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on or rank; a chief among competitors; as, a railroad king; a money king; the king of the lobby; the king of beasts.

so knob, and knosp. Knop sedge (Bot.), the bur reed (Sparganium); - - so called from its globular clusters of seed vessels. Prior.

Cut into deep, narrow, irregular lobes; slashed.

The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates. Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies. -- Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. Shipley. -- Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary. -…

One of the branchiæ of the lobster.

emilla), esp. the European A. vulgaris, which has leaves with rounded and finely serrated lobes.

A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

e acting by rule. Burke. And sovereign Law, that state's collected will O'er thrones and globes elate, Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill. Sir W. Jones.

of the mental powers. [R.] Ball lightning, a rare form of lightning sometimes seen as a globe of fire moving from the clouds to the earth. -- Chain lightning, lightning in angular, zigzag, or forked flashes. -- Heat lightning, more or less vivid and extensive flashes of electric light, without thunder, seen near the…

A tongue-shaped lobe of the parapodia of annelids. See Parapodium.

The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.

The globeflower (Trollius).

A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.

Furnished with lobes or flaps.

The ear, or its lobe. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

ches, both in America and Europe, and is used for bait by European fishermen. Called also lobworm, and baitworm.

A genus of ferns with twining or climbing fronds, bearing stalked and variously-lobed divisions in pairs.

connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in which the lymphatic system seems to predominate, that is, a system in which the complexion lacks color and the tissues seem to be of loose texture; hence, a…