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Of or pertaining to the Urodela. -- n.

Flexible rods the period of vibration of which in two planes at right angles are in some exact ratio to one another. When one end of such a rod is fixed, the free end describes in vibrating the corresponding Lissajous figure. So called because devised by Sir Charles Wheatstone.

Caused to ride or drive by the wind in opposition to the course of the tide; -- said of a vessel lying at anchor, with wind and tide opposed to each other. Totten.

A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.

Ichthyosis.

The producing of an unintended effect by the glancing of an instrument, as when a shot intended for A glances and strikes B.

Of or pertaining to the fir tree or its products; as, abietic acid, called also sylvic acid. Watts.

ny, and opposed to biogenesis. I shall call the . . . doctrine that living matter may be produced by not living matter, the hypothesis of abiogenesis. Huxley, 1870.

One who believes that life can be produced independently of antecedent. Huxley.

Produced by spontaneous generation.

Prodigal expense for food. [Obs.] Bailey.

Producing miscarriage. -- n.

The immature product of an untimely birth.

Produced by abortion; born prematurely; as, an abortive child. [R.]

Producing abrasion. Ure.

r an attribute of a thing. A practice has grown up in more modern times, which, if not introduced by Locke, has gained currency from his example, of applying the expression "abstract name" to all names which are the result of abstraction and generalization, and consequently to all general names, instead of confining it…

Not producing fruit; unfruitful.

Those fortuitous effects produced by luminous rays falling on certain objects so that some parts stand forth in abnormal brightness and other parts are cast into a deep shadow.

ing as a growth or result; to be added as increase, profit, or damage, especially as the produce of money lent. "Interest accrues to principal." Abbott. The great and essential advantages accruing to society from the freedom of the press. Junius.

Producing accusations; accusatory. "This hath been a very accusative age." Sir E. Dering.