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man praise thee, and not thine own mouth. Prov. xxvii. 2. While I am coming, another steppeth down before me. John v. 7.

ed feet, as the grebe. In this order were included the geese, ducks, auks, divers, gulls, petrels, etc.

A repetition of words beginning a sentence, after a long parenthesis; as, Shall that heart (which not only feels them, but which has all motions of life placed in them), shall that heart, etc.

Capable of blunting the venereal appetite. -- n.

Transformed from anthers, as the petals of a double flower.

A fossil plant, like a petrified flower.

very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

A petrifaction of the human body, or of any portion of it.

ese are the Epistle to the Hebrews, the Epistles of James and Jude, the second Epistle of Peter, the second and third Epistles of John, and the Revelation. The undisputed books are called the Homologoumena.

The repetition of words in an inverse order; as, the master of the servant and the servant of the master.

Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

ome; -- so called because, in the Roman Catholic belief, the pope is the successor of St. Peter, the prince of the apostles, and the only apostle who has successors in the apostolic office. -- Apostolical succession, the regular and uninterrupted transmission of ministerial authority by a succession of bishops from th…

luminary after having been invisible or obscured; -- opposed to occultation. Circle of perpetual apparition. See under Circle.

One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. The applicant for a cup of water. Plumtre. The court require the applicant to appear in person. Z. Swift.

The severing or sequestering of a benefice to the perpetual use of a spiritual corporation. Blackstone.

Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to atate.

ervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper. An ardent and impetuous race. Macaulay.

nt vessel of the largest size. Where your argosies with portly sail . . . Do overpeer the petty traffickers. Shak.

in Arabia and adjacent countries. (b) A squirrel-like Australian marsupial, a species of Petaurus. (c) A beautiful Brazilian toucan Ramphastos ariel).

for resistance; to fortify, in a moral sense. Arm yourselves . . . with the same mind. 1 Pet. iv. 1. To arm a magnet, to fit it with an armature.