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A spitbox; a cuspidor.

A breed of dogs having erect ears and long silky hair, usually white; -- called also Pomeranian dog, and louploup.

A kind of red and yellow apple, of medium size and spicy flavor. It originated at Newtown, on Long Island.

Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Having the shape of a stalk; stalklike.

A division of birds, including the clamatorial and picarian birds, which do not have well developed singing organs.

Situated under the epithelium.

Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.

A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

Supraoccipital.

Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n.

A hen having a tuft of feathers on her head. [Scot.] Jamieson.

A cavity or pouch beneath the lower eyelid of most deer and antelope; the lachrymal sinus; larmier. It is capable of being opened at pleasure and secretes a waxy substance.

Torpidness. [Obs.] "In a kind of torpitude, or sleeping state." Derham.

The exact state or quality of texture and consistency of well reduced and refined copper.

Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle.

The three divisions, or "baskets" (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.

One who turns a spit; hence, a person engaged in some menial office. His lordship is his majesty's turnspit. Burke.

Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. Shak.

To fill underneath; to stuff. [Obs.] He drank and well his girdle underpight. Chaucer.