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Speaking reproachfully; slanderous. [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Of or relating to the Medici, a noted Italian family; as, the Medicean Venus. Medicean planets (Astron.), a name given by Galileo to the satellites of Jupiter.

A stalk which supports one flower or fruit, whether solitary or one of many ultimate divisions of a common peduncle. See Peduncle, and Illust. of Flower.

Pedicellate.

nd are usually nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

Having a pedicel; supported by a pedicel.

of Bryozoa, of the order Entoprocta, having a bell- shaped body supported on a slender pedicel. See Illust. under Entoprocta.

A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse. [Obs.] Fairfax.

See Grebe.

A game played with five dice in which the count is usually made, in order, by pairs, two pairs, three of a kind, full houses, four of a kind, and five of a kind (the highest throw), similar to poker; also, the dice used in this game, esp. when marked with the ace, king, queen, jack, ten, and nine instead of the usual d…

ything, without just grounds, or before sufficient knowledge. Though often misled by prejudice and passion, he was emphatically an honest man. Macaulay.

A small branch of a root; a rootlet.

Of a bright clear brown or chestnut color. Sir T. Browne.

Before the judge, or court; not yet decided; under judicial consideration.

Not prejudiced; free from undue bias or prepossession; not preoccupied by opinion; impartial; as, an unprejudiced mind; an unprejudiced judge.

The obligation by which a person, conveying a subject or a right, is bound to uphold that subject or right against every claim, challenge, or burden arising from circumstances prior to the conveyance; warranty. [Written also warrandise.] Craig.

away. He was incapable of forming any opinion or resolution abstracted from his own prejudices. Sir W. Scott.

Prejudice; bias. [Obs.] Bp. Aylmer.

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late. Gower.

Double aces, the lowest throw of all at dice. Hence: Bad luck; anything of no account or value.