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The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.

The ringdove or wood pigeon. Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott.

r an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.

haracter. The quick eye for effects, the clear diagnosis of men's minds, and the love of epigram. Compton Reade. My diagnosis of his character proved correct. J. Payn. Differential diagnosis (Med.), the determination of the distinguishing characteristics as between two similar diseases or conditions.…

A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms.

A couple of verses or poetic lines making complete sense; an epigram of two verses.

e of the ostrich, and a short neck and legs; -- called also dronte. It was related to the pigeons.

A pigeon of the genus Columba and various related genera. The species are numerous.

sed to a considerable height above the ground, and having compartments, in which domestic pigeons breed; a dove house. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.

A variety of carrier pigeon.

A variety of pigeon. Clarke. Dragoon bird (Zoöl.), the umbrella bird.

The stuffing of fowls, pigs, etc.; forcemeat.

ple of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns; as, pigmented; talented.

e tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brightness of…

A piece of furniture used as a writing table, commonly with drawers, pigeonholes, and the like; a secretary or writing desk.

A yellow pigment imported from India and China. It has a strong odor, and is said to be obtained from the urine of herbivorous animals when fed on the mango. It consists if a magnesium salt of euxanthic acid. Called also puri, purree, and Indian yellow.

ts parts to be developed, but not actually formed, by the procreative act; -- opposed to epigenesis.

A simple visual organ found in many invertebrates, consisting of pigment cells covering a sensory nerve termination.

Having an expanded, or fan-shaped, tail; as, the fan-tailed pigeon.

A variety of the domestic pigeon, so called from the shape of the tail.