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ish color. The seeds grow in the prickly pods of tropical, woody climbers of the genus Cæsalpinia. C. Bonduc has yellowish seeds; C.Bonducella, bluish gray. [Spelt also neckar nut, nickar nut.]

ry nearly points, and which accordingly seems fixed and immovable in the sky. The star a (alpha) of the Little Bear, is our present north star, being distant from the pole about 1º 25', and from year to year approaching slowly nearer to it. It is called also Cynosura, polestar, and by astronomers, Polaris.…

to a market day. Nundinal letter, among the Romans, one of the first eight letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively from the first to the last day of the year. One of these always expressed the market day, which returned every nine days (every eight days by our reckoning).

O, the fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, derives its form, value, and name from the Greek O, through the Latin. The letter came into the Greek from the Phoenician, which possibly derived it ultimately from the Egyptian. Etymologically, the letter o is most closely related to a, e, and u; as in E. bone, AS. ban;…

The last letter of the Greek alphabet. See Alpha.

Lit., the little, or short, O, o; the fifteenth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Employing one hand; as, the one-hand alphabet. See Dactylology.

n; as, a book originally written by another hand. "Originally a half length [portrait]." Walpole.

A charnel house; an ossuary. Walpole.

Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] Walpole.

ller. Your partiality to me is much overseen, if you think me fit to correct your Latin. Walpole.

r near the seashore, where oysters are deposited to grow and fatten for market. See lst Scalp, n. -- Oyster catcher (Zoöl.), any one of several species of wading birds of the genus Hæmatopus, which frequent seashores and feed upon shellfish. The European species (H. ostralegus), the common American species (H. palliat…

the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Phonician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; fathe…

Same as Alpaca.

To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser.

With palpitation or rapid breathing. Shak.

t containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.

One who adhered to the Parliament, in opposition to King Charles I. Walpole.

Combining forms from L. pes, pedis, foot, as pedipalp, pedireme, pedometer.

Acuteness; insight; sharp discoverment; sagacity; as, a person of singular penetration. Walpole.