Part 147

<hw>Ad`a*man"tine</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adamantinus</ets>, Gr. <?/.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Made of adamant, or having the qualities of adamant; incapable of being broken, dissolved, or penetrated; <as>as, <ex>adamantine</ex> bonds or chains</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>Like the diamond in hardness or luster.</def>

<h1>Adambulacral</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad`am*bu*la"cral</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>ad</ets> + E. <ets>ambulacral</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>Next to the ambulacra; <as>as, the <ex>adambulacral</ex> ossicles of the starfish</as>.</def>

<h1>Adamic, Adamical</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw><hw>A*dam"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <hw>A*dam"ic*al</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Adam, or resembling him.</def>

<cs><col>Adamic earth</col>, <cd>a name given to common red clay, from a notion that <i>Adam<i> means <i>red earth<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Adamite</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad"am*ite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Adam</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A descendant of Adam; a human being.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Eccl. Hist.)</fld> <def>One of a sect of visionaries, who, professing to imitate the state of Adam, discarded the use of dress in their assemblies.</def>

<h1>Adam's apple</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad"am's ap"ple</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <def> See under <er>Adam</er>.</def>

<h1>Adance</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dance"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Dancing.</def>

<i>Lowell.</i>

<h1>Adangle</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dan"gle</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Dangling.</def>

<i>Browning.</i>

<h1>Adansonia</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>Ad`an*so"ni*a</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>Adanson</ets>, a French botanist.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, <i>A</i>. <i>digitata</i>, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and <i>A</i>. <i>Gregorii</i>, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.</def>

<i>D. C. Eaton.</i>

<h1>Adapt</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Fitted; suited.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Swift.</i>

<h1>Adapt</h1> <Xpage=19>

<hw>A*dapt"</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Adapted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Adapting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>adaptare</ets>; <ets>ad + aptare</ets> to fit; cf. F. <ets>adapter</ets>. See <er>Apt</er>, <er>Adept</er>.]</ety> <def>To make suitable; to fit, or suit; to adjust; to alter so as to fit for a new use; -- sometimes followed by <i>to</i> or <i>for</i>.</def>

<blockquote>For nature, always in the right, To your decays <b>adapts</b> my sight. <i>Swift.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Appeals <b>adapted</b> to his [man's] whole nature. <i>Angus.</i></blockquote>