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ich this reversal is brought about. Polysynthetic twinning, repeated twinning of crystal lamellæ, as that of the triclinic feldspars. -- Repeated twinning, twinning of more than two crystals, or parts of crystals. -- Twinning axis, Twinning plane. See the Note under Twin, n.

A tribe of ungulates comprising the camels.

A college or corporation in Turkey composed of the hierarchy, namely, the imams, or ministers of religion, the muftis, or doctors of law, and the cadis, or administrators of justice.

Not bashful or modest; bold; impudent; shameless. Shak.

Not blushing; shameless. -- Un*blush"ing*ly, adv.

To loose the girdle or band of; to unbind; to unload. He ungirded his camels. Gen. xxiv. 32.

exempt from liability to accusation; free from stain, guilt, or fault; irreproachable; blameless; as, an unimpeachable reputation; unimpeachable testimony. Burke. -- Un`im*peach"a*ble*ness, n. -- Un`im*peach"a*bly, adv.

Not deserving rebuke or censure; blameless. 1 Tim. vi. 14.

Not having incurred reproof, blameless. [Obs.] In unreproved pleasures free. Milton.

Not shent; not disgraced; blameless. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

A tribe of Old World lizards which comprises the chameleon. They have long, flexible tongues.

A virgin; a woman pure and chaste; also, a nun. How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! Pope.

To wit; namely; -- often abbreviated to viz.

To wit; that is; namely.

ly (Zoöl.), one of the cells or chambers in which water is stored up in the stomach of a camel.

er. -- Winter bloom. (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Azalea. (b) A plant of the genus Hamamelis (H. Viginica); witch-hazel; -- so called from its flowers appearing late in autumn, while the leaves are falling. -- Winter bud (Zoöl.), a statoblast. -- Winter cherry (Bot.), a plant (Physalis Alkekengi) of the Nightshad…

s. Milton. Intemperate wits will spare neither friend nor foe. L'Estrange. A wit herself, Amelia weds a wit. Young. The five wits, the five senses; also, sometimes, the five qualities or faculties, common wit, imagination, fantasy, estimation, and memory. Chaucer. Nares. But my five wits nor my five senses can Dissuade…

An American shrub or small tree (Hamamelis Virginica), which blossoms late in autumn.

Blameless. [Obs.] Spenser.

Chrome, etc. -- Naples yellow, a yellow amorphous pigment, used in oil, porcelain, and enamel painting, consisting of a basic lead metantimonate, obtained by fusing together tartar emetic lead nitrate, and common salt. -- Patent yellow (Old Chem.), a yellow pigment consisting essentially of a lead oxychloride; -- cal…