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abet, is a vocal consonent, and, in allusion to its mode of formation, is called the dentinasal or linguanasal consonent. Its commoner sound is that heard in ran, done; but when immediately followed in the same word by the sound of g hard or k (as in single, sink, conquer), it usually represents the same sound as the d…

A supporter of the dynasty of the Napoleons.

The nostrils or nasal openings, -- the anterior nares being the external or proper nostrils, and the posterior nares, the openings of the nasal cavities into the mouth or pharynx.

wers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

The modern revival of the Scholastic philosophy, esp. of that of Thomas Aquinas, with critical revision to suit the exigencies of the general advance in learning. The Neo-Scholastic movement received a great impetus from Leo XIII.'s interest in it.

To utter in a nasal manner; to pronounce with a nasal twang; as, to nose a prayer. [R.] Cowley.

A kind of cress, a pungent cruciferous plant, including several species of the genus Nasturtium.

Any Australian bat of the genus Nyctophilus, having a very simple nasal appendage.

A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.

Children dedicated in their early years to the monastic state.

A genus of gadflies. The species which deposits its larvæ in the nasal cavities of sheep is oestrus ovis.

the office of a priest under the old dispensation, and that of the apostles in the new. Inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office. Rom. xi. 13.

The wood of Diospyros ebenaster, a kind of ebony found in Ceylon.

A bird of the genus Anastomus, allied to the stork; -- so called because the two parts of the bill touch only at the base and tip. One species inhabits India, another Africa. Called also open- beak. See Illust. (m), under Beak.

Of, pertaining to, or in the region of, the eye; ocular; as the ophthalmic, or orbitonasal, nerve, a division of the trigeminal, which gives branches to the lachrymal gland, eyelids, nose, and forehead. Ophthalmic region (Zoöl.), the space around the eyes.

Having a thick tongue; --applied to a group of lizards (Pachyglossæ), including the iguanas and agamas.

A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general.

specially to the Chamærops, or Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.

An athlete; a gymnast.

An open space within a monastery or adjoining a church, as the space within a cloister, the open court before a basilica, etc.