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Unusual; singular; rare; strange; as, the sky had a peculiarappearance.

A cloth of sky-blue color. [Obs.] "A long surcoat of pers." Chaucer.

Wanton; frisky; lustful. [Obs.] J. V. Cane.

of the family Pipridæ. The male is usually glossy black, varied with scarlet, yellow, or sky blue. They chiefly inhabit South America.

f Atlas and the nymph Pleione, fabled to have been made by Jupiter a constellation in the sky.

To hold or place in equilibrium or equiponderance. Nor yet was earth suspended in the sky; Nor poised, did on her own foundation lie. Dryden.

hour circle, by being turned toward the plane of maximum polarization of the light of the sky, which is always 90º from the sun. -- Polar coördinates. See under 3d Coördinate. -- Polar dial, a dial whose plane is parallel to a great circle passing through the poles of the earth. Math. Dict. -- Polar distance, the an…

The firmament; the sky. [Poetic] Shoots against the dusky pole. Milton.

hocæna, of Europe, and the closely allied American species (P. Americana). The color is dusky or blackish above, paler beneath. They are closely allied to the dolphins, but have a shorter snout. Called also harbor porpoise, herring hag, puffing pig, and snuffer.

kills the stalks of potato vines, often causing serious damage to the crop. -- Potato whisky, a strong, fiery liquor, having a hot, smoky taste, and rich in amyl alcohol (fusel oil); it is made from potatoes or potato starch. -- Potato worm (Zoöl.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth (Macrosila quinquema…

Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry. [Written also potheen, and potteen.]

ures not in the original negative are introduced into a photograph. Portions, such as the sky, are covered while printing and the blank space thus reserved is filled in by printing from another negative.

wonderful; portentous. [Obs. or R.] Spenser. It is prodigious to have thunder in a clear sky. Sir T. Browne.

intain; as, to prop a declining state. Shak. Till the bright mountains prop the incumbent sky. Pope. For being not propp'd by ancestry. Shak. I prop myself upon those few supports that are left me. Pope.

, ripples, or undulations; to curl; to mantle. thin winding breath which purled up to the sky. Shak.

the dead are burned; hence, any pile to be burnt. For nine long nights, through all the dusky air, The pyres thick flaming shot a dismal glare. Pope.

Thin, flying, broken clouds, or any portion of floating vapor in the sky. Shak. The winds in the upper region, which move the clouds above, which we call the rack, . . . pass without noise. Bacon. And the night rack came rolling up. C. Kingsley.

one into his head South. Sometimes his feet rased the surface of water, and at others the skylight almost flattened his nose. Beckford.

Destitute of rays; hence, dark; not illuminated; blind; as, a rayless sky; rayless eyes.

To rouse; to strip up. [Obs.] And seeks the tusky boar to rear. Dryden.