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plant of the genus Maranta, esp. M. arundinacea, now cultivated in many hot countries. It said that the Indians used the roots to neutralize the venom in wounds made by poisoned arrows.

Pertaining to, or derived from, arsenic; -- said of those compounds of arsenic in which this element has its highest equivalence; as, arsenic acid.

Combined with arsenic; -- said some elementary substances or radicals; as, arseniureted hydrogen. [Also spelt arseniuretted.]

Even; not odd; -- said of elementary substances and of radicals the valence of which is divisible by two without a remainder.

c] This fatal news coming to Hick's Hall upon the article of my Lord Russell's trial, was said to have had no little influence on the jury and all the bench to his prejudice. Evelyn.

Destitute of a siphon or breathing tube; -- said of many bivalve shells. -- n.

To publish in church for marriage; -- said of both the banns and the persons. Fuller.

To assail with murderous intent; hence, by extended meaning, to maltreat exceedingly. [Archaic] Your rhymes assassinate our fame. Dryden. Such usage as your honorable lords Afford me, assassinated and betrayed. Milton.

w of producing moral effects; to attack by words, arguments, or unfriendly measures; to assail; as, to assault a reputation or an administration. Before the gates, the cries of babes newborn, . . . Assault his ears. Dryden.

One who assaults, or violently attacks; an assailant. E. Hall.

an affirmer, supporter, or vindicator; a defender; an asserter. The assertors of liberty said not a word. Macaulay. Faithful assertor of thy country's cause. Prior.

Liable to be affected by sympathy with other parts; -- said of organs, nerves, muscles, etc. The stomach, the most associable of all the organs of the animal body. Med. Rep.

ection of states of mind or their objects with one another, as the result of which one is said to be revived or represented by means of the other. The relations according to which they are thus connected or revived are called the law of association. Prominent among them are reckoned the relations of time and place, and…

Over to the starboard side; -- said of the tiller.

An anchor is said to be astay, in heaving it, an acute angle is formed between the cable and the surface of the water.

Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.

Fully rigged, as a vessel; with all sails set; set on end or set right.

To reduce to atoms, or to fine spray. The liquids in the form of spray are said to be pulverized, nebulized, or atomized. Dunglison.

Just hove clear of the ground; -said of the anchor.

To fall upon with force; to assail, as with force and arms; to assault. "Attack their lines." Dryden.