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An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

One of the Cystidea.

Same as Cystidean.

Same as Cystidea.

A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

To cut off; to separate. [Obs.] Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest. Fuller.

Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott.

In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

Means of forming a decision. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

A falling off. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

One who decides.

cularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ. [R.] Earth profaned, yet blessed, with deicide. Prior.

The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

To deify in part. Cowper.

A half devil. Shak.

urn to ridicule or make sport of; to mock; to scoff at. And the Pharisees, also, . . . derided him. Luke xvi. 14. Sport that wrinkled Care derides. And Laughter holding both his sides. Milton.

One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.

Desirable. [R.] "Good and desiderable things." Holland.

See Desideratum.

ness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson. Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.