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The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

The part of a vacuum tube opposite the cathode. Upon it the cathode rays impinge.

Forward or upward in direction. Gray.

At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

ation; -- said of a lens. Aplanatic focus of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed.…

Free from chromatic and spherical aberration; -- said esp. of a lens in which rays of three or more colors are brought to the same focus, the degree of achromatism thus obtained being more complete than where two rays only are thus focused, as in the ordinary achromatic objective. --Ap`o*chro"ma*tism (#), n.…

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.

External clothing; vesture; garments; dress; garb; external habiliments or array. Fresh in his new apparel, proud and young. Denham. At public devotion his resigned carriage made religion appear in the natural apparel of simplicity. Tatler.

Earnest prayer; devout wish. [Obs.] A solemn apprecation of good success. Bp. Hall.

Praying or wishing good. [Obs.]"Apprecatory benedictions." Bp. Hall.

Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.

ng early in the spring; in New England known as mayflower; -- called also ground laurel. Gray.

Bent or curved in the form of a bow. "Arcuate stalks." Gray.

Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

To read. [Obs.] Drayton.

Silvery white. Gray.

lver; -- also called vitreous silver, or silver glance. It has a metallic luster, a lead-gray color, and is sectile like lead.