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Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy. -- As`tro*nom"ic*al*ly, adv. Astronomical clock. See under Clock. -- Astronomical day. See under Day. -- Astronomical fractions, Astronomical numbers. See under Sexagesimal.

To study or to talk astronomy. [R.] They astronomized in caves. Sir T. Browne.

attend. Spenser. Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak. With a sore heart and a gloomy brow, he prepared to attend William thither. Macaulay.

Political independence or absolute sovereignty (of a state); autonomy. Barlow.

One who advocates autonomy.

Profit; advantage toward success; benefit; value; as, labor, without economy, is of little avail. The avail of a deathbed repentance. Jer. Taylor.

h, though not a necessary truth, is universally received; as, the axioms of political economy.

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

A large, roomy boat for the conveyance of passengers or goods; as, a ship's barge; a charcoal barge.

ell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.

ertain parts, anciently supposed to have a specially important function in the animal economy, as the middle vein of the right arm.

y for making overcoats. Beaver rat (Zoöl.), an aquatic ratlike quadruped of Tasmania (Hydromys chrysogaster). -- Beaver skin, the furry skin of the beaver. -- Bank beaver. See under 1st Bank.

The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.

small birds. -- Bird tick (Zoöl.), a dipterous insect parasitic upon birds (genus Ornithomyia, and allies), usually winged.

In a less literal sense: Enveloped or shrouded in darkness; very dark or gloomy; as, a black night; the heavens black with clouds. I spy a black, suspicious, threatening cloud. Shak.

Having black eyebrows. Hence: Gloomy; dismal; threatening; forbidding. Shak. Dryden.

Having a black, dark, or gloomy face or aspect.

Blossomy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Suited to produce low spirits; gloomy in prospect; as, thongs looked blue. [Colloq.]

The Poland marmot (Arctomys bobac).