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BibulousBibulous Bib"u*lous, a. [L. bibulus, fr. bibere to drink. See
Bib, v. t. ]
1. Readily imbibing fluids or moisture; spongy; as, bibulous
blotting paper.
2. Inclined to drink; addicted to tippling. Bibulously
Bibulously Bib"u*lous*ly, adv.
In a bibulous manner; with profuse imbibition or absorption.
--De Quincey.
FabulousFabulous Fab"u*lous (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]
1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
description; a fabulous hero.
The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield.
2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
--Macaulay.
Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of
which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
Fab"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n. Fabulous ageFabulous Fab"u*lous (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]
1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
description; a fabulous hero.
The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield.
2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
--Macaulay.
Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of
which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
Fab"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n. FabulouslyFabulous Fab"u*lous (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]
1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
description; a fabulous hero.
The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield.
2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
--Macaulay.
Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of
which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
Fab"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n. FabulousnessFabulous Fab"u*lous (f[a^]b"[-u]*l[u^]s), a. [L. fabulosus;
cf. F. fabuleux. See Fable.]
1. Feigned, as a story or fable; related in fable; devised;
invented; not real; fictitious; as, a fabulous
description; a fabulous hero.
The fabulous birth of Minerva. --Chesterfield.
2. Passing belief; exceedingly great; as, a fabulous price.
--Macaulay.
Fabulous age, that period in the history of a nation of
which the only accounts are myths and unverified legends;
as, the fabulous age of Greece and Rome. --
Fab"u*lous*ly, adv. -- Fab"u*lous*ness, n. GlobulousGlobulous Glob"u*lous, a. [Cf. F. globuleux.]
Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n. GlobulousnessGlobulous Glob"u*lous, a. [Cf. F. globuleux.]
Globular; spherical; orbicular. -- Glob"u*lous*ness, n. Nebulous star Blazing star, Double star, Multiple star, Shooting
star, etc. See under Blazing, Double, etc.
Nebulous star (Astron.), a small well-defined circular
nebula, having a bright nucleus at its center like a star.
Star anise (Bot.), any plant of the genus Illicium; -- so
called from its star-shaped capsules.
Star apple (Bot.), a tropical American tree (Chrysophyllum
Cainito), having a milky juice and oblong leaves with a
silky-golden pubescence beneath. It bears an applelike
fruit, the carpels of which present a starlike figure when
cut across. The name is extended to the whole genus of
about sixty species, and the natural order
(Sapotace[ae]) to which it belongs is called the
Star-apple family.
Star conner, one who cons, or studies, the stars; an
astronomer or an astrologer. --Gascoigne.
Star coral (Zo["o]l.), any one of numerous species of stony
corals belonging to Astr[ae]a, Orbicella, and allied
genera, in which the calicles are round or polygonal and
contain conspicuous radiating septa.
Star cucumber. (Bot.) See under Cucumber.
Star flower. (Bot.)
(a) A plant of the genus Ornithogalum;
star-of-Bethlehem.
(b) See Starwort
(b) .
(c) An American plant of the genus Trientalis
(Trientalis Americana). --Gray.
Star fort (Fort.), a fort surrounded on the exterior with
projecting angles; -- whence the name.
Star gauge (Ordnance), a long rod, with adjustable points
projecting radially at its end, for measuring the size of
different parts of the bore of a gun.
Star grass. (Bot.)
(a) A small grasslike plant (Hypoxis erecta) having
star-shaped yellow flowers.
(b) The colicroot. See Colicroot.
Star hyacinth (Bot.), a bulbous plant of the genus Scilla
(S. autumnalis); -- called also star-headed hyacinth.
Star jelly (Bot.), any one of several gelatinous plants
(Nostoc commune, N. edule, etc.). See Nostoc.
Star lizard. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Stellion.
Star-of-Bethlehem (Bot.), a bulbous liliaceous plant
(Ornithogalum umbellatum) having a small white starlike
flower.
Star-of-the-earth (Bot.), a plant of the genus Plantago
(P. coronopus), growing upon the seashore.
Star polygon (Geom.), a polygon whose sides cut each other
so as to form a star-shaped figure.
Stars and Stripes, a popular name for the flag of the
United States, which consists of thirteen horizontal
stripes, alternately red and white, and a union having, in
a blue field, white stars to represent the several States,
one for each.
