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Having a margin distinct in appearance or structure.

Same as Marginate, a.

Having a margin. Hawthorne.

A genus of small, polished, marine univalve shells, native of all warm seas.

Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

Wrong imagination; delusion. Bp. Hall.

the nature of, or resembling, mucilage; moist, soft, and viscid; slimy; ropy; as, a mucilaginous liquid.

The condition or quality of being muggy.

r take an advantage over (an opponent), as for an error, announcing the act by saying "muggins."

Fault-finding; teasing; persistently annoying; as, a nagging toothache. [Colloq.]

Stringed instruments. Dr. W. Smith. To the chief musician on Neginoth. Ps. iv. 9heading).

The gorilla.

A small mug or cup.

Rough brick masonry used to fill in the interstices of a wooden frame, in building.

o favors; hence, helpful; civil; kind. Mons.Strozzi has many curiosities, and is very obliging to a stranger who desires the sight of them. Addison.

Having the nature or qualities of oil; oily; unctuous.

Oiliness. Boyle.

The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth. This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry. Burke.

Capable of being originated.

Pertaining to the origin or beginning; preceding all others; first in order; primitive; primary; pristine; as, the original state of man; the original laws of a country; the original inventor of a process. His form had yet not lost All her original brightness. Milton.