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fferent color; to stain; to tinge; as, a drop of wine will discolor water; silver is discolored by sea water.

The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; alteration of hue or appearance. Darwin.

To explore; to examine. [Obs.]

A scout; an explorer. Shak.

The separation of light into its different colored rays, arising from their different refrangibilities. Dispersion of the optic axes (Crystallog.), the separation of the optic axes in biaxial crystals, due to the fact that the axial angle has different values for the different colors of the spectrum.…

xtend in some one direction; to lengthen out; to stretch. [R.] But say, what mean those colored streaks in heaven Distended as the brow of God appeased Milton.

To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore. South.

To see or inspect; to explore; as, to do all the points of interest. [Colloq.]

A small napkin, used at table with the fruit, etc.; -- commonly colored and fringed.

A dark-colored, basic, igneous rock, composed essentially of pyroxene and a triclinic feldspar with magnetic iron. By many authors it is considered equivalent to a coarse-grained basalt.

ens's novel "Barnaby Rudge," a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

two pieces of crystal, with a color them, and thus giving the appearance of a naturally colored gem. Also, a piece of paste or glass covered by a veneer of real stone.

liss; the dream of his youth. There sober thought pursued the amusing theme, Till Fancy colored it and formed a dream. Pope. It is not them a mere dream, but a very real aim which they propose. J. C. Shairp.

lar, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

Tending to blackness in color; partially black; dark-colored; not bright; as, a dusky brown. Bacon. When Jove in dusky clouds involves the sky. Dryden. The figure of that first ancestor invested by family tradition with a dim and dusky grandeur. Hawthorne.

yellow color and fine flavor, made in balls weighing three or four pounds, and usually colored crimson outside; -- so called from the village of Edam, near Amsterdam. Also, cheese of the same type, wherever made.

Spreading loosely, especially on one side; as, an effuse inflorescence. Loudon.

set at liberty. Eliminate my spirit, give it range Through provinces of thought yet unexplored. Young.

An art or process of flooding transparent colored glaze over designs stamped or molded on earthenware or porcelain. Ure.