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Examination or study with the naked eye, as distinguished from micrography.

ral beings, or departed spirits, or by a mastery of secret forces in nature attained by a study of occult science, including enchantment, conjuration, witchcraft, sorcery, necromancy, incantation, etc. An appearance made by some magic. Chaucer. Celestial magic, a supposed supernatural power which gave to spirits a kind…

Composed of convex convex concretions, somewhat resembling the breasts in form; studded with small mammiform protuberances.

man in our image, after our likeness, and let them have dominion. Gen. i. 26. The proper study of mankind is man. Pope.

The human race; man, taken collectively. The proper study of mankind is man. Pore.

The making, or study, of maps. [Obs.] Shak.

To interest or engage one's self; to have to do; -- [Obs.] Barrow. Study to be quiet, and to meddle with your own business. Tyndale.

To contemplate; to keep the mind fixed upon; to study. "Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things." Ecclus. xiv. 20.

The study of physiognomy; the art of discovering the character of persons by their features, or the lines of the face.

One who has made a special study of miasma.

The part of geology relating to structure and organisms which require to be studied with a microscope.

The study of minute organisms, or microbes, as the bacteria. -- Mi`cro*bi`o*log"ic*al (#), a. -- Mi`cro*bi*ol"o*gist (#), n.

Science or study of microseisms.

Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom. "Midnight shout and revelry." Milton.

One versed in mineralogy; one devoted to the study of minerals.

To study mineralogy by collecting and examining minerals. Miss Edgeworth.

ble case; an unsettled question. Dryden. -- Moot court, a mock court, such as is held by students of law for practicing the conduct of law cases. -- Moot point, a point or question to be debated; a doubtful question.

One of a celebrated breed of American trotting horses; -- so called from the name of the stud from which the breed originated in Vermont.

h, for holding mortar; a hawk. (b) A cap with a broad, projecting, square top; -- worn by students in some colleges. [Slang]

ause of humiliation, chagrin, or vexation. It is one of the vexatious mortifications of a studious man to have his thoughts discovered by a tedious visit. L'Estrange.