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apostle; pseudo- clergy, false or spurious clergy; pseudo-episcopacy, pseudo-form, pseudo-martyr, pseudo-philosopher. Also used adjectively.

One who believes that Christ was a mere man. Smart.

e wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second. H. N. Martin. -- To feel one's pulse. (a) To ascertain, by the sense of feeling, the condition of the arterial pulse. (b) Hence, to sound one's opinion; to try to discover one's mind.

ghts that they seem like the punctual stops counting off our very souls into the past. J. Martineau.

) See Bornite. -- Purple grackle (Zoöl.), the crow blackbird. See under Crow. -- Purple martin. See under Martin. -- Purple sandpiper. See under Sandpiper. -- Purple shell. See Ianthina.

Of or pertaining to an ancient Greek martial dance. " ye have the pyrrhic dance as yet." Byron.

A smart, sarcastic turn or jest; a taunt; a severe retort; a gibe. Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton. He was full of joke and jest, But all his merry quips are o'er. Tennyson.

A smart retort; a quibble; a shallow conceit. Some odd quirks and remnants of wit. Shak.

atisfy, as a claim or debt; to make payment for or of; to requite; to repay. The blissful martyr quyte you your meed. Chaucer. Enkindle all the sparks of nature To quit this horrid act. Shak. Before that judge that quits each soul his hire. Fairfax.

An odd or absurd fellow. Smart. Thackeray.

A quick, smart blow; a knock.

eparted; a corpse; especially, the body, or some part of the body, of a deceased saint or martyr; -- usually in the plural when referring to the whole body. There are very few treasuries of relics in Italy that have not a tooth or a bone of this saint. Addison. Thy relics, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred pl…

A smart, ready, and witty reply. Cupid was as bad as he; Hear but the youngster's repartee. Prior.

t mine own cost." Chaucer. Right as it were a steed of Lumbardye. Chaucer. His wounds so smarted that he slept right naught. Fairfax.

our modern calendars are derived. It is said to have consisted originally of ten months, Martius, Aprilis, Maius, Junius, Quintilis, Sextilis, September, October, November, and December, having a total of 304 days. Numa added two months, Januarius at the beginning of the year, and Februarius at the end, making in all…

l or frame, commonly with wooden horses, etc., on which children ride; a merry-go-round. Smart.

bay, or black, with flecks of white or gray especially on the flanks; -- said of horses. Smart.

To draw into wrinkles or unsightly folds; to crease; as, to ruck up a carpet. Smart.

A kind of light, hard cake or bread, as for stores Smart.

ly in September at Doncaster, England; -- instituted in 1776 by Col. St. Leger. -- Saint Martin's herb (Bot.), a small tropical American violaceous plant (Sauvagesia erecta). It is very mucilaginous and is used in medicine.