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Of or pertaining to a strobile; strobilaceous; strobiliform; as, strobiline fruits.

An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.

t in consequence of agitation; to palpitate; -- said of the heart, pulse, etc. My heart Throbs to know one thing. Shak. Here may his head lie on my throbbing breast. Shak.

Improbably.

To disrobe; to undress; to take off the robes.

A yellow pigment identical with hydrobilirubin, abundant in the highly colored urine of fever, and also present in normal urine. See Urochrome.

Any plant of the genus Arum, especially, in England, the cuckoopint (Arum maculatum).

apparel, in general; articles of dress or personal decoration. Flowers that their gay wardrobe wear. Milton. With a pair of saddlebags containing his wardrobe. T. Hughes.

a tiptoe." "A Sundays" Shak. "Wit that men have now a days." Chaucer. "Set them a work." Robynson (More's Utopia)

A syllogism or form of argument in which the major is evident, but the minor is only probable.

Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..

A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

cient Skeptic philosophers, that human knowledge never amounts to certainty, but only to probability.

The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approval; as, the acceptance of a gift, office, doctrine, etc. They shall come up with acceptance on mine altar. Isa. lx. 7.

A shout of approbation, favor, or assent; eager expression of approval; loud applause. On such a day, a holiday having been voted by acclamation, an ordinary walk would not satisfy the children. Southey.

originally referred to or intended. Many of those quotations from the Old Testament were probably intended as nothing more than accommodations. Paley.

beauty." Shak. Newer was preaching more accounted of than in the sixteenth century. Canon Robinson.

to a man's name, to identify him more precisely; as, John Doe, Esq.; Richard Roe, Gent.; Robert Dale, Mason; Thomas Way, of New York; a mark of distinction; a title.

nt; fidelity; as, to error, to a policy. His adhesion to the Tories was bounded by his approbation of their foreign policy. De Quincey.