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Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. Cowper. I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. Lamb. -- Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n. -- Sus*cep"ti*bly, ad…

g", or otherwise, because the quantity of metal contains is no longer consistent with its impression. R. Cobden.

a smoothed tablet; hence, figuratively, the mind in its earliest state, before receiving impressions from without; -- a term used by Hobbes, Locke, and others, in maintaining a theory opposed to the doctrine of innate ideas.

dying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.

the virus did not take. Shak. When flame taketh and openeth, it giveth a noise. Bacon. In impressions from mind to mind, the impression taketh, but is overcome . . . before it work any manifest effect. Bacon.

A photograph, image, or impression, reproduced by or taken with a telephotographic apparatus.

Sensible to impression and pain; easily pained. Our bodies are not naturally more tender than our faces. L'Estrange.

Having great sensibility; susceptible of impressions or influence; affectionate; pitying; sensitive. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ly, adv. -- Ten"der-heart`ed*ness, n. Rehoboam was young and tender-hearted, and could not withstand them. 2 Chron. xiii. 7. Be ye kind one to another, tender-hearted. Eph. iv. 32.…

An optical instrument or toy for showing the presistence of an impression upon the eyes after the luminous object is withdrawn.

st wetting the object slightly with hydrochloric or dilute sulphuric acid, then taking an impression with a press, and next strongly heating this impression.

aving a lever formed to be pressed by the thumb. -- Thumb mark. (a) The mark left by the impression of a thumb, as on the leaves of a book. Longfellow. (b) The dark spot over each foot in finely bred black and tan terriers. -- Thumb nut, a nut for a screw, having wings to grasp between the thumb and fingers in turnin…

To make an impression on; to have effect upon. Its face . . . so hard that a file will not touch it. Moxon.

A mark, impression, or visible appearance of anything left when the thing itself no longer exists; remains; token; vestige. The shady empire shall retain no trace Of war or blood, but in the sylvan chase. Pope.

A mark or impression left by the foot, either of man or beast; trace; vestige; footprint. Far from track of men. Milton.

r, a prepared paper used by draughtsmen, engravers, lithographers, etc., for transferring impressions. -- Transfer table. (Railroad) Same as Traverse table. See under Traverse.

The mark or impression of something; stamp; impressed sign; emblem. The faith they have in tennis, and tall stockings, Short blistered breeches, and those types of travel. Shak.

e like, in which the operator makes use of a sort of keyboard, in order to obtain printed impressions of the characters upon paper.

The art of printing with types; the use of types to produce impressions on paper, vellum, etc.

A stone or fossil which has on it impressions or figures of plants and animals.

A branch of lithography in which impressions from printers' types are transferred to stone for reproduction. -- Ty`po*lith`o*graph"ic (#), a.