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f transporting, or the state of being transported; carriage from one place to another; removal; conveyance. To provide a vessel for their transportation. Sir H. Wotton.

retort (Chem.), a bottle or retort having a stoppered opening for the introduction or removal of materials.

To remove a bank from; to open by, or as if by, the removal of a bank. H. Taylor.

of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

To aid by approval or encouragement; to countenance; as, to uphold a person in wrongdoing.

A genus of marine green algæ, in which the whole frond consists of a single oval or cylindrical cell, often an inch in length.

nceit of one's personal attainments or decorations; an excessive desire for notice or approval; pride; ostentation; conceit. The exquisitely sensitive vanity of Garrick was galled. Macaulay.

ve tribe of bivalve mollusks of which the genus Venus is the type. The shells are usually oval, or somewhat heartshaped, with a conspicuous lunule. See Venus.

A bladder. Vesica piscis. Etym: [L., dish bladder.] (Eccl. Art) A glory, or aureole, of oval shape, or composed of two arcs of circles usually represented as surrounding a divine personage. More rarely, an oval composed of two arcs not representing a glory; a solid oval, etc.

ock formed by congelation of lava in the conduit of a volcano and later exposed by the removal of surrounding rocks.

An aquatic American plant (Brasenia peltata) having floating oval leaves, and the covered with a clear jelly.

of numerous species of beetles belonging to Gyrinus and allied genera. The body is firm, oval or boatlike in form, and usually dark colored with a bronzelike luster. These beetles live mostly on the surface of water, and move about with great celerity in a gyrating, or circular, manner, but they are also able to dive…

or of the province nominated the deputy, and all acts of the zemstvo subjected to the approval of the governor. Theoretically the zemstvo has large powers relating to taxation, education, public health, etc., but practically these powers are in most cases limited to the adjustment of the state taxation.…