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ion of a tribe or of a class; or, in some recent authorities, equivalent to a subkingdom. Cell division (Biol.), a method of cell increase, in which new cells are formed by the division of the parent cell. In this process, the cell nucleus undergoes peculiar differentiations and changes, as shown in the figure (see als…

m. Under him, Dunstan was the do-all at court, being the king's treasurer, councilor, chancellor, confessor, all things. Fuller.

which they improve their banquet, and innocent dodges, if we may be permitted to use an excellent phrase that has become vernacular since the appearance of the last dictionaries. Thackeray.

avers; to drivel. Time has made you dote, and vainly tell Of arms imagined in your lonely cell. Dryden. He survived the use of his reason, grew infatuated, and doted long before he died. South.

A lively or comic picture. [Obs.] I bought an excellent drollery, which I afterward parted with to my brother George of Wotton. Evelyn.

tural collection of serous fluid in any serous cavity of the body, or in the subcutaneous cellular tissue. Dunglison.

various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C.

A variety of pear of large size and excellent flavor.

A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.

A sack to hold miscellaneous articles, as tools, supplies, or the like.

ess of dividing by natural growth or spontaneous action; as, the duplication of cartilage cells. Carpenter. Duplication of the cube (Math.), the operation of finding a cube having a volume which is double that of a given cube.

imes nine Shall he dwindle, peak and pine. Shak. Religious societies, though begun with excellent intentions, are said to have dwindled into factious clubs. Swift.

Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

The slender, hollow thread of a nettling cell or cnida. See Nettling cell. [Written also ecthoræum.]

The outer envelope of a cell; the cell wall. Agassiz.

The more transparent cells, which finally become external, in many segmenting ova, as those of mammals.

The outer hyaline layer of protoplasm in a vegetable cell.

The semisolid external layer of protoplasm in some unicellular organisms, as the amoeba; ectoplasm; exoplasm.

A simple cell, from the development of which the young of animals are formed; ovum; germ cell.

An exciting and depolarizing acid solution used in certain cells or batteries, as the Grenet battery. Electropoion is best prepared by mixing one gallon of concentrated sulphuric acid diluted with three gallons of water, with a solution of six pounds of potassium bichromate in two gallons of boiling water. It should be…