 | Virgil - 1904 - 520 pages
...Strait of Messina between Italy and Sicily. Chimaera, ae, f., a fabulous firebreathing monster which had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon ; the name of a ship. chlamys, ydis, [xXa^iis], f., a woollen upper garment worn in Greece ; mantle.... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 1020 pages
...After the war he was engaged in business in Columbus, Ga. Chimaera, kï-më'ra, in classic mythology, a monster, breathing flames, with the head of a lion,...of Lycia, and was at last destroyed by Bellerophon, with the help of Pegasus. Her form is described by the poets as an unnatural mixture of the most incongruous... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1905 - 742 pages
...Chlinro'ra. A wild illusion, personified in the monster slain by Bellerophon. It had the head and breast of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. It used to vomit fire. Chl'ron. The centaur who taught Achilles hunting, music, and the use... | |
 | Laura E. Lockwood - 1907 - 692 pages
...adj. chilling, benumbing, of sorrow : PL xi. 264. Chlmeera, sb. the fire-breathing monster which had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent, and which abode at the entrance of Hades : PL n. 628 ; C. 517. Chime, x-ft. harmony, musical... | |
 | Laura Emma Lockwood - 1907 - 706 pages
...adj. chilling, benumbing, oj sorrow : PL xi. 264. Chimara, sb. the lim breathing monster which had the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent, and which abode at the entrance of Hades : PL и. 628; C. 517. Chime, ab. harmony, musical... | |
 | John Ogilvie - English language - 1908 - 488 pages
...pp. chimed. [Chaucer, chimbe; L. campdna, a bell.] Chimera, ki-m5'ra, n. A fabulous monster vomiting flames, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent; any wild imagination. [Gr. chimaira, a she-goat.] Chimerical, ki-me'rik-al, a. Wildly or vainly... | |
 | Virgil - 1908 - 764 pages
...and opposite the rock Scylla. Chimaera, -ae, f., a fabulous firebreathing monster of Lycia, having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, 6, 288 ; also one of the ships of Aeneas, 5, 118. chlamys, -ydis[xXa/iiis],f.,alarge woolen outer garment... | |
 | Charles Lamb - Essays - 1908 - 606 pages
...a monster serpent, which had a hundred heads. The Chimaera was a -monster with the head and breast of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a serpent. (See classical dictionary.) 2. Celaeno and the Harpies. Celaeno, one of the Harpies, which... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1912 - 916 pages
...After the war he was engaged in, business in Columbus, Ga. Chimaera, ki-me'ra, in classic mythology, a monster, breathing flames, with the head of a lion,...the fields of Lycia, and was at last destroyed by Bcllerophon, with the help of Pegasus. Her form is described by the poets as an unnatural mixture of... | |
 | Noah Webster - English language - 1914 - 728 pages
...(kl-me'rd ; ki-), n. ; pi. -Bis (-rdz). 1. Myth. A monster represented as vomiting flames, and, usually, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. 2. A frightful, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination. chl raer'1-cal (-meVY-kftl),... | |
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CHIMERA; a fabulous monster, breathing flames, with the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon, which laid waste the fields of Lycia, and was at last destroyed by Bellerophon. 
