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put upon its passage. Cushing. In passage, in passing; cursorily. "These . . . have been studied but in passage." Bacon. -- Middle passage, Northeast passage, Northwest passage. See under Middle, Northeast, etc. -- Of passage, passing from one place, region, or climate, to another; migratory; -- said especially of b…

An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

One versed in, or a student of, penology.

esolute; persevering; constant; steady. Diligence is a steady, constant, and pertinacious study. South.

An instrument for studying the mechanism of accommodation.

A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities.

To study, or make critical comments on, language. Evelyn.

The study of language, especially in a philosophical manner and as a science; the investigation of the laws of human speech, the relation of different tongues to one another, and historical development of languages; linguistic science.

An instrument for studying the motions of sounding bodies by optical means. It consists of a tube across the end of which is stretched a film of soap solution thin enough to give colored bands, the form and position of which are affected by sonorous vibrations.

The relation of light to the movements of plants and their organs; the study of the phenomena of curvatures induced by the stimulus of light. --Pho`to*dy*nam"ic (#), Pho`to*dy*nam"ic*al (#), a.

One who studies or expounds the laws of light.

To observe and study the physiognomy of. [R.] Southey.

One who is versed in the science of physiology; a student of the properties and functions of animal and vegetable organs and tissues.

The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

ews, penetrating investigation, disputation, and drawing of conclusions, esp. in Talmudic study. -- Pil"pul*ist (#), n. --Pil`pul*is"tic (#), a.

Figuratively, to make plain or smooth. [R.] What student came but that you planed her path. Tennyson.

The ventral shield or shell of tortoises and turtles. See Testudinata.

The study, by means of the plethysmograph, of the variations in size of a limb, and hence of its blood supply.

To toil; to drudge; especially, to study laboriously and patiently. "Plodding schoolmen." Drayton.