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Fine lines ruled on glass in a series of groups of different closeness of line, and used to test the power of a microscope.

The quality or state of being northerly; direction toward the north.

The quality of being oily. Bacon.

aryland; a nickname, alluding to the fact that its northern boundary in Mason and Dixon's line.

The state of being one or single. [Obs.] Cudworth.

The state of being alone. [Obs.]

Of, pertaining to, or like, opal in appearance; having changeable colors like those of the opal.

The state or quality of being orderly.

See Orpheline. [Obs.]

An orphan. [Obs.] Udcll.

The line which marks the outer limits of an object or figure; the exterior line or edge; contour.

Of or pertaining to an outline; being in, or forming, an outline. Trench.

The quality or state of being overly; carelessness. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A poisonous nitrogenous base (C6H10N2) obtained indirectly from oxamide as a thick transparent oil which has a strong narcotic odor, and a physiological action resembling that of atropine. It is probably related to pyridine.

See Glyoxaline.

Hydroxy quinoline; a phenol derivative of quinoline, -- called also carbostyril.

A liquid base, C

tle Paul, or his writings; resembling, or conforming to, the writings of Paul; as, the Pauline epistles; Pauline doctrine. My religion had always been Pauline. J. H. Newman.

t is noted for its elegant pendulous purselike nest, made of the down of willow trees and lined with feathers.

One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray.