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warmer |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Warm \Warm\, a. [Compar. {Warmer}; superl. {Warmest}.] [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr Sw & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL formus warm. ???, ???.] 1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as warm milk. ``Whose blood is warm within.'' --Shak. Warm and still is the summer night. --Longfellow. 2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing. 3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as the warm climate of Egypt. 4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. Mirth, and youth, and warm desire! --Milton. Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart. --Pope. They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad? mouths at --Addison. I had been none of the warmest of partisans. --Hawthor??. 5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as a warm contest; a warm debate. Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't. --Dryden. 6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.] Warm householders, every one of them --W. Irving. You shall have a draft upon him payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him --Goldsmith. 7. In children's games, being near the object sought for hence being close to the discovery of some person, thing or fact concealed. [Colloq.] Here indeed, young Mr Dowse was getting ``warm,'' ?? children say at blindman's buff. --Black. 8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds. Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Warmer \Warm"er\, n. One who or that which warms. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: warmer n : heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: {heater}]
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