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A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.

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  1. n. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire.
  2. n. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement.
  3. n. A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John.
  4. 1. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. [Obs.] 2. pl. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. [Obs.] A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John. [Obs.]
  5. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or otherexcitement. [Obs.]
  6. n. A meteor or exhalation formerly supposed to be thrown from the clouds with such violence that by collision it is set on fire. n. One of the veins of the neck when swollen with anger or other excitement. n. A priest or presbyter; as, Prester John.