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Oölite or roestone; -- written also hammite. [Obs.]

in having the margins of the septa very much lobed or plaited, and the siphuncle dorsal. Also called serpent stone, snake stone, and cornu Ammonis.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

Expressing a relation of dispersion, distribution, etc.; also, a relation of reciprocal action. What news among the merchants Shak. Human sacrifices were practiced among them. Hume. Divide that gold amongst you. Marlowe. Whether they quarreled among themselves, or with their neighbors. Addison.

The extinction of a debt, usually by means of a sinking fund; also, the money thus paid. Simmonds.

rate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called also the international ampère.

ing many varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremol…

ole, with apparent meaning, which on further attention proves to be meaningless. [Written also amphigouri.]

creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocardia, etc.…

litude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.

Immorality; also, the nectar conferring immortality. -- a. Ambrosial; immortal.

To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder. [Obs.] Camillus set upon the Gauls when they were amused in receiving their gold. Holland. Being amused with grief, fear, and fright, he could not find the house. Fuller.

of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

A contraction for are and am not; also used for is not; -- now usually written ain't. [Colloq. & illiterate speech.]

To rebaptize; to rechristen; also, to rename. [R.] Whitlock.

A branch of a river that reënters, or anastomoses with, the main stream; also, less properly, a branch which loses itself in sandy soil. [Australia]

native to America. Transferred to England it became an obstruction to navigation. Called also waterweed and water thyme.

ctes murinus), which lives near rivers, and preys on birds and small mammals. The name is also applied to a similar large serpent (Python tigris) of Ceylon.

The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

A disease of the roots of turnips, etc.; -- called also fingers and toes.