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The caudal spring used by Podura and related insects for leaping. See Collembola.

Oldest; longest in duration. Shak.

taining an accurate record of the time at which any observed phenomenon occurs, or of its duration. It has an electro-magnetic register connected with a clock. See Chronograph.

g to electrical tension; -- said of a supposed peculiar condition of a conducting circuit during its exposure to the action of another conducting circuit traversed by a uniform electric current when both circuits remain stationary. Faraday.

se of the tongue; -- whence the name; -- called also esmeralda. -- Emerald green, a very durable pigment, of a vivid light green color, made from the arseniate of copper; green bice; Scheele's green; -- also used adjectively; as, emerald green crystals. -- Emerald Isle, a name given to Ireland on account of the brigh…

In passing; in the course of any procedure; -- said specif. (Chess),

Heating; burning. [Obs.] The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin [lust]. Chaucer.

basal substance of the cell nucleus; a hyaline or granular substance, more or less fluid during life, in which the other parts of the nucleus are imbedded.

t end; having no end or conclusion; perpetual; interminable; -- applied to length, and to duration; as, an endless line; endless time; endless bliss; endless praise; endless clamor.

Indented with small concave curves, as the edge of a bordure, bend, or the like.

mbranaceous or calcareous septum with which some mollusks close the aperture of the shell during the time of hibernation, or æstivation.

"So vast an epoch of time." F. Harrison. The influence of Chaucer continued to live even during the dreary interval which separates from one another two important epochs of our literary history. A. W. Ward.

t, if the Test Act were repealed, the Protestants were entitled to some equivalent. . . . During some weeks the word equivalent, then lately imported from France, was in the mouths of all the coffeehouse. Macaulay.

place where troops on the march halt over night; also, by extension, the distance marched during a day.

rnal God is thy refuge. Deut. xxxiii. 27. To know wether there were any real being, whose duration has been eternal. Locke.

Infinite duration, without beginning in the past or end in the future; also, duration without end in the future; endless time. The high and lofty One, that inhabiteth eternity. Is. lvii. 15.

low from the north over the Mediterranean, esp. the eastern part, for an irregular period during July and August.

Relating to time or duration. [Obs.]

Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal. "The Everlasting God." Gen. xx1. 33.

The state of being everlasting; endless duration; indefinite duration.