Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary -- Volume ABA"qui·form (?), a. [L. aqua water + -form.] Having the form of water. Aq"ui·la (?), n.; pl. Aquilæ (?). [L., an eagle.] 1. (Zoöl.) A genus of eagles. 2. (Astron.) A northern constellation southerly from Lyra and Cygnus and preceding the Dolphin; the Eagle. -- Aquila alba [L., white eagle], an alchemical name of calomel. Brande & C. Aq"ui·la`ted (?), a. (Her.) Adorned with eagles' heads. Aq"ui·line (?; 277), a. [L. aquilinus, fr. aquila eagle: cf. F. aquilin. See Eagle. ] 1. Belonging to or like an eagle. 2. Curving; hooked; prominent, like the beak of an eagle; -- applied particularly to the nose Terribly arched and aquiline his nose. Aq"ui·lon (?), n. [L. aquilo, -lonis: cf. F. aquilon.] The north wind. [Obs.] Shak. A·quip"a·rous (?), a. [L. aqua water + parere to bring forth.] (Med.) Secreting water; -- applied to certain glands. Dunglison. Aq`ui·ta"ni·an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Aquitania, now called Gascony. A·quose" (?), a. [L. aquosus watery, fr. aqua. See Aqua, Aqueous.] Watery; aqueous. [R.] Bailey. A·quos"i·ty (?), n. [LL. aquositas.] The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. |