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A collective name for reviews, magazines, and all kinds of periodical literature. Brande & C.

The nightmare. Brande & C.

Narrated in a grand style; pertaining to or designating a kind of narrative poem, usually called an heroic poem, in which real or fictitious events, usually the achievements of some hero, are narrated in an elevated style. The epic poem treats of one great, complex action, in a grand style and with fullness of detail.…

Epic. -- Ep"ic*al*ly, adv. Poems which have an epical character. Brande & C. His [Wordsworth's] longer poems (miscalled epical). Lowell.

A fixed point of time, established in history by the occurrence of some grand or remarkable event; a point of time marked by an event of great subsequent influence; as, the epoch of the creation; the birth of Christ was the epoch which gave rise to the Christian era. In divers ages, . . . divers epochs of time were use…

The down of the ostrich. Brande & C.

n of words; to deduce words from their simple roots. How perilous it is to etymologize at random. Trench.

A contrivance for obtaining a light instantaneous, as a lucifer match. Brande & C.

which is had or taken by one side or party in the absence of the other. Hearings before grand juries, and affidavits, are ex parte. Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill.

One who, or that which, excites. Hope is the grand exciter of industry. Dr. H. More.

; a specimen; sometimes; an ideal model or type, as that which an artist conceives. Such grand exemplar as make their own abilities the sole measure of what is fit or unfit. South.

Expansible. Ether and alcohol are more expansile than water. Brande & C.

Intended for a particular purpose; relating to an express; sent on a particular errand; dispatched with special speed; as, an express messenger or train. Also used adverbially. A messenger sent express from the other world. Atterbury. Express color. (Law) See the Note under Color, n., 8.

or condition; hence, remarkable; uncommon; rare; wonderful; as, extraordinary talents or grandeur.

f circle agate, the central part of which are of deeper tints than the rest of the mass. Brande & C. -- Eye animalcule (Zoöl), a flagellate infusorian belonging to Euglena and related genera; -- so called because it has a colored spot like an eye at one end. -- Eye doctor, an oculist. -- Eye of a volute (Arch.), the…

y the early printers, at the commencement of the chapters and other divisions of a book. Brande & C.

(n-1)h] is called a factorial term, and its several factors take the name of factorials. Brande & C.

A festival, and sale of fancy articles. erc., usually for some charitable object; as, a Grand Army fair.

A festive or joyous meal; a grand, ceremonious, or sumptuous entertainment, of which many guests partake; a banquet characterized by tempting variety and abundance of food. Enough is as good as a feast. Old Proverb. Belshazzar the King made a great feast to a thousand of his lords. Dan. v. 1.

A pin of hard wood, tapering to a point, used to open the strands of a rope in splicing.