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To adorn by illuminating or ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.

A genus of highly ornate and brilliantly colored birds of Australia, allied to the birds of Paradise.

l gadolinite from Ytterby in Sweden. Symbol Er. Atomic weight 165.9. Its salts are rose-colored and give characteristic spectra. Its sesquioxide is called erbia.

c] Myself was stirring ere the break of day. Shak. Ere sails were spread new oceans to explore. Dryden. Sir, come down ere my child die. John iv. 49.

trument for measuring the diameters of minute particles or fibers, from the size of the colored rings produced by the diffraction of the light in which the objects are viewed.

The breaking out of pimples, or an efflorescence, as in measles, scarlatina, etc.

Attended with eruption or efflorescence, or producing it; as, an eruptive fever.

A disease of the skin, in which a diffused inflammation forms rose-colored patches of variable size.

A term applied by Brücke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine.

st coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful yellow, orange, rose-colored, or white flowers; the California poppy.

ied to the perches; -- also called darter. The etheostomoids are small and often bright-colored fishes inhabiting the fresh waters of North America. About seventy species are known. See Darter.

phonic (thionic) acid. -- so called because it contains sulphur, and forms brilliantly colored (yellow) salts.

ce, a fact, a reason, a cause, the truth of a statement; to inquire or search into; to explore; as, to examine a mineral; to examine a ship to know whether she is seaworthy; to examine a proposition, theory, or question. Examine well your own thoughts. Chaucer. Examine their counsels and their cares. Shak.…

An efflorescence or discoloration of the skin; an eruption or breaking out, as in measles, smallpox, scarlatina, and the like diseases; -- sometimes limited to eruptions attended with fever. Dunglison.

Of, relating to, or characterized by, exanthema; efflorescent; as, an exanthematous eruption.

An eruption of the skin; cutaneous efflorescence.

That may be explored; as, an explorable region.

To explore. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher.

Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton.