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A mourning veil formerly worn by women.

at degree; to regard, or look forward to, with terrific apprehension. When at length the moment dreaded through so many years came close, the dark cloud passed away from Johnson's mind. Macaulay.

A term applied to fabrics for the gowns of women and girls; -- most commonly to fabrics of mixed materials, but also applicable to silks, printed linens, and calicoes.

To come unexpectedly; -- with in or into; as, my old friend dropped in a moment. Steele. Takes care to drop in when he thinks you are just seated. Spectator.

To become small; to diminish in size. Strange power of the world that, the moment we enter it, our great conceptions dwarf. Beaconsfield.

One who accounts for material phenomena by a theory of dynamics. Those who would resolve matter into centers of force may be said to constitute the school of dynamists. Ward (Dyn. Sociol. ).

Again; afterwards; soon; quickly. [Obs.] I wold never eft comen into the snare. Spenser.

om.), the pedal surface of an ellipsoid (see Pedal); a surface used in explaining the phenomena of double refraction and their relation to the elastic force of the luminous ether in crystalline media.

of giving a sudden upward spring, by a quick movement of the articulation between the abdomen and thorax; -- called also click beetle, spring beetle, and snapping beetle.

Capable of occasioning the phenomena of electricity; as, an electric or electrical machine or substance.

The science which unfolds the phenomena and laws of electricity; electrical science.

That branch of biology which treats of the electrical phenomena of living organisms.

An instrument for obtaining 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.

The phenomena of electricity in motion.

That branch of physiology which treats of electric phenomena produced through physiological agencies.

That branch of physical science which treats of the phenomena of electricity and its properties.

or unmarried, who runs away with a paramour or a sweetheart. Great numbers of them [the women] have eloped from their allegiance. Addison.

ning to, or founded upon, experiment or experience; depending upon the observation of phenomena; versed in experiments. In philosophical language, the term empirical means simply what belongs to or is the product of experience or observation. Sir W. Hamilton. The village carpenter . . . lays out his work by empirical r…

The transmission of a fluid or gas from without inward in the phenomena, or by the process, of osmose.

tion and general investigation of the whole range of the forces concerned in physical phenomena. [R.]