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weed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine.

A readiness in performance; aptness at doing something; skill; facility; dexterity. The fellow . . . has not the knack with his shears. B. Jonson. The dean was famous in his time, And had a kind of knack at rhyme. Swift.

A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc.

Any one of numerous genera and species of annulose worms, belonging to the order Hirudinea, or Bdelloidea, esp. those species used in medicine, as Hirudo medicinalis of Europe, and allied species.

Lack of steadiness or constancy; disposition to change; fickleness; volatility. The levity that is fatigued and disgusted with everything of which it is in possession. Burke.

stic mark. Though on his brow were graven lines austere. Byron. He tipples palmistry, and dines On all her fortune-telling lines. Cleveland.

An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions.

Disorder or untidiness resulting from scattered rubbish, or from thongs lying about uncared for; as, a room in a state of litter.

The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept. Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. Lowell.

An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.

Cloudiness; gloominess.

In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.

to have fallen under the table. [Eng.] -- To put one's legs under some one's mahogany, to dine with him. [Slang]

howing manliness, or manly spirit; hence, brave, courageous, resolute, noble. " Manful hardiness." Chaucer. -- Man"ful*ly, adv. -- Man"ful*ness, n.

womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble. Let's briefly put on manly readiness. Shak. Serene and manly, hardened to sustain The load of life. Dryden.

A number or other character used in registring; as, examination marks; a mark for tardiness.

An artificial organic base, obtained by oxidizing a mixture of aniline and toluidine, and valuable for the dyestuffs it forms. [Written also mauvine.]

A membrane of a seed. See Secundine.

To put in a state of readiness for active service in war, as an army corps.

A state of being turbid or confused; hence, intellectual cloudiness or dullness. We both grub on in a muddle. Dickens.