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Violating sacred things; polluted with sacrilege; involving sacrilege; profane; impious. Above the reach of sacrilegious hands. pope. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ly, adv. -- Sac`ri*le"gious*ness, n.

One guilty of sacrilege.

Legs able to maintain their possessor upright in stormy weather at sea, that is, ability stand or walk steadily on deck when a vessel is rolling or pitching in a rough sea. [Sailor's Cant] Totten.

he act or practice of drawing lots; divination by drawing lots. A woman infamous for sortileges and witcheries. Sir W. Scott.

Pertaining to sortilege.

Sortilege. [R.] De Quincey.

Having long, slender legs.

A spindlehanks.

A cloth dipped in a liquid for washing a sore. Crabb.

A subordinate delegate, or one with inferior powers.

A genus of Australian birds which includes the brush turkey. See Brush turkey.

A rude four-wheeled, springless wagon, used among the Russians.

pon offspring subsequent to his own, begotten of the same mother by another father. -- Te*leg"o*nous (#), a.

A message sent by telegraph; a telegraphic dispatch.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a telegram; laconic; concise; brief. [R.]

To convey or announce by telegraph.

An East Indian tick trefoil (Meibomia gyrans), whose lateral leaflets jerk up and down like the arms of a semaphore, and also rotate on their axes.

One who sends telegraphic messages; a telegraphic operator; a telegraphist.

Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence.

Telegraphic. -- Tel`e*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.