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TETARTOHEDRAL a.

Having one fourth the number of planes which are requisite to complete symmetry. -- Te*tar`to*he"dral*ly, adv.

TETARTOHEDRISM n.

The property of being tetartohedral.

One of the lower segments in the hyoid arch, often consolidated with the body of the hyoid bone and forming one of its great horns, as in man.

Of or pertaining to the thyroid cartilage of the larynx and the hyoid arch.

To hew in pieces. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chaos; confusion.

A kind of open sedan used in Ceylon, carried by a single pole on men's shoulders.

TRAPEZOHEDRAL a.

Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a trapezohedron.

TRAPEZOHEDRON n. 2 definitions

A tetartohedral solid of the hexagonal system, bounded by six trapezoidal planes. The faces of this form are common on quartz crystals.

TYMPANOHYAL a. 2 definitions

Of or pertaining to the tympanum and the hyoidean arch. -- n.

Urinary hæmatin; -- applied to the normal coloring matter of the urine, on the supposition that it is formed either directly or indirectly (through bilirubin) from the hæmatin of the blood. See Urochrome, and Urobilin.

UROHYAL a. 2 definitions

A urohyal bone or cartilage.

A Jewish cabalistic book attributed by tradition to Rabbi Simon ben Yochi, who lived about the end of the 1st century, a. d. Modern critics believe it to be a compilation of the 13th century. Encyc. Brit.

Of. [Obs.] "The name of John a Gaunt." "What time a day is it " Shak. "It's six a clock." B. Jonson.

. (4) Old English y- or i- (corrupted from the AS. inseparable particle ge-, cognate with OHG. ga-, gi-, Goth. ga-), which, as a prefix, made no essential addition to the meaning, as in aware. (5) French à (L. ad to), as in abase, achieve. (6) L. a, ab, abs, from, as in avert. (7) Greek insep. prefix a without, or priv…

Purification by washing the hands before prayer; -- a Mohammedan rite. Heyse.

ABIETIN; ABIETINE n.

or Canada balsam. It is without taste or smell, is insoluble in water, but soluble in alcohol (especially at the boiling point), in strong acetic acid, and in ether. Watts.

To cut off. [R.] "Two syllables . . . abscinded from the rest." Johnson.

ABSINTHE; ABSINTH n.

A strong spirituous liqueur made from wormwood and brandy or alcohol.