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A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.

Any leglike appendage of a crustacean, when modified wholly, or in part, to serve as a jaw, esp. one of the maxillipeds.

place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

A mineral of the Zeolite family, often occurring in amygdaloid, in foliated masses, and also in monoclinic crystals with pearly luster on the cleavage face. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime.

Hindered; obstructed. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Badly put together; inartificial; rude; unpolished; irregular. "Carol incondite rhymes." J. Philips.

Uncredited. [Obs.]

e; to prompt. My heart is inditing a good matter. Ps. xlv. 1. Could a common grief have indited such expressions South. Hear how learned Greece her useful rules indites. Pope.

The act of inditing. Craig.

One who indites. Smart.

Not edited; unpublished; as, an inedited manuscript. T. Warton.

Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.

The third joint of the typical appendages of Crustacea.

Same as Lepadoid.

One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning factories, etc.; -- so called from Ned Lud, a half-witted man who some years previously had broken stocking frames. J. & H. Smith. H. Martineau.

An old name for a fossil club moss.

A high explosive consisting principally of picric acid, used as a shell explosive in the British service; -- so named from the proving grounds at Lydd, England.

A hidrous potash mica related to muscovite.

Inclosed, or nearly inclosed, with land; as, the Mediterranean Sea, between Europe and Africa.

A two-winged fly (Ceratitis capitata) with black and white markings, native of the Mediterranean countries, but now widely distributed. Its larva lives in ripening oranges, peaches, and other fruits, causing them to decay and fall.