Umbilicate
{ Um‐bil″i‐cate (?), Um‐bil″i‐ca′ted (?), } a. [L. umbilicatus. See Umbilic.] (a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umb...
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{ Um‐bil″i‐cate (?), Um‐bil″i‐ca′ted (?), } a. [L. umbilicatus. See Umbilic.] (a) Depressed in the middle, like a navel, as a flower, fruit, or leaf; navel-shaped; having an umb...
Um‐bil″i‐ca″tion (?), n. A slight, navel-like depression, or dimpling, of the center of a rounded body; as, the umbilication of a smallpox vesicle; also, the condition of being ...
‖Um′bi‐li″cus (?), n. [L. See Umbilic.] 1. (Anat.) The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from ...
Um″ble pie′ (?). A pie made of umbles. See To eat humble pie, under Humble.
Um″bles (?), n. pl. [See Nombles.] The entrails and coarser parts of a deer; hence, sometimes, entrails, in general. [Written also humbles.] Johnson.
‖Um″bo (?), n.; pl. L. Umbones (#), E. Umbos (#). 1. The boss of a shield, at or near the middle, and usually projecting, sometimes in a sharp spike.2. A boss, or rounded elevat...
{ Um″bo‐nate (?), Um″bo‐na′ted (?), } a. [NL. umbonatus. See Umbo.] Having a conical or rounded projection or protuberance, like a boss.
‖Um″bra (?), n.; pl.Umbræ (#). 1. (Astron.) (a) The conical shadow projected from a planet or satellite, on the side opposite to the sun, within which a spectator could see no p...
Um‐brac′u‐lif″er‐ous (ŭm‐brăk′ū̍‐lĭf″ẽr‐ŭs), a. [L. umbraculum umbrella (dim. of umbra shade) + -ferous.] (Bot.) Bearing something like an open umbrella.
Um‐brac′u‐li‐form (ŭm‐brăk″ū̍‐lĭ‐fôrm), a. [L. umbraculum any thing that furnishes shade, a bower, umbrella (dim. of umbra a shade) + -form.] Having the form of anything that se...
Um″brage (ŭm″brā̍j; 48), n. [F. ombrage shade, suspicion, umbrage, L. umbraticus belonging to shade, fr. umbra a shade. Cf. Umber, Umbratic.] 1. Shade; shadow; obscurity; hence,...
Um‐bra″geous (ŭm‐brā″jŭs; 277), a. [Cf. F. ombrageux shy, skittish, suspicious, in OF. also, shady. See Umbrage.] 1. Forming or affording a shade; shady; shaded; as, umbrageous ...
Um″brate (ŭm″brāt), v. t. [L. umbratus, p. p. of umbrare to shade, fr. umbra a shade.] To shade; to shadow; to foreshadow.
{ Um‐brat″ic (ŭm‐brăt″ĭk), Um‐brat″ic‐al (–ĭ‐kal), } a. [L. umbraticus, from umbra shade. See Umbrage.] Of or pertaining to the shade or darkness; shadowy; unreal; secluded; ret...
Um″bra‐tile (?), a. [L. umbratilus, fr. umbra shade.] Umbratic. B. Jonson.
Um‐bra″tious (?), a. [L. umbra a shade. Cf. Umbrageous.] Suspicious; captious; disposed to take umbrage. Sir H. Wotton.
Um″bre (?), n.(Zoöl.) See Umber.
Um‐brel″ (?), n. An umbrella.Each of them besides bore their umbrels. Shelton.
Um‐brel″la (?), n. [It. ombrella, fr. ombra a shade, L. umbra; cf. L. umbella a sunshade, a parasol. Cf. Umbel, Umbrage.] 1. A shade, screen, or guard, carried in the hand for s...
{ Um‐brere, Um‐briere } (?), n. [F. ombre a shade, L. umbra; cf. F. ombrelle a sunshade, OF. also ombrière. See Umbrella.] In ancient armor, a visor, or projection like the peak...
Um‐brette″ (?), n. [F. ombrette.] (Zoöl.) See Umber, 4.
Um‐brif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. umbrifer; umbra a shade + ferre to bear.] Casting or making a shade; umbrageous. — Um‐brif″er‐ous‐ly (#), adv.
Um″bril (ŭm″brĭl), n. An umbrere.
Um″brine (ŭm″brīn), n.(Zoöl.) See Umbra, 2.
Um″brose′ (?), a. [L. umbrosus, fr. umbra a shade.] Shady; umbrageous.
Um‐bros″i‐ty (?), n. The quality or state of being umbrose; shadiness. Sir T. Browne.
Um‐ho″fo (ŭm‐hō″fō̍), n.(Zoöl.) An African two-horned rhinoceros (Atelodus, orRhinoceros, simus); — called also chukuru, and white rhinoceros.