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ed and highly esteemed as food by the natives. An allied species inhabits the tropical Atlantic and swarms in June or July.

Of the nature of a parasite; fawning for food or favors; sycophantic. "Parasitic preachers." Milton.

sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated. [Obs.] "Dumbly she passions, frantically she doteth." Shak.

A kind of aboriginal shell money, or wampum, of the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- originally applied only to polished white cylindrical beads.

One who by teaching has become formal, positive, or pedantic in his ways; one who has the manner of a schoolmaster; a pedant. Goldsmith.

To play the pedant; to use pedantic expressions. [R.]

perch, the Roccus, or Morone, Americanus, a small silvery serranoid market fish of the Atlantic coast.

specially Procellaria pelagica, or Mother Carey's chicken, common on both sides of the Atlantic.

Relating to phrenitis; suffering from frenzy; delirious; mad; frantic; frenetic. -- Phre*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

To render frantic.

Having the nostril covered with a scale. Pomarine jager (Zoöl.), a North Atlantic jager (Stercorarius pomarinus) having the elongated middle tail feathers obtuse. The adult is black.

cies of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the United States; -- called also palometa.

After birth; subsequent to birth; as, postnatal infanticide; postnatal diseases.

To shut out by anticipative action; to prevent or hinder by necessary consequence or implication; to deter action of, access to, employment of, etc.; to render ineffectual; to obviate by anticipation. This much will obviate and preclude the objections. Bentley.

To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey.

Anticipative or antecedent conformity. Coleridge.

To conquer in anticipation. [R.] Fuller.

To date anticipation; to affix to (a document) an earlier than the actual date; to antedate; as, a predated deed or letter.

judge before hearing, or before full and sufficient examination; to decide or sentence by anticipation; to condemn beforehand. The committee of council hath prejudged the whole case, by calling the united sense of both houses of Parliament" a universal clamor." Swift.

A. tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste; as, a prelibation of heavenly bliss.