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The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.

r order; as, a scale of being. There is a certain scale of duties . . . which for want of studying in right order, all the world is in confusion. Milton.

nducting schools. [U.S.] -- Sunday school, or Sabbath school, a school held on Sunday for study of the Bible and for religious instruction; the pupils, or the teachers and pupils, of such a school, collectively.

nt of systematized knowledge considered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.

One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant. [Recent]

To go to school; to study. [Obs.] Chaucer.

ngaged, under the guidance of an instructor, in original research in a particular line of study, and in the exposition of the results by theses, lectures, etc.; -- called also seminary.

scene as serves the artist's purpose by recording its chief features; also, a preliminary study for an original work.

One who treats of, or devotes himself to, the study of sociology. J. S. Mill.

plead; to act as solicitor for or with reference to. [Obs.] Should My brother henceforth study to forget The vow that he hath made thee, I would ever Solicit thy deserts. Ford.

Sophism. [Obs.] I trow ye study aboute some sophime. Chaucer.

igation, or discussion; as, a special dictionary of commercial terms; a special branch of study.

To study by noting characters; to gain knowledge or learn the meaning of anything, by study. [Obs.] Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew. Milton.

at rest by the forces acting on them; -- distinguished from dynamics. Social statics, the study of the conditions which concern the existence and permanence of the social state.

Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.

Scientific study or knowledge of the mouth.

An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

A person engaged in study; one who is devoted to learning; a learner; a pupil; a scholar; especially, one who attends a school, or who seeks knowledge from professional teachers or from books; as, the students of an academy, a college, or a university; a medical student; a hard student. Keep a gamester from the dice, a…

Closely examined; read with diligence and attention; made the subject of study; well considered; as, a studied lesson.

Given to study; devoted to the acquisition of knowledge from books; as, a studious scholar.