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A satirist. [Obs.] Ascham.

rtiary Foraminifera, having a thin, flat, round shell, containing a large number of small chambers arranged spirally.

A place, as an elevated chamber, from which a view may be observed or commanded.

The odd man, to perform all things perfectly, is, in my poor opinion, Joannes Sturmius. Ascham. Patients have sometimes coveted odd things. Arbuthnot. Locke's Essay would be a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings. Spectator.

A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury.

us of living Foraminifera, forming broad, thin, circular disks, containing numerous small chambers.

Of periods of time or occurrences, and the like. The side chambers were . . . thirty in order. Ezek. xli. 6. Bright-harnessed angels sit in order serviceable. Milton. Good order is the foundation of all good things. Burke.

ephalopoda, having a long, straight, conical shell. The interior is divided into numerous chambers by transverse septa.

n inclosure; the outer side, as of a door, walk, or boundary. I threw open the door of my chamber, and found the family standing on the outside. Spectator.

re, whether fixed or portable, which may be heated for baking, drying, etc.; esp., now, a chamber in a stove, used for baking or roasting.

To stare wildly. [Obs.] Ascham.

In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. [Obs.] Peacham.

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber. [Obs.] Spenser. "The cave's inmost overture." Chapman.

A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] Peacham.

A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.

nt of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.…

d the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamærops, or Sabal, Palmetto, the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree, under Cabbage.

or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiromancy. Ascham. Cowper.

iting; a book. Testament of love. Sir Thomas More in his pamphlet of Richard the Third. Ascham.

The great hall or council chamber of demons or evil spirits. Milton.