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A variety of hephelite, usually massive, of greasy luster, and gray to reddish color. Elæolite syenite, a kind of syenite characterized by the presence of elæolite.

Standing out of, or rising above, water. Gray.

st; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. T. Gray.

Without a node. Gray.

of the pyroxene group, orthorhombic in crystallization; often fibrous and massive; color grayish white or greenish. It is a silicate of magnesia with some iron. Bronzite is a ferriferous variety.

long after; to desire strongly; to covet. Or climb his knee the envied kiss to share. T. Gray.

of large and powerful dogs used by the Eskimos to draw sledges. It closely resembles the gray wolf, with which it is often crossed.

y. Ames. -- Ex*alt"ed*ly, adv. -- Ex*alt"ed*ness, n. "The exaltedness of some minds." T. Gray.

One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray.

d, and the number of cotyledons is two, or, very rarely, several in a whorl. Cf. Endogen. Gray.

A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule. Gray.

re at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high. T. Gray.

A band of gray matter bordering the fimbria in the brain; the dentate convolution. Wilder.

A barren or rocky hill. T. Gray.

Inversely ovate, with a deep hollow on each side. Gray.

Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.

onsist in fine raillery. Dryden. He has as fine a hand at picking a pocket as a woman. T. Gray.

an object of contempt. [Obs.] England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. Old Proverb. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.…

A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. Gray.