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A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.

A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake- robin.

m over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. -- Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irrita…

The process of cleaning or brightening sheet metal or metalware, esp. brass, by dipping it in acids, etc.

Want or difference of belief; disbelief. [Obs.] Bp. Reynolds.

A smooth drift. See Drift, n., 9.

That which falls in drops, as fat from meat in roasting. Dripping pan, a pan for receiving the fat which drips from meat in roasting.

In a drooping manner.

That which falls in drops; the excrement or dung of animals. Dropping bottle, an instrument used to supply small quantities of a fluid to a test tube or other vessel. -- Dropping fire, a continued irregular discharge of firearms. -- Dropping tube, a tube for ejecting any liquid in drops.

In drops.

The state of being dumpy.

The habit of lurking about dwelling houses, and other places where persons meet fro private intercourse, secretly listening to what is said, and then tattling it abroad. The offense is indictable at common law. Wharton.

Shining. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.

The act or the process of making electrotypes.

A term applied to that phase of vegetable growth in which an organ grows more rapidly on its upper than on its under surface. See Hyponastic.

Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.

The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.

An iron needle for piercing the cartridge of a cannon before priming.

Relating to victory. "An epinicial song." T. Warton.