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One versed in horology.

One versed in horoscopy; an astrologer.

r to, or in the style of, the poem "Hudibras," by Samuel Butler; in the style of doggerel verse. Macaulay.

One versed in knowledge of human nature.

ptera longimana of Europe, and M. osphyia of America; that of the California coasts is M. versabilis.

One who is versed or skilled in hydrostatics. [R.]

One versed in hygiene.

A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology. Busby.

Having a syllable or two beyond measure; as, a hypercatalectic verse.

A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

Having a redundant syllable; exceeding the common measure. Hypermetrical verse (Gr. & Lat. Pros.), a verse which contains a syllable more than the ordinary measure.

One who is versed in hypnology.

Pertaining to, or composed of, iambics; as, an iambic verse; iambic meter. See Lambus.

One versed in, or who studies, ichthyology.

One who treats of ideas; one who theorizes or idealizes; one versed in the science of ideas, or who advocates the doctrines of ideology.

catch. Let not the surpassing eloquence of Taylor dazzle you, nor his scholastic retairy versatility of logic illaqueate your good sense. Coleridge.

Offhand; without previous study; extemporaneous; extempore; as, an impromptu verse.

To compose, recite, or sing extemporaneously, especially in verse; to extemporize; also, to play upon an instrument, or to act, extemporaneously.

Not conversant; not acquainted; not versed; unfamiliar.

The quality of being inharmonious; want of harmony; discord. The inharmoniousness of a verse. A. Tucker.