With the old flag, the true American flag, the
Eagle, and the Stars and Stripes, waving over the
chamber in which we sit. --D. Webster.
Star showers. See Shooting star, under Shooting.
Star thistle (Bot.), an annual composite plant (Centaurea
solstitialis) having the involucre armed with radiating
spines.
Star wheel (Mach.), a star-shaped disk, used as a kind of
ratchet wheel, in repeating watches and the feed motions
of some machines.
Star worm (Zo["o]l.), a gephyrean.
Temporary star (Astron.), a star which appears suddenly,
shines for a period, and then nearly or quite disappears.
These stars are supposed by some astronometers to be
variable stars of long and undetermined periods.
Variable star (Astron.), a star whose brilliancy varies
periodically, generally with regularity, but sometimes
irregularly; -- called periodical star when its changes
occur at fixed periods.
Water star grass (Bot.), an aquatic plant (Schollera
graminea) with small yellow starlike blossoms. Pabulous
Pabulous Pab"u*lous, a. [L. pabulosus.]
Affording pabulum, or food; alimental. [R.] --Sir T. Browne.
Prostibulous
Prostibulous Pros*tib"u*lous, a. [L. prostibulum prostitute.]
Of or pertaining to prostitutes or prostitution;
meretricious. [Obs.] --Bale.
Sabulous
Sabulous Sab"u*lous, a. [L. sabulosus.]
Sandy; gritty.
Tintinnabulous
Tintinnabulous Tin`tin*nab"u*lous, a.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the tinkling of a bell;
having a tinkling sound; tintinnabular. --De Quincey.
TubulousTubulose Tu"bu*lose`, Tubulous Tu"bu*lous, a. [Cf. F.
tubuleux. See Tubule.]
1. Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally
hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical
corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a
tubulose flower.
2. Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically
(Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a
tubulous compound flower.
Tubulous boiler, a steam boiler composed chiefly of tubes
containing water and surrounded by flame and hot gases; --
sometimes distinguished from tubular boiler. Tubulous boilerTubulose Tu"bu*lose`, Tubulous Tu"bu*lous, a. [Cf. F.
tubuleux. See Tubule.]
1. Resembling, or in the form of, a tube; longitudinally
hollow; specifically (Bot.), having a hollow cylindrical
corolla, often expanded or toothed at the border; as, a
tubulose flower.
2. Containing, or consisting of, small tubes; specifically
(Bot.), composed wholly of tubulous florets; as, a
tubulous compound flower.
Tubulous boiler, a steam boiler composed chiefly of tubes
containing water and surrounded by flame and hot gases; --
sometimes distinguished from tubular boiler. Tubulous boilerBoiler Boil"er, n.
1. One who boils.
2. A vessel in which any thing is boiled.
Note: The word boiler is a generic term covering a great
variety of kettles, saucepans, clothes boilers,
evaporators, coppers, retorts, etc.
3. (Mech.) A strong metallic vessel, usually of wrought iron
plates riveted together, or a composite structure
variously formed, in which steam is generated for driving
engines, or for heating, cooking, or other purposes.
Note: The earliest steam boilers were usually spheres or
sections of spheres, heated wholly from the outside.
Watt used the wagon boiler (shaped like the top of a
covered wagon) which is still used with low pressures.
Most of the boilers in present use may be classified as
plain cylinder boilers, flue boilers, sectional and
tubular boilers.
Barrel of a boiler, the cylindrical part containing the
flues.
Boiler plate, Boiler iron, plate or rolled iron of about
a quarter to a half inch in thickness, used for making
boilers and tanks, for covering ships, etc.
Cylinder boiler, one which consists of a single iron
cylinder.
Flue boilers are usually single shells containing a small
number of large flues, through which the heat either
passes from the fire or returns to the chimney, and
sometimes containing a fire box inclosed by water.
Locomotive boiler, a boiler which contains an inclosed fire
box and a large number of small flues leading to the
chimney.
Multiflue boiler. Same as Tubular boiler, below.
Sectional boiler, a boiler composed of a number of
sections, which are usually of small capacity and similar
to, and connected with, each other. By multiplication of
the sections a boiler of any desired capacity can be built
up.
Tubular boiler, a boiler containing tubes which form flues,
and are surrounded by the water contained in the boiler.
See Illust. of Steam boiler, under Steam.
Tubulous boiler. See under Tubulous. See Tube, n., 6,
and 1st Flue.
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