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A mass of otoliths.

sicle; one of the simple auditory organs of many invertebrates, containing a fluid and otoliths; also, the embryonic vesicle from which the parts of the internal ear of vertebrates are developed.

cleavable masses, usually white, or nearly so, in color. It is a silicate of aluminia and lithia.

with the mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks, and with their classification: lithology.

A process, analogous to photolithography, for reproducing photographed impressions transferred to zinc plate.

A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.

ng or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart. The will was then ductile and pliant to right reason. South.

(b) A kind of hone or whetstone; hone slate. -- Polishing snake, a tool used in cleaning lithographic stones. -- Polishing wheel, a wheel or disk coated with, or composed of, abrading material, for polishing a surface.

pies of one's own handwriting, or of manuscripts, by printing from stone, -- a species of lithography.

ter (Zoöl.), the echidna. -- Porcupine crab (Zoöl.), a large spiny Japanese crab (Acantholithodes hystrix). -- Porcupine disease (Med.). See Ichthyosis. -- Porcupine fish (Zoöl.), any plectognath fish having the body covered with spines which become erect when the body is inflated. See Diodon, and Globefish. -- Por…

ives Above the clouds, precipitant to earth. J. Philips. Should he return, that troop so blithe and bold, Precipitant in fear would wing their flight. Pope.

pigment which is used by the North American Indians, as the bloodroot and two species of Lithospermum (L. hirtum, and L. canescens); also, the pigment itself.

To raise; to lift up; to cause to rise, become erect, etc.; to elevate; as, to rear a monolith. In adoration at his feet I fell Submiss; he reared me. Milton. It reareth our hearts from vain thoughts. Barrow. Mine [shall be] the first hand to rear her banner. Ld. Lytton.

adjustment of the several impressions in a design which is printed in parts, as in chromolithographic printing, or in the manufacture of paper hangings. See Register, v. i. 2.

A minute sphere composed of rhabdoliths.

A combining form from Greek the nose, as in rhinolith, rhinology.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid (called also lithic acid) found in certain red precipitates of urine. See Uric. [Obs.]

A variety of tourmaline varying in color from a pale rose to a deep ruby, and containing lithium.

The larger of the two otoliths, or ear bones, found in most fishes.

A metallic salt; esp., a salt of potassium, sodium, lithium, or magnesium, used in medicine.