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Seasickness; hence, any similar sickness of the stomach accompanied with a propensity to vomit; qualm; squeamishness of the stomach; loathing.

The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order. "Be thou negligent of fame." Swift. He that thinks he can afford to be negligent is not far from being poor. Rambler.

The modern, or true, Crustacea, as distinguished from the Merostomata.

haracterized by a sense of extreme uneasiness or discomfort (as of weight on the chest or stomach, impossibility of motion or speech, etc.), or by frightful or oppressive dreams, from which one wakes after extreme anxiety, in a troubled state of mind; incubus. Dunglison.

Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods. H Sweet. -- n.

A visceral mass, containing the stomach and other organs, in Tunicata and some mollusks.

d feeble jaws; -- called also sleeper shark, and ground shark. (b) A large shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum), native of the West Indies and Gulf of Mexico, having the dorsal fins situated behind the ventral fins. -- To put to nurse, or To put out to nurse, to send away to be nursed; to place in the care of a nurse. -- W…

otes growth and repairs the natural waste of animal or vegetable life; food; aliment. The stomach returns what it has received, in strength and nutriment diffused into all parts of the body. South.

An act, ceremony, or rite, as of worship or respect; especially, a customary act or service of attention; a form; a practice; a rite; a custom. At dances These young folk kept their observances. Chaucer. Use all the observance of civility. Shak. Some represent to themselves the whole of religion as consisting in a few…

greeable; revolting; noxious; as, an offensive smell; offensive sounds. "Offensive to the stomach." Bacon.

a person does, either voluntarily or by appointment, for, or with reference to, others; customary duty, or a duty that arises from the relations of man to man; as, kind offices, pious offices. I would I could do a good office between you. Shak.

Discharging an office or function. [Obs.] The stomach and other parts official unto nutrition. Sir T. Browne.

Old-fashioned; wonted; customary; as of old; as, the good old times; hence, colloquially, gay; jolly.

The third division of the stomach of ruminants. See Manyplies, and Illust. under Ruminant.

, or moral. The pain and sickness caused by manna are the effects of its operation on the stomach. Locke. Speculative painting, without the assistance of manual operation, can never attain to perfection. Dryden.

rt of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.

The customary mode of procedure; established system, as in the conduct of debates or the transaction of business; usage; custom; fashion. Dantiel. And, pregnant with his grander thought, Brought the old order into doubt. Emerson.

Common; customary; usual. Shak. Method is not less reguisite in ordinary conversation that in writing. Addison.

The exterior opening of a stomate. See Stomate.