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Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.

A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

A small mass of anything soft or moist.

r captains Hakluyt. More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill. The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.

A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.

A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.

d, whose names are kept on the rolls. O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

A heap or store. [Obs.] Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. Massinger. Between decks. See under Between. -- Deck bridge (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.…

ne a contest; he declined any participation with them. Could I Decline this dreadful hour Massinger.

To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." Massinger.

convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

Resources; means. [Obs.] You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.

A crescentic mass of granular protoplasm present in the salivary glands.

Having the constituent parts massed or crowded together; close; compact; thick; containing much matter in a small space; heavy; opaque; as, a dense crowd; a dense forest; a dense fog. All sorts of bodies, firm and fluid, dense and rare. Ray. To replace the cloudy barrier dense. Cowper.

The ratio of mass, or quantity of matter, to bulk or volume, esp. as compared with the mass and volume of a portion of some substance used as a standard.

om impurities, heterogeneous matter, or feculence; to purify; to cleanse. To depurate the mass of blood. Boyle.

A massive variety of fluor spar, found in Derbyshire, England, and wrought into vases and other ornamental work.

To serve; to treat; to benefit. [Obs.] A man that hath So well deserved me. Massinger.

-- often with from. Never desisting to do evil. E. Hall. To desist from his bad practice. Massinger. Desist (thou art discern'd, And toil'st in vain). Milton.