therm antidote

[Pref. therm-, and Eng. antidote (q. v.).] An East Indian apparatus for producing a current of air. "The punkah would be a ruinous appendage, while the therm antidote is out of the question." -London Daily Tele graph. ther-met-o-graph, ther-met-ro-graph, subst. [THERMOMETOGRAPH.] therm-ic, a. [ Gr.thermos =hot.] Pertaining or relating to heat; thermal. Ther-mi-dor, subst . [Fr.) Literally, the Hot Month, the name given in October 1793, by the French Convention to the eleventh month of the Republican year. It commenced on July 19, and was the second summer month. Ther-mi-dör'-I-an, s . [THERMIDOR.] French Hist .: One of those who, in 1794, took part in the coup d'état by which the fall of Robes pierre was effected. They were so called because the Reign of Terror was brought to an end on the 9th Thermidor. IMG:content-0998.png:[blocks in formation] Thermo - dynamic valve : A valve depending for its operation upon the expansion and contraction occasioned by changes of temperature.