n.; pl. Anthelia [ Pref. anti + Gr. &unr_; sun. ] (Meteor.) A halo opposite the sun, consisting of a colored ring or rings around the shadow of the spectator's own head, as projected on a cloud or on an opposite fog bank. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A neuropterous insect, the larva of which makes in the sand a pitfall to capture ants, etc. The common American species is Myrmeleon obsoletus, the European is Myrmeleon formicarius. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Aphelia [ Gr. &unr_; + &unr_; sun. ] (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. bataillon, fr. It. battaglione. See Battalia. ] 1. A body of troops; esp. a body of troops or an army in battle array. [ archaic ] “The whole battalion views.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. (Mil.) An infantry command of two or more companies, which is the tactical unit of the infantry, or the smallest command which is self-supporting upon the battlefield, and also the unit in which the strength of the infantry of an army is expressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the United States army, since April 29, 1898, a battalion consists of four companies, and three battalions form a regiment. The term is also applied to two or more batteries of artillery combined into a single command. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. t. To form into battalions. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. billion, arbitrarily formed fr. L. bis twice, in imitation of million a million. See Million. ] According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1, 000, 000, 000; according to the English method, a million millions, or 1, 000, 000, 000, 000. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OE. bullyon a hook used for fastening the dress, a button, stud, an embossed ornament of various kinds, e. g., on the cover of a book, on bridles or poitrels, for purses, for breeches and doublets, LL. bullio the swelling of boiling water, a mass of gold or silver, fr. L. bulla boss, stud, bubble (see Bull an edict), or perh. corrupted fr. F. billon base coin, LL. billio bullion. Cf. Billon, Billet a stick. ] 1. Uncoined gold or silver in the mass. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Properly, the precious metals are called bullion, when smelted and not perfectly refined, or when refined, but in bars, ingots or in any form uncoined, as in plate. The word is often often used to denote gold and silver, both coined and uncoined, when reckoned by weight and in mass, including especially foreign, or uncurrent, coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Base or uncurrent coin. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

And those which eld's strict doom did disallow,
And damm for bullion, go for current now. Sylvester. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Showy metallic ornament, as of gold, silver, or copper, on bridles, saddles, etc. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The clasps and bullions were worth a thousand pound. Skelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Heavy twisted fringe, made of fine gold or silver wire and used for epaulets; also, any heavy twisted fringe whose cords are prominent. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat. ] 1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A tune which regulates the dance. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A kind of woolen material for women's skirts.

4. A formal ball, especially one at which debutantes are first presented to society. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. [ OF. couillon, coillon, F. co&unr_;on, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon, coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a leather bag, the scrotum. ] A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. “Away, base cullions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, n., and Lion. ] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (Taraxacum officinale, formerly called Taraxacum Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. decem ten + the ending of million. ] According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [ See the Note under Numeration. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. L. Ganglia E. Ganglions [ L. ganglion a sort of swelling or excrescence, a tumor under the skin, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. ganglion. ] 1. (Anat.) (a) A mass or knot of nervous matter, including nerve cells, usually forming an enlargement in the course of a nerve. (b) A node, or gland in the lymphatic system; as, a lymphatic ganglion. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) A globular, hard, indolent tumor, situated somewhere on a tendon, and commonly formed by the effusion of a viscid fluid into it; -- called also weeping sinew. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ganglion cell, a nerve cell. See Illust. under Bipolar. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Ilium, or Troy, the ancient city in Asia Minor that was the site of the Trojan War; -- a variant spelling of Ilium.
Syn. -- Troy, Ilium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Arch.) The space between two modillions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lion, L. leo, -onis, akin to Gr. le`wn. Cf. Chameleon, Dandelion, Leopard. ] 1. (Zool.) A large carnivorous feline mammal (Panthera leo, formerly Felis leo), found in Southern Asia and in most parts of Africa, distinct varieties occurring in the different countries. The adult male, in most varieties, has a thick mane of long shaggy hair that adds to his apparent size, which is less than that of the largest tigers. The length, however, is sometimes eleven feet to the base of the tail. The color is a tawny yellow or yellowish brown; the mane is darker, and the terminal tuft of the tail is black. In one variety, called the maneless lion, the male has only a slight mane. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A sign and a constellation; Leo. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An object of interest and curiosity, especially a person who is so regarded; as, he was quite a lion in London at that time. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such society was far more enjoyable than that of Edinburgh, for here he was not a lion, but a man. Prof. Wilson. [ 1913 Webster ]

