Cf. Diocese, Economy, Parish, Vicinage, Wick a village. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The quality or state of being near, or not remote; nearness; propinquity; proximity; as, the value of the estate was increased by the vicinity of two country seats. [ 1913 Webster ]

A vicinity of disposition and relative tempers. Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is near, or not remote; that which is adjacent to anything; adjoining space or country; neighborhood. “The vicinity of the sun.” Bentley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Neighborhood; vicinage. See Neighborhood. [ 1913 Webster ]