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A hothouse.

Somewhat prehensile; prehensile in an inferior degree.

A keeper of swine.

An instrument for indicating the level of water in a distant tank or reservior.

The character or dignity of a thane; also, thanes, collectively. J. R. Green.

An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.

Mycose; -- so called because sometimes obtained from trehala.

One of the disks forming the ends of a lantern wheel or pinion.

b (Chelone glabra) having white flowers shaped like the head of a turtle. Called also snakehead, shell flower, and balmony.

An undomesticated East Indian silkworn (Antheræa mylitta), that feeds on the leaves of the oak and other plants.

Not behooving or becoming; unseemly. [Obs. & R.] Gower.

To fail to comprehend. [R.] Daniel.

Unable to comprehend. Narrow-spirited, uncomprehensive zealots. South.

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

Vehemence. [R.] The vehemency of your affection. Shak.

Acting with great force; furious; violent; impetuous; forcible; mighty; as, vehement wind; a vehement torrent; a vehement fire or heat.

In a vehement manner.

That which is used as the instrument of conveyance or communication; as, matter is the vehicle of energy. A simple style forms the best vehicle of thought to a popular assembly. Wirt.

Conveyed in a vehicle; furnished with a vehicle. M. Green.

Of or pertaining to a vehicle; serving as a vehicle; as, a vehicular contrivance.