American lion (Zool.), the puma or cougar. --
Lion ant (Zool.), the ant-lion. --
Lion dog (Zool.), a fancy dog with a flowing mane, usually clipped to resemble a lion's mane. --
Lion lizard (Zool.), the basilisk. --
Lion's share, all, or nearly all; the best or largest part; -- from Aesop's fable of the lion hunting in company with certain smaller beasts, and appropriating to himself all the prey. --
Lion of Lucerne, a famous sculptured lion at Lucerne, Switzerland, designed by Thorwaldsen and dedicated in 1821 as a memorial to the Swiss Guards who fell defending Louis XVI. in the attack of the mob on the Tuileries, Aug. 10, 1792. The animal, which is hewn out of the face of a rock, is represented as transfixed with a broken spear and dying, but still trying to protect with its paw a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of France. --
Lion of St. Mark, a winged lion, the emblem of the evangelist Mark, especially that of bronze surmounting a granite column in the Piazzetta at Venice, and holding in its fore paws an open book representing St. Mark's Gospel. --
Lion of the North, Gustavus Adolphus (1594-1632), King of Sweden, the hero of the Protestant faith in the Thirty Years' War. [ 1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Mandil. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ It. maniglio, maniglia, bracelet, handle. Cf. Manilio. ] (Gun.) Either one of two handles on the back of a piece of ordnance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. médaillion, It. medaglione, augm. of medaglia. See Medal. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A large medal or memorial coin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A circular or oval (or, sometimes, square) tablet bearing a figure or figures represented in relief. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., from LL. millio, fr. L. mille a thousand. See Mile. ] 1. The number of ten hundred thousand, or a thousand thousand, -- written 1, 000, 000. See the Note under Hundred. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A very great number; an indefinitely large number. [ 1913 Webster ]

Millions of truths that a man is not concerned to know. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The mass of common people; -- with the article the. [ 1913 Webster ]

For the play, I remember, pleased not the million. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. modillon, It. modiglione. Cf. Module, n. ] (Arch.) The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ A corruption of munnion, F. moignon stump of an amputated limb, stump, OF. moing mutilated; cf. Armor. moñ, mouñ, mank, monk, and also L. mancus maimed. ] (Arch.) (a) A slender bar or pier which forms the division between the lights of windows, screens, etc. (b) An upright member of a framing. See Stile. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To furnish with mullions; to divide by mullions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nonus ninth + -illion, as in E. million. ] According to the French and American notation, a thousand octillions, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a million octillions, or a unit with fifty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., from Gr. 'obelo`s a spit. ] (Anat.) The region of the skull between the two parietal foramina where the closure of the sagittal suture usually begins. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. octo eight + -illion, as in E. million: cf. F. octillion. ] According to the French method of numeration (which method is followed also in the United States) the number expressed by a unit with twenty-seven ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-eight ciphers annexed. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pas de lion lion's foot. ] (Bot.) A plant with pedately lobed leaves; the lady's mantle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Parhelia [ L. parelion, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;; para` beside + &unr_; the sun. ] A mock sun appearing in the form of a bright light, sometimes near the sun, and tinged with colors like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pavillon, fr. L. pavilio a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly's wings. ] 1. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts. “[ The ] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) Same as Tent (Her.) [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pavilion of heaven is bare. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pavilioned p. pr. & vb. n. Pavilioning. ] To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents. [ 1913 Webster ]

