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the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.

An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.

Delirious; senselessly extravagant; as, the man is clean gyte. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Extra hazard; chance; accident; random. We take our principles at haphazard, upon trust. Locke.

stack or mow. -- Hay press, a press for baling loose hay. -- Hay tea, the juice of hay extracted by boiling, used as food for cattle, etc. -- Hay tedder, a machine for spreading and turning newmown hay. See Tedder.

onvent, whose week it is to officiate in the choir, and perform other services, which, on extraordinary occasions, are performed by the superiors.

A neutral organic substance found in the root of the elecampane (Inula helenium), and extracted as a white crystalline or oily material, with a slightly bitter taste.

A poisonous glucoside accompanying helleborin in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a bittersweet taste. It has a strong action on the heart, resembling digitalin.

A poisonous glucoside found in several species of hellebore, and extracted as a white crystalline substance with a sharp tingling taste. It possesses the essential virtues of the plant; -- called also elleborin.

One who affiliates with Greeks, or imitates Greek manners; esp., a person of Jewish extraction who used the Greek language as his mother tongue, as did the Jews of Asia Minor, Greece, Syria, and Egypt; distinguished from the Hebraists, or native Jews (Acts vi. 1).

Pertaining to, or designating, a brown resinous substance resembling tannin, and extracted from the henna plant; as, hennotannic acid.

Having extraordinary strength or size; as, Herculean limbs. "Herculean Samson." Milton.

yssey, and Æneas in the Æneid. The shining quality of an epic hero. Dryden. Hero worship, extravagant admiration for great men, likened to the ancient worship of heroes. Hero worship exists, has existed, and will forever exist, universally among mankind. Carlyle.

A glucoside found in ripe and unripe fruit (as the orange), and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price. If they must be good at so high a rate, they know they may be safe at a cheaper. South.

Turgid; extravagant; bombastic; inflated; as, high-flown language. M. Arnold.

One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners. Swift.

Extravagant in opinions or ambition. "Highflying, arbitrary kings." Dryden.

lar calendar of India, according to which the year is divided into twelve months, with an extra month inserted after every month in which two new moons occur (once in three years). The intercalary month has the name of the one which precedes it. The year usually commences about April 11. The months are follows:…

Something unusual or extraordinary. [R.]