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An organic radical, C3H5, existing especially in oils of garlic and mustard.

be chosen, but not both; a choice between two things, so that if one is taken, the other must be left. There is something else than the mere alternative of absolute destruction or unreformed existence. Burke.

Although. [Reformed spelling] Alt"horn`, n. Etym: [Alt + horn.] (Mus.)

An instrument of the saxhorn family, used exclusively in military music, often replacing the French horn. Grove.

by the lowest female, or contralto, voices, between in tenor and soprano. In instrumental music it now signifies the tenor.

haracterized by having a volva, an annulus, and white spores. The species resemble edible mushrooms, and are frequently mistaken for them. Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius, is the fly amanita, or fly agaric; and A. phalloides is the death cup.

A person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; esp. one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.

sembling millet, brought from Egypt and the West Indies, and having a flavor like that of musk; musk seed. Chambers.

s born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States. The name American must always exalt the pride of patriotism. Washington.

impute a wrong motive to (an act or thing); to take offense at' to take unkindly; as, you must not take these questions amiss.

hibiting or producing two colors, as substances which in the color test may change red litmus to blue and blue litmus to red.

in argument or description; to dilate; to expatiate; -- often with on or upon. Watts. He must often enlarge and amplify upon the subject he handles. South.

Wanting in muscle; without flesh.

treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization. Let the muscles be well inserted and bound together, according to the knowledge of them which is given us by anatomy. Dryden.

A muscle of the elbow and forearm.

h; being in nature both male and female; hermaphroditic. Owen. The truth is, a great mind must be androgynous. Coleridge.

. All history, therefore, being built partly, and some of it altogether, upon anecdotage, must be a tissue of lies. De Quincey.

An instrument of music, of the lute kind, now disused. Johnson. R. Browning.

Nodding; as, annuent muscles (used in nodding).

An optical toy for producing amusing figures or pictures by means of two revolving disks, on one of which distorted figures are painted.