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in the style of the Moors. Moorish architecture, the style developed by the Moors in the later Middle Ages, esp. in Spain, in which the arch had the form of a horseshoe, and the ornamentation admitted no representation of animal life. It has many points of resemblance to the Arabian and Persian styles, but should be d…

A small plate covering the armpit in armor of the 14th century and later.

ississippi and Ohio Rivers. Formerly they were supposed to have preceded the Indians, but later investigations go to show that they were, in general, identical with the tribes that occupied the country when discovered by Europeans. -- Mound maker (Zoöl.), any one of the megapodes. -- Shell mound, a mound of refuse sh…

f poetry, music, action, and scene into an organic whole. The term is applied esp. to the later works of Wagner: "Tristan und Isolde," "Die Meistersinger," "Rheingold," "Walküre," "Siegfried," "Götterdämmerung," and "Parsifal."

A variety of diving bell, the lateral as well as vertical motions of which are controlled, by the occupants.

Of, pert. to, or designating, modern Hebrew, or Hebrew of later date than the Biblical.

One of the two lateral processes or elements which form the neural arch.

A later name of columbium. See Columbium.

ative of the pope at a foreign court or seat of government. Distinguished from a legate a latere, whose mission is temporary in its nature, or for some special purpose. Nuncios are of higher rank than internuncios.

In passing; incidentally; by the way. Obiter dictum (Law), an incidental and collateral opinion uttered by a judge. See Dictum, n., 2(a).

Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral. His natural affection in a direct line was strong, in an oblique but weak. Baker. Oblique angle, Oblique ascension, etc. See under Angle,Ascension, etc. -- Oblique arch (Arch.), an arch whose jambs are not at right angles with the face, and w…

A solid bounded by eight faces. The regular octahedron is contained by eight equal equilateral triangles.

s, -- orig. among the Hindus an exclamation of assent, like Amen, then an invocation, and later a symbol of the trinity formed by Vishnu, Siva, and Brahma. -- Om mani padme hun, a sacred formula of buddhism (esp. of the Lamaists) translated "O, the Jewel in the Lotus, Amen," and referring to Amitabha, who is commonly r…

The diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which is at right angles with the vertical axis.

To date later than the true or proper period. Milton.

a socialistic basis, and established an industrial community on the Clyde, Scotland, and, later, a similar one in Indiana.

An ancient Greek hymn in honor of Apollo as a healing deity, and, later, a song addressed to other deities.

One who worships false goods; an idolater; a heathen; one who is neither a Christian, a Mohammedan, nor a Jew. Neither having the accent of Christians, nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man. Shak.

Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.

An error in chronology, by which the date of an event is set later than the time of its occurrence. [R.]