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Of or performance to Argos, the capital of Argolis in Greece. -- n.

The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. Bacon.

A pitcher-shaped, or flask-shaped, organ or appendage of a plant, as the leaves of the pitcher plant, or the little bladderlike traps of the bladderwort (Utricularia).

Mineral pitch, Jews' pitch, or compact native bitumen. It is brittle, of a black or brown color and high luster on a surface of fracture; it melts and burns when heated, leaving no residue. It occurs on the surface and shores of the Dead Sea, which is therefore called Asphaltites, or the Asphaltic Lake. It is found als…

To liken; to compare. [Obs.] Bribes may be assembled to pitch. Latimer.

The point on the side of the skull where the lambdoid, parieto- mastoid and occipito-mastoid sutures.

body; esp. one of the numerous small planets whose orbits lie between those of Mars and Jupiter; -- called also planetoids and minor planets.

As the ending of a verb, it means to make, to cause, to act, etc.; as, to propitiate (to make propitious); to animate (to give life to).

capable of being compassed or accomplished by efforts directed to the object. The highest pitch of perfection attainable in this life. Addison.

an army by reëforcements; rain augments a stream; impatience augments an evil. But their spite still serves His glory to augment. Milton.

Favoring; favorable; propitious; -- applied to persons or things. "Thy auspicious mistress." Shak. "Auspicious gales." Pope.

Turned away, esp. as an expression of feeling; also, offended; unpropitious. Who scornful pass it with averted eye. Keble.

The armpit, or the cavity beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder.

Of or pertaining to the axilla or armpit; as, axillary gland, artery, nerve.

sphere which is perpendicular to the plane of the circle. Hutton. -- Axis of the Ionic capital (Arch.), a line passing perpendicularly through the middle of the eye of the volute. -- Neutral axis (Mech.), the line of demarcation between the horizontal elastic forces of tension and compression, exerted by the fibers i…

om Greek B (Beta), of Semitic origin. The small b was formed by gradual change from the capital B.

The god of wine, son of Jupiter and Semele.

; as, the back of the hand, the back of the foot, the back of a hand rail. Methought Love pitying me, when he saw this, Gave me your hands, the backs and palms to kiss. Donne.

To wound by clandestine detraction; to censure meanly or spitefully (as absent person); to slander or speak evil of (one absent). Spenser.

A utensil, as a bucket or cup, used in bailing; a machine for bailing water out of a pit.