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Fernlike, either in form or in the nature of the method of reproduction.

A method of asexual reproduction among the lowest (unicellular) organisms by means of a process of self-division, consisting of gradual division or cleavage of the into two parts, each of which then becomes a separate and independent organisms; as when a cell in an animal or plant, or its germ, undergoes a spontaneous…

A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. Knolles.

A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Gray.

A subclass of algæ including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeæ of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the [Eng.]

A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logica…

A California scorpænoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.

interchangeable. -- Focus tube (Phys.), a vacuum tube for Roentgen rays in which the cathode rays are focused upon the anticathode, for intensifying the effect. -- Principal, or Solar, focus (Opt.), the focus for parallel rays.

hem have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.

Journey; way; method of proceeding. [Obs.] "Follow him and his fore." Chaucer.

Established method of expression or practice; fixed way of proceeding; conventional or stated scheme; formula; as, a form of prayer. Those whom form of laws Condemned to die. Dryden.

Done is due form, or with solemnity; according to regular method; not incidental, sudden or irregular; express; as, he gave his formal consent. His obscure funeral . . . No noble rite nor formal ostentation. Shak.

An established order; conventional rule of procedure; usual method; habitual mode. He was installed with all the usual formalities. C. Middleton.

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

A variety of rhodonite, from Franklin Furnace, New Jersey, containing some zinc.

A method of forming a joint at the intersection of window-sash bars, by cutting away only enough wood to show a miter.

), the angle which a plane onwhich a body is lying makes with a horizontal plane,when the hody is just ready to slide dewn the plane.

Woolen waste, for mixing with mungo and shoddy.

Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases. Dunglison. Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.