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Of or pert. to Neo-Scholasticism.

The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning. The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo XIII.'s interest in it.

A game in which nine holes are made in the ground, into which a ball is bowled.

Not possessing or holding slaves; as, a nonslaveholding State.

ming upon one who had accidentally looked upon a nymph; ecstasy. [R.] De Quincey. The nympholepsy of some fond despair. Byron.

Under the influence of nympholepsy; ecstatic; frenzied. [Poetic]

An oily substance obtained by the distillation of castor oil, recognized as the aldehyde of oenanthylic acid, and hence called also oenanthaldehyde.

An officer, particularly one in the civil service; a placeman.

The fossil remains of a bird.

Of or pertaining to ornithology.

One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

That branch of zoölogy which treats of the natural history of birds and their classification.

The right description of things. [R.] Fotherby.

To hold or value too highly; to estimate at too dear a rate. [Obs.] Shak.

The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

Of or pertaining to pathology. -- Path`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

One skilled in pathology; an investigator in pathology; as, the pathologist of a hospital, whose duty it is to determine the causes of the diseases.

The science which treats of diseases, their nature, causes, progress, symptoms, etc.

A hole, or crevice, through which one may peep without being discovered.

See Peephole.