Warmer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. ???, ???.]
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     1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk.
        "Whose blood is warm within." --Shak.
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              Warm and still is the summer night.   --Longfellow.
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     2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.
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     3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or
        no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.
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     4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in
        spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited;
        sprightly; irritable; excitable.
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              Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!    --Milton.
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              Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
                                                    --Pope.
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              They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad?
              mouths at.                            --Addison.
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              I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
                                                    --Hawthor??.
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     5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a
        warm contest; a warm debate.
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              Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances;
        forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]
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              Warm householders, every one of them. --W. Irving.
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              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.
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     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.]
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              Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," ??
              children say at blindman's buff.      --Black.
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     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.
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     Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic;
          cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Warmer \Warm"er\, n.
     One who, or that which, warms.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  warmer
       n : device that heats water or supplies warmth to a room [syn: {heater}]