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Bearing signs. [Obs.] "The signifer sphere, or zodiac." Holland.

ssel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the continued excess of weight of the liquid in the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The flow takes place only when the…

Filled with smoke, or with a vapor resembling smoke; thick; as, a smoky atmosphere.

from Snift. Snifting valve, a small valve opening into the atmosphere from the cylinder or condenser of a steam engine, to allow the escape of air when the piston makes a stroke; -- so called from the noise made by its action.

Happening at a solstice; esp. (with reference to the northern hemisphere), happening at the summer solstice, or midsummer. "Solstitial summer's heat." Milton.

roceeding toward the south. Southern Cross (Astron.), a constellation of the southern hemisphere containing several bright stars so related in position as to resemble a cross. -- Southern Fish (Astron.), a constelation of the southern hemisphere (Piscis Australis) containing the bright star Fomalhaut. -- Southern Sta…

A sphere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A sphere. [Obs.] Chaucer.

cells from which the spermatozoids are developed. -- Sperm morula. (Biol.) Same as Spermosphere.

Same as Spermosphere.

ve seminal cell, occuring in masses in the seminal tubules. It divides into a mass (spermosphere) of small cells (spermoblast), which in turn give rise to spermatozoids.

Of or pertaining to a sphere or the spheres.

Having the form of a sphere; like a sphere; globular; orbicular; as, a spherical body.

A small sphere.

The doctrine of the sphere; the science of the properties and relations of the circles, figures, and other magnitudes of a sphere, produced by planes intersecting it; spherical geometry and trigonometry.

curve formed by the intersection of the surface of an oblique cone with the surface of a sphere whose center is at the vertex of the cone.

A body or figure approaching to a sphere, but not perfectly spherical; esp., a solid generated by the revolution of an ellipse about one of its axes. Oblate spheroid, Prolate spheroid. See Oblate, Prolate, and Ellipsoid.

A little sphere or spherical body; as, quicksilver, when poured upon a plane, divides itself into a great number of minute spherules.

Of or pertaining to the spheres. [R.] She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime. Milton.

tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Celastrus, mostly climbing shrubs of the northern hemisphere. The American species (C. scandens) is commonly called bittersweet. See 2d Bittersweet, 3 (b). -- To set, or To put, up, or down, one's staff, to take up one's residence; to lodge. [Obs.]