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Same as Rhachis.

The shaft of a feather. The rhachis of the after-shaft, or plumule, is called the hyporhachis.

Making a snorting noise; snorting. [R.]

Somewhat rough.

mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.

ifiable cause. Set bounds to our passions by reason, to our errors by truth, and to our schisms by charity. Eikon Basilike.

An interval equal to half a comma.

Of or pertaining to schism; implying schism; partaking of the nature of schism; tending to schism; as, schismatic opinions or proposals.

Same as Schismatic. -- Schismat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Schis*mat"ic*al*ness, n.

To make part in schism; to make a breach of communion in the church.

Free from schism.

) and hence admitting of ready division into slabs or slates. The common kinds are mica schist, and hornblendic schist, consisting chiefly of quartz with mica or hornblende and often feldspar.

Of a slate color.

Schistose.

Of or pertaining to schist; having the structure of a schist.

The quality or state of being schistose.

the condition of having a schizognathous palate.

The young attached larva of Discophora in the stage when it resembles a hydroid, or actinian.

A selenographer.

Half or party historical. Sir G. C. Lewis.