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or possession coming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.

origin, practiced among the negroes of the West Indies. [Written also obe and obeah.] De Quincey. B. Edwards.

e research, when a more direct one is denied, we find to be the only one in our power. De Quincey. Then would be closed the restless, oblique eye. That looks for evil, like a treacherous spy. Wordworth.

ng of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.

Divination by means of dreams. De Quincey.

hence, tedious; wearisome. "Operose proceeding." Burke. "A very operose calculation." De Quincey. -- Op"er*ose`ly, adv. -- Op"er*ose`ness, n.

dramatic author and dramatic performer, he found himself heir to a twofold opprobrium. De Quincey.

-- Or*bic"u*lar*ly, adv. -- Or*bic"u*lar*ness, n. Orbicular as the disk of a planet. De Quincey.

style in relation to the ideas and feelings, might be called the organology of style. De Quincey.

ion by means of birds, their flight, etc. Ornithomancy grew into an elaborate science. De Quincey.

Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey.

r families oscillates rather than changes, that is, it fluctuates within fixed limits. Dc Quincey.

ead gloom over; to make gloomy; to overshadow. [R.] Overgloomed by memories of sorrow. De Quincey.

Any loud and joyous song; a song of triumph. Dryden. "Public pæans of congratulation." De Quincey.

or pickets; a limit; an inclosure. They moved within the paling of order and decorum. De Quincey.

ity; close correspondence; analogy; as, parity of reasoning. "No parity of principle." De Quincey. Equality of length and parity of numeration. Sir T. Browne.

ty of having a little or ignoble mind; pettiness; meanness; -- opposed to magnanimity. De Quincey.

. The ambition and perfidy of tyrants. Macaulay. His perfidy to this sacred engagement. DeQuincey.

or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution. "To describe by enigmatic periphrases." De Quincey.

a dunce. Pope. The poor, petrified journeyman, quite unconscious of what he was doing. De Quincey. A hideous fatalism, which ought, logically, to petrify your volition. G. Eliot.