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One fearful shock, fearful but momentary, like from the electric blow of the gymnotus. De Quincey.

on; motion about an axis; rotation; revolution. The gyrations of an ascending balloon. De Quincey. If a burning coal be nimbly moved round in a circle, with gyrations continually repeated, the whole circle will appear like fire. Sir I. Newton.

h to afford a view of the altar to those in the transepts; -- called, in architecture, a squint. Hook.

or needless distinctions in reasoning; one who quibbles. "The caviling hairsplitter." De Quincey.

Hence: Calm; quiet; peaceful; undisturbed; happy. "Deep, halcyon repose." De Quincy.

nd other Oriental countries, a porter or burden bearer; specif., in Western India, a palanquin bearer.

tery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.

st moon, the moon near the full at the time of harvest in England, or about the autumnal equinox, when, by reason of the small angle that is made by the moon's orbit with the horizon, it rises nearly at the same hour for several days. -- Harvest mouse (Zoöl.), a very small European field mouse (Mus minutus). It builds…

In a heliacal manner. De Quincey.

An instrument or machine for showing when the sun arrived at the tropics and equinoctial line.

The sulphate of iodoquinine, a substance crystallizing in thin plates remarkable for their effects in polarizing light.

a bad sense. -- His`tri*on"ic*al*ly, adv. Tainted with false and histrionic feeling. De Quincey.

ristling points; bristled; bristling. Rough and horrent with figures in strong relief. De Quincey. With bright emblazonry and horrent arms. Milton.

ier, a cavalryman. -- Horse sponge (Zoöl.), a large, coarse, commercial sponge (Spongia equina). -- Horse stinger (Zoöl.), a large dragon fly. [Prov. Eng.] -- Horse sugar (Bot.), a shrub of the southern part of the United States (Symplocos tinctoria), whose leaves are sweet, and good for fodder. -- Horse tick (Zoöl.…

nguistic group of warlike North American Indians, belonging to the same stock as the Algonquins, and including several tribes, among which were the Five Nations. They formerly occupied the region about Lakes Erie and Ontario, and the larger part of New York.

sing. Huron. (Ethnol.) A powerful and warlike tribe of North American Indians of the Algonquin stock. They formerly occupied the country between Lakes Huron, Erie, and Ontario, but were nearly exterminated by the Five Nations about 1650.

n as an ingredient, as hydrochloric; or a reduction product obtained by hydrogen, as hydroquinone.

carbon, C9H9NO, obtained from certain derivatives of cinnamic acid and closely related to quinoline and carbostyril.

irregular, the illimitable, and the luxuriant, have their appropriate force of beauty. De Quincey.

n or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope. -- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n.