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A canvas screen, formerly sometimes extended along the side of a vessel in a naval engagement, to conceal from the enemy the operations on board.

Pavise. [Obs.]

pl. of Staff. "Banners, scarves and staves." R. Browning. Also (stavz),

A kind of larkspur (Delphinium Staphysagria), and its seeds, which are violently purgative and emetic. They are used as a parasiticide, and in the East for poisoning fish.

Disguised by dress so as to be ridiculous; travestied; -- applied to a book or shorter composition. [R.]

Goods which, after shipwreck, appear floating on the waves, or sea.

The sacred writings of the ancient Persian religion, attributed to Zoroaster, but chiefly of a later date.

Among weaves, yarn for the warp. Hence, abb wool is wool for the abb.

alysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.

ynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Fairholt.

A brace used to join two or more staves.

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Having acute lobes, as some leaves.

Having glands on the leaves.

A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.