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Bulky; heavy. Arbuthnot.

A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.

A glucoside found in the seeds of several species of lupine, and extracted as a yellowish white crystalline substance.

An alkaloid found in several species of lupine (Lupinus luteus, L. albus, etc.), and extracted as a bitter crystalline substance.

One of the two planes of an orthorhombic crystal which are parallel to the vertical and longer lateral (macrodiagonal) axes.

A kingbolt.

Wrong opinion. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidæ, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.

The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

The act or process of raising a nap, as on cloth.

A game played with nine pins, or pieces of wood, set on end, at which a wooden ball is bowled to knock them down; bowling.

Biting; pinching; painful; destructive; as, a nipping frost; a nipping wind.

In a nipping manner.

Capable of being opined or thought. Holland.

The act of thinking; a supposition. [Obs.]

Obstinate in holding opinions; opinionated. [Obs.] -- O*pin"a*tive*ly, adv. [Obs.] Burton. Sir T. More.

One fond of his own opinious; one who holds an opinion. [Obs.] Glanvill.

To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. South.

One who opines. Jer. Taylor.

Opinionated. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.