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A genus of liliaceous plants with woody stems and funnel-shaped flowers.

To take or procure from a place of deposit; to call for and receive from a fund, or the like; as, to draw money from a bank.

s to the condition of a dry powdery dust, often accompanied by the presence of a peculiar fungus (Merulius lacrymans), which is sometimes considered the cause of the decay; but it is more probable that the real cause is the decomposition of the wood itself. D. C. Eaton. Called also sap rot, and, in the United States, p…

his dust, and glad he escaped so, returned to Reading." Fuller. -- Dust brand (Bot.), a fungous plant (Ustilago Carbo); -- called also smut. -- Gold dust, fine particles of gold, such as are obtained in placer mining; -- often used as money, being transferred by weight. -- In dust and ashes. See under Ashes. -- To…

One of two Roman officers or magistrates united in the same public functions.

A kind of indigestion; a state of the stomach in which its functions are disturbed, without the presence of other diseases, or, if others are present, they are of minor importance. Its symptoms are loss of appetite, nausea, heartburn, acrid or fetid eructations, a sense of weight or fullness in the stomach, etc. Dungli…

A fungus of the genus Geoglossum.

A curious fungus of the genus Geaster, in which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

ar or the pulpit; he has finished his education. To prepare us for complete living is the function which education has to discharge. H. Spenser.

A boxlike structure with funnel-shaped traps for catching eels; an eelbuck.

The theory that the functions of living organisms are dependent upon electricity or a kindred force.

A mournful or plaintive poem; a funereal song; a poem of lamentation. Shak.

sential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.

Chuck. -- Elliptic compasses, an instrument arranged for drawing ellipses. -- Elliptic function. (Math.) See Function. -- Elliptic integral. (Math.) See Integral. -- Elliptic polarization. See under Polarization.

A panegyrical funeral oration.

The public function of an ambassador; the charge or business intrusted to an ambassador or to envoys; a public message to; foreign court concerning state affairs; hence, any solemn message. He sends the angels on embassies with his decrees. Jer. Taylor.

been intrusted; as, the embezzlement by a clerk of his employer's; embezzlement of public funds by the public officer having them in charge.

The science which treats of the brain, its structure and functions.

Having the spores contained in a case; -- applied to fungi.

To furnish with money or its equivalent, as a permanent fund for support; to make pecuniary provision for; to settle an income upon; especially, to furnish with dower; as, to endow a wife; to endow a public institution. Endowing hospitals and almshouses. Bp. Stillingfleet.