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A metric measure of capacity, containing ten thousand liters. It is equal to 2641.7 wine gallons.

Mysterious. [Obs.]

Inclined or adapted to swim; swimming; as, natatorial birds.

Of or pertaining to the nectary of a plant.

Of or pertaining to a notary; done or taken by a notary; as, a notarial seal; notarial evidence or attestation.

In a notarial manner.

A wild, bearded sheep inhabiting the Ladakh mountains. It is reddish brown, with a dark beard from the chin to the chest.

Oratorical. [R.] Swift. --Or`a*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to an ovary.

See Pair royal, under Pair, n.

A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews.

Of or pertaining to the feet; employing the foot or feet.

In a pedestrial manner.

Of or pertaining to the perichondrium; situated around cartilage.

Surrounding nerves or nerve fibers; of or pertaining to the perineurium.

Of, relating to, or resembling phantasmagoria; phantasmagoric.

d by pictures; forming pictures; representing with the clearness of a picture; as, a pictorial dictionary; a pictorial imagination. "Pictorial rhetoric." Ruskin. -- Pic*to"ri*al*ly, adv.

Of or pertaining to fishes or fishing. Addison.

The ninth month of the French Republican calendar, which dated from September 22, 1792. It began May, 20, and ended June 18. See Vendemiaire.

Of or pertaining to a preceptor.