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which has now come back to us, like a thief from transportation, under the alias of Legitimacy. Macaulay.

A dropsical habit of body, or the commencement of anasarca; paleness, with viscid juices and cold sweats.

Pertaining to, or like, Limax, or the slugs.

A genus of small spiral pteropods, common in the Arctic and Antarctic seas. It contributes to the food of the right whales.

A curve of the fourth degree, invented by Pascal. Its polar equation is r = a cos + b.

One who contends about words.

ion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy. L. Abbott.

A grayish brown limestone, containing fossil shells, which reflect a beautiful play of colors. It is also called fire marble, from its fiery reflections.

Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the type.

Pertaining to a natural order (Menispermaceæ) of climbing plants of which moonseed (Menispermum) is the type.

A tribe of Indians inhabiting Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. [Written also Mikmaks.]

A duel; single combat. "The duello or monomachia." Sir W. Scott.

One who fights in single combat; a duelist.

A naval battle; esp., a mock sea fight.

Government by the nobility. [R.] Howell.

See Hæmacyanin.

A divinity worshiped by the ancient Peruvians as the creator of the universe.

Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.

A fossil palm.

A medicine for all diseases; a panacea. [R.]