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asoline-engine motor vehicles, the cooling of the cylinder by increasing its radiating surface by means of ribs or radiators, and placing it so that it is exposed to a current of air. Cf. Water cooling. -- Air"-cooled`, a.

A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.

teness. Specifically: (Astron.) The ratio which the light reflected from an unpolished surface bears to the total light falling upon that surface.

essel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

culous power of transmuting something common into something precious. Kissing with golden face the meadows green, Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchemy. Shak.

A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

Mental alienation; derangement of the mental faculties; insanity; as, alienation of mind.

The instinct or faculty of appetite for food. [Chiefly in Phrenol.]

Waste material from the manufacture of alkali; specif., soda waste.

To bring forward with positiveness; to declare; to affirm; to assert; as, to allege a fact.

e found not only on the banks of rivers, and in their beds, but are scattered over the surface of vast plains. R. Cobden.

The faculty supposed to influence sexual desire; propensity to love. Combe.

A person who uses both hands with equal facility.

Pertaining the faculty of using both hands with equal ease. Sir T. Browne.

Partaking of two natures, as the perianth of some endogenous plants, where the outer surface is calycine, and the inner petaloid.

Of or pertaining to walking; having the faculty of walking; formed or fitted for walking; as, an ambulatory animal.

State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese. Fuller.

One of the rounded prominences of the lower surface of the lateral hemispheres of the cerebellum, each side of the vallecula.

imulant and a vasodilator. The inhalation of its vapor instantly produces flushing of the face.

A microörganism (Bacillus amylobacter) which develops in vegetable tissue during putrefaction. Sternberg.