The field pavilioned with his guardians bright. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. perduellio; per + duellum, bellum, war. ] (Civil Law) Treason. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n.; pl. Perihelia [ NL., fr. Gr. peri` about, near + "h`lios the sun.] (Astron.) That point of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to aphelion. [1913 Webster]

n. [ Ir. pillin, pilliun (akin to Gael. pillean, pillin), fr. Ir. & Gael. pill, peall, a skin or hide, prob. fr. L. pellis. See Pell, n., Fell skin. ] 1. A panel or cushion saddle; the under pad or cushion of saddle; esp., a pad or cushion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. [ 1913 Webster ]

His [ a soldier's ] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A saddle or seat behind the driver's saddle on a motorcycle, used by passengers. [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; nightmare, fr. &unr_; to throttle. ] (Med.) Nightmare. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pommel: cf. LL. pomilio pygmy. ] (Mil.) The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [ Obs. ] Cotgrave. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. postillon, It. postiglione, fr. posta post. See Post a postman. ] One who rides and guides the first pair of horses of a coach or post chaise; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used. [ Written also postillion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Tin extracted from the slag. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. quater four times, akin to quattuor four, E. four; -- formed like million. See Four, Million. ] According to the French notation, which is followed also upon the Continent and in the United States, a unit with fifteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed fr. L. quintus the fifth, after the analogy of million: cf. F. quintillion. See Quint. ] According to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Rascallion. ] A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [ Colloq. ] Howitt. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Rascal ] A low, mean wretch; a rogue; same as rascal, n.. 2; now disused, replaced by rapscalion. [ archaic ] [ Written also rascalion. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. rébellion, L. rebellio. See Rebel, v. i. Among the Romans rebellion was originally a revolt or open resistance to their government by nations that had been subdued in war. It was a renewed war. ] 1. The act of rebelling; open and avowed renunciation of the authority of the government to which one owes obedience, and resistance to its officers and laws, either by levying war, or by aiding others to do so; an organized uprising of subjects for the purpose of coercing or overthrowing their lawful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it. Ames. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Open resistance to, or defiance of, lawful authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt issued on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- now abolished. Wharton. Burrill. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Insurrection; sedition; revolt; mutiny; resistance; contumacy. See Insurrection. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escalone, eschaloingne, L. caepa Ascalonia onion of Ascalon; caepa onion + Ascalonius of Ascalon, fr. Ascalo Ascalon, a town in Palestine. Cf. Shallot. ] 1. (Bot.) A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any onion which does not “bottom out, ” but remains with a thick stem like a leek. Amer. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL. ] A scholium. [ 1913 Webster ]

A judgment which follows immediately from another is sometimes called a corollary, or consectary . . . One which illustrates the science where it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion. Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) A scallion. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. escouillon (Cot.) a dishclout, apparently for escouvillon, F. écouvillon a swab; cf. also OF. souillon a servant employed for base offices. Cf. Scovel. ] A servant who cleans pots and kettles, and does other menial services in the kitchen. [ 1913 Webster ]

The meanest scullion that followed his camp. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) Any one of several large species of seals of the family Otariidae native of the Pacific Ocean, especially the southern sea lion (Otaria jubata) of the South American coast; the northern sea lion (Eumetopias Stelleri) found from California to Japan; and the black, or California, sea lion (Zalophus Californianus), which is common on the rocks near San Francisco. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. seillon a measure of land, F. sillon a ridge, furrow, LL. selio a measure of land. ] A short piece of land in arable ridges and furrows, of uncertain quantity; also, a ridge of land lying between two furrows. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. septilion, formed fr. L. septem seven, in imitation of million. ] According to the French method of numeration (which is followed also in the United States), the number expressed by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. According to the English method, the number expressed by a unit with forty-two ciphers annexed. See Numeration. [ 1913 Webster ]