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and of right and wrong, which is native in mankind, as distinguished from specifically revealed divine law, and formulated human law. -- Natural modulation (Mus.), transition from one key to its relative keys. -- Natural order. (Nat. Hist.) See under order. -- Natural person. (Law) See under person, n. -- Natural p…

A small convex molding surrounding a column at the jinction of the shaft and capital. Weale.

One who makes or uses needles; also, a dealer in needles. Piers Plowman.

cially in theology; one who introduces or holds doctrines subversie of supernatural or revealed religion; a rationalist, so-called.

ew doctrine; esp. (Theol.), a doctrine at variance with the received interpretation of revealed truth; a new method of theological interpretation; rationalism.

The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit. The spirit of manifestation will but upbraid you in the shame and horror of a sad eternity, if you have not the spirit of obsignation. Jer. Taylor.

Hidden from the eye or the understanding; inviable; secret; concealed; unknown. It is of an occult kind, and is so insensible in its advances as to escape observation. I. Taylor. Occult line (Geom.), a line drawn as a part of the construction of a figure or problem, but not to appear in the finished plan. -- Occult qu…

Concealed by the intervention of some other heavenly body, as a star by the moon.

The business, the place of business, or the goods, of a maker of, or dealer in, oils.

Not concealed or secret; not hidden or disguised; exposed to view or to knowledge; revealed; apparent; as, open schemes or plans; open shame or guilt. His thefts are too open. Shak. That I may find him, and with secret gaze Or open admiration him behold. Milton.

A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. [Brokers' Cant]

Concealed; private. [R.]

An aviary; a poultry house. Weale.

s on trunnions instead of being permanently fixed in a perpendicular or other direction. Weale.

Covered or concealed by a different odor. Fuller.

Open; expanded; evident; apparent; unconcealed; manifest; public; conspicuous. He had received instructions, both patent and secret. Motley.

To resound; to echo. And the whole air pealed With the cheers of our men. Longfellow.

s a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a pickax; as, a cotton picker. "Pickers and stealers." Shak.

(Zoöl.), any small beetle of the genus Byrrhus, having a rounded body, with the head concealed beneath the thorax. -- Pill bug (Zoöl.), any terrestrial isopod of the genus Armadillo, having the habit of rolling itself into a ball when disturbed. Called also pill wood louse.

ing the stigma visible at the throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of Ant: thrum-eyed.