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The embryo which has begun its development in the act of germination.

living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration. Germ plasm and idioplasm are forms of plasmogen.

used in making pottery. Lyell. -- Plastic element (Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form. -- Plastic exudation (Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of healing is effected. -- Plastic foods. (Physiol.) See the second…

An alloy of German silver containing tungsten; -- used for forming electrical resistance coils and standards.

The modern dialects spoken in the north of Germany, taken collectively; modern Low German. See Low German, under German.

e foundation of the liberties of the Gallican church; the other, issued by Charles VI. of Germany, A. D. 1724, settled his hereditary dominions on his eldest daughter, the Archduchess Maria Theresa.

modern artist thought to be a would-be restorer of early ideas or methods, as one of the German painters often called Nazarenes, or one who paints and draws with extreme minuteness of detail.

An old theory of the preëxistence of germs. Cf. Emboîtement.

A kind of German biscuit or cake in the form of a twisted ring, salted on the outside.

In the universities of Germany and some other European countries, a licensed teacher or lecturer having no share in the university government and dependent upon fees for remuneration.

The investing portion, or spherical envelope, surrounding the eccentric germinal spot of the germinal vesicle.

A runner terminated by a germinating bud.

An officer who presides over the academic senate of a German university. Heyse.

Lit., may it do (you) good; -- a salutation used in well wishing, esp. among Germans, as in drinking healths.

as, a proverbial expression; his meanness was proverbial. In case of excesses, I take the German proverbial cure, by a hair of the same beast, to be the worst. Sir W. Temple.

um; esp., a dried plum, used in cookery; as, French or Turkish prunes; California prunes. German prune (Bot.), a large dark purple plum, of oval shape, often one-sided. It is much used for preserving, either dried or in sirup. Prune tree. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the genus Prunus (P. domestica), which produces prunes. (b)…

An egglike germ produced by the agamic females of some insects and other animals, and by the larvæ of certain insects. It is capable of development without fertilization. See Illust. of Pædogenesis.

To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton.

A germinating, or budding. Dr. H. More.

he French . . . had put back to Toulon." Southey. -- To put forth. (a) To shoot, bud, or germinate. "Take earth from under walls where nettles put forth." Bacon. (b) To leave a port or haven, as a ship. Shak. -- To put in (Naut.), to enter a harbor; to sail into port. -- To put in for. (a) To make a request or claim…