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The encephalon. In man the encephalos reaches its full size about seven years of age. Sir W. Hamilton.

A plant which increases in size by internal growth and elongation at the summit, having the wood in the form of bundles or threads, irregularly distributed throughout the whole diameter, not forming annual layers, and with no distinct pith. The leaves of the endogens have, usually, parallel veins, their flowers are mos…

A kind of printing type, in size between Pica and Great Primer. See Type.

The act of increasing in size or bulk, real or apparent; the state of being increased; augmentation; further extension; expansion.

te; abnormal. "Enormous bliss." Milton. "This enormous state." Shak. "The hoop's enormous size." Jenyns. Wallowing unwieldy, enormous in their gait. Milton.

ce for table decoration, usually consisting of several dishes or receptacles of different sizes grouped together in an ornamental design.

A draught or model from which to build; especially, one of the full size of the work to be done; a detailed drawing.

Agreeing in quantity, size, quality, degree, value, etc.; having the same magnitude, the same value, the same degree, etc.; -- applied to number, degree, quantity, and intensity, and to any subject which admits of them; neither inferior nor superior, greater nor less, better nor worse; corresponding; alike; as, equal q…

Having wheels of the same size or diameter; having equal rotation. [R.]

Having the valves equal in size and from, as in most bivalve shells.

A stub, like soft horn, about the size of a chestnut, situated behind and below the pastern joint.

An instrument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.

ease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.

panding bit, Expanding drill (Mech.), a bit or drill made adjustable for holes of various sizes; one which can be expanded in diameter while boring. -- Expanding pulley (Mach.), a pulley so made, as in sections, that its diameter can be increased or diminished.

he enlargement of the ship mathematically from a model or drawing to the full or building size, in the process of construction. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Space or degree to which a thing is extended; hence, superficies; compass; bulk; size; length; as, an extent of country or of line; extent of information or of charity. Life in its large extent is scare a span. Cotton.

at (Felis eyra) ranging from southern Brazil to Texas. It is reddish yellow and about the size of the domestic cat, but with a more slender body and shorter legs.

-- used with of. If ever they fail of beauty, this failure is not be attributed to their size. Berke.

and fur, fulled or wrought into a compact substance by rolling and pressure, with lees or size, without spinning or weaving. It were a delicate stratagem to shoe A troop of horse with felt. Shak .

ll, African, foxlike animal (Vulpes zerda) of a pale fawn color, remarkable for the large size of its ears.