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An instrument for determining and registering the duration of more or less complex operations of the mind. Dunglison.

To discontinue by entering a nolle prosequi; to decline to prosecute.

A hypothetical hydrocarbon radical regarded as an essential residue of octane, and as entering into its derivatives; as, octyl alcohol.

A machine for registering the distance traversed by a vehicle or pedestrain.

A colloquial or humorous name for any science or branch of knowledge. He had a smattering of mechanics, of physiology, geology, mineralogy, and all other ologies whatsoever. De Quincey.

An instrument for registering the changes observable with an oncometer.

Uttered, as a consonant, with the oral passage simply narrowed without closure, as in uttering s.

A catering; a buying of provisions. [Obs.] Bailey.

Of or pertaining to an oracle; uttering oracles; forecasting the future; as, an oracular tongue.

The art of uttering words corectly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation.

An instrument for recording the height of the liquid in an endosmometer or for registering osmotic pressures.

avowedly; professedly; apparently. Walsh. Ostensibly, we were intended to prevent filibustering into Texas, but really as a menace to Mexico. U. S. Grant.

To exceed in flattering.

Promoting uterine contractions, or parturition. -- n.

occurring in old people, characterized by muscular tremors and a peculiar shaking and tottering gait.

Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining. [R.] We want no half gods, panomphean Joves. Mrs. Browning.

d for the internal and external decoration of houses. (b) In modern architecture, the plastering of the inside of flues, intended to give a smooth surface and help the draught.

(Zoöl.) See Kakapo. -- Parrot coal, cannel coal; -- so called from the crackling and chattering sound it makes in burning. [Eng. & Scot.] -- Parrot green. (Chem.) See Scheele's green, under Green, n. -- Parrot weed (Bot.), a suffrutescent plant (Bocconia frutescens) of the Poppy family, native of the warmer parts of…

Of or pertaining to passion or the passions; exciting, influenced by, or ministering to, the passions. -- n.

To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard. Thomson.