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Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.

A sixpence; a tester. [Obs.]

A certain old dance. [Obs.] Halliwell.

A broad stern without overhang, flattened on the bottom, used in some torpedo and fast power boats. It prevents settling in the water at high speed.

Triternate.

Three times ternate; -- applied to a leaf whose petiole separates into three branches, each of which divides into three parts which each bear three leafiets.

A design of motor-boat stern, for use in shallow waters, in which the propeller is housed in a tunnel and does not extend below the greatest draft.

The sternal, or under piece, of any one of the uromeres of insects and other arthropods.

The quality or state of being utter, or extreme; extremity; utmost; uttermost. [R.]

The brush turkey (Talegallus Lathami) of Australia. See Brush turkey.

ion nearly in the direction of west; being in that quarter where the sun sets; as, the western shore of France; the western ocean. Far o'er the glowing western main. Keble.

A native or inhabitant of the west.

Situated the farthest towards the west; most western.

The posterior segment, or extremity, of the sternum; -- sometimes called metasternum, ensiform cartilage, ensiform process, or xiphoid process.

Of or pertaining to yesterday; relating to the day last past.

The last night; the night last past.

The noon of yesterday; the noon last past.

See Cittern.

the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made from the first letter…

ile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.