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wes its generative power. Semen contra, or Semen cinæ or cynæ, a strong aromatic, bitter drug, imported from Aleppo and Barbary, said to consist of the leaves, peduncles, and unexpanded flowers of various species of Artemisia; wormseed.

The European long-eared bat (Vesperugo serotinus).

Rough; rugged; jaggy. Milton. [A rill] that winds unseen beneath the shaggy fell. Keble.

btained by "deviling," or tearing into fibers, refuse woolen goods, old stockings, rags, druggets, etc. See Mungo.

A building or an apartment in which goods, wares, drugs, etc., are sold by retail. From shop to shop Wandering, and littering with unfolded silks The polished counter. Cowper.

To draw, or be drawn, into wrinkles; to shrink, and form corrugations; as, a leaf shriveles in the hot sun; the skin shrivels with age; -- often with up.

A brickred ferruginous clay used by the ancients for red paint.

Ferruginous quartz, of a blood-red or brownish red color, sometimes with a tinge of yellow.

Not rough or harsh. Those rugged names to our like mouths grow sleek. Milton.

Spare; abstemious; frugal; as, a slender diet. The good Ostorius often deigned To grace my slender table with his presence. Philips.

The red-bellied terrapin (Pseudemys rugosa). [Local, U. S. ] Slider pump, a form of rotary pump.

Not rough, rugged, or harsh to the touch; smooth; delicate; fine; as, soft silk; a soft skin. They that wear soft clothing are in king's houses. Matt. xi. 8.

The act of sophisticating; adulteration; as, the sophistication of drugs. Boyle.

A medicine, drug, plant, or other agent that has the quality of inducing sleep; a narcotic.

To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save. "No cost would he spare." Chaucer. [Thou] thy Father's dreadful thunder didst not spare. Milton. He that hath knowledge, spareth his words. Prov. xvii. 27.

Spare; saving; frugal; merciful. Bacon. -- Spar"ing*ly, adv. -- Spar"ing*ness, n.

ke a knife, flat, thin, and somewhat flexible, used for spreading paints, fine plasters, drugs in compounding prescriptions, etc. Cf. Palette knife, under Palette.

other things; as, the specific form of an animal or a plant; the specific qualities of a drug; the specific distinction between virtue and vice. Specific difference is that primary attribute which distinguishes each species from one another. I. Watts.

the limbs; to scramble in creeping. The birds were not fledged; but upon sprawling and struggling to get clear of the flame, down they tumbled. L'Estrange.

To contend for superiority in an unseemly maner; to scuffle; to struggle; to wrangle; to quarrel.