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A peculiar action of the tongue by flute players in articulating staccato notes; also, the rapid repetition of notes in cornet playing.

A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles.

The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

fibers 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 Stat…

Double; twofold. Duplex escapement, a peculiar kind of watch escapement, in which the scape-wheel has two sets of teeth. See Escapement. -- Duplex lathe, one for turning off, screwing, and surfacing, by means of two cutting tools, on opposite sides of the piece operated upon. -- Duplex pumping engine, a steam pump in…

nd. Dutchman's breeches (Bot.), a perennial American herb (Dicentra cucullaria), with peculiar double-spurred flowers. See Illust. of Dicentra. -- Dutchman's laudanum (Bot.), a West Indian passion flower (Passiflora Murucuja); also, its fruit. -- Dutchman's pipe (Bot.), an American twining shrub (Aristolochia Sipho).…

s related to, the sense of hearing; specif., thinking words as spoken, as a result of familiarity with speech or of mental peculiarity; -- opposed to eye-minded.

often cause death. It is the larval stage of the Tænia echinococcus, a small tapeworm peculiar to the dog.

ded molding forming the bell of the capital of the Grecian Doric style, which is of a peculiar elastic curve. See Entablature.

ause to shine with abundance of light; to radiate; to beam. [R.] His eyes effulging a peculiar fire. Thomson.

Elaphurus Davidianus) found in china. It about four feet high at the shoulder and has peculiar antlers.

Of or pertaining 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.

hough caused by elves. "Elfish light." Coleridge. The elfish intelligence that was so familiar an expression on her small physiognomy. Hawthorne.

hite crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.

A peculiar impressiveness of expression or weight of thought; vivid representation, enforcing assent; as, to dwell on a subject with great emphasis. External objects stand before us . . . in all the life and emphasis of extension, figure, and color. Sir W. Hamilton.

Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning.

The peculiar smell and taste arising from products of decomposition of animal or vegetable substances when burnt in close vessels.

Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease.

A quality or characteristic peculiar to the English. M. Arnold.

One of the orders of Nemertina, characterized by the presence of a peculiar armature of spines or plates in the proboscis.