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A spider which has the habit of rising into the air. Many kinds ( esp. species of Lycosa) do this while young by ejecting threads of silk until the force of the wind upon them carries the spider aloft.

Having sides inclining inwards, as a ship; -- opposed to wall- sided.

The slope of a bank, especially of the bank of a steam.

A white, crystalline substance,

or woman who attends the customers of a bar, as in a tavern or beershop. A bouncing barmaid. W. Irving.

Unreal; illusory. "A sort of Barmecidal feast." Hood.

One who proffers some illusory advantage or benefit. Also used as an adj.: Barmecidal. "A Barmecide feast." Dickens.

Time of the festival of St. Bartholomew, August 24th. Shak.

Formed like basalt; basaltiform.

f fungi coördinate with the Ascomycetes, characterized by having the spores borne on a basidium. It embraces those fungi best known to the public, such as mushrooms, toadstools, etc.

A spore borne by a basidium. -- Ba*sid`i*o*spor"ous (, a.

m cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.

The central tongue bone.

Applied to a protuberance of the base of the sphenoid bone.

The basisphenoid bone.

aining to that part of the base of the cranium between the basioccipital and the presphenoid, which usually ossifies separately in the embryo or in the young, and becomes a part of the sphenoid in the adult.

The division of fishes which includes the rays and skates.

Froglike. Specifically: Of or pertaining to the Batrachidæ, a family of marine fishes, including the toadfish. Some have poisonous dorsal spines.

A form of acupuncture, followed by the rubbing of the part with a stimulating fluid.

The order of Annulata which includes the leeches. See Hirudinea.