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To think closely; to study in silence; to meditate. "Thereon mused he." Chaucer. He mused upon some dangerous plot. Sir P. Sidney.

One who is versed in, or who studies, mycology.

The description of muscles, including the study of muscular contraction by the aid of registering apparatus, as by some form of myograph; myology.

To stud or boss with nails, or as with nails. The rivets of your arms were nailed with gold. Dryden.

One of the divisions of university students in a classification according to nativity, formerly common in Europe.

r. -- Natural person. (Law) See under person, n. -- Natural philosophy, originally, the study of nature in general; in modern usage, that branch of physical science, commonly called physics, which treats of the phenomena and laws of matter and considers those effects only which are unaccompanied by any change of a ch…

One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals.

To make natural; as, custom naturalizes labor or study.

The study of young birds.

conception formed by the mind itself; as, an object of knowledge, wonder, fear, thought, study, etc. Object is a term for that about which the knowing subject is conversant; what the schoolmen have styled the "materia circa quam." Sir. W. Hamilton. The object of their bitterest hatred. Macaulay.

A student of Eton College, England, who is not a King's scholar, and who boards in a private family.

e exercise of an option; left to one's discretion or choice; not compulsory; as, optional studies; it is optional with you to go or stay. -- n.

ten connects a series of words or propositions, presenting a choice of either; as, he may study law, or medicine, or divinity, or he may enter into trade. If man's convenience, health, Or safety interfere, his rights and claims Are paramount. Cowper.

One skilled in ornithology; a student of ornithology; one who describes birds.

The study of osmose by means of the osmometer.

A student or graduate of Oxford University, in England.

limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. "To walk the studious cloister's pale." Milton. "Out of the pale of civilization." Macaulay.

The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.

One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.

The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archæology .