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Astray; faultily; improperly; wrongly; ill. What error drives our eyes and ears amiss Shak. Ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss. James iv. 3. To take (an act, thing) amiss, to impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.…

so massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general t…

Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray.

Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.

A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny fin-rays, as the cod.

A garland or fillet; a chaplet or wreath. Drayton. Tennyson.

Destitute of anthers. Gray.

lediction. Finally she fled to London followed by the anathemas of both [families]. Thackeray.

ts development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.

Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.

ne another on the surface of a globe or sphere. -- Visual angle, the angle formed by two rays of light, or two straight lines drawn from the extreme points of an object to the center of the eye. -- For Angles of commutation, draught, incidence, reflection, refraction, position, repose, fraction, see Commutation, Drau…

A small animal, as a fly, spider, etc. [Obs.] Ray.

pirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

Historical records; chronicles; history. The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke.

coming or happening once in the year; yearly. The annual overflowing of the river [Nile]. Ray.

Having the form of a ring; annular. Ray.

A cavity which leads into the stomach, as in birds. Ray.

Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray.