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A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

A stove for heating a current of air which is directed against its surface by means of pipes, and then distributed through a building.

Overthrowing; defeating; -- applied to Plato's refutative dialogues. Enfield.

A figure which consists in repeating the same word in a different sense; as, Learn some craft when young, that when old you may live without craft.

Eating flowers; -- said of certain insects.

The eating of human flesh; cannibalism.

With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve.

The elevation of the hand, or that part of the bar at which it is raised, in beating time; the weak or unaccented part of the bar; - - opposed to thesis. Moore.

scourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treating of various topics; as, an article in the Constitution. Hence: A clause in a contract, system of regulations, treaty, or the like; a term, condition, or stipulation in a contract; a concise statement; as, articles of agreeme…

The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.

The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc.

ment or action; occupied with; as, at engraving; at husbandry; at play; at work; at meat (eating); except at puns.

One skilled in treating and curing disorders of the ear.

Pertaining to an acid produced by treating oleic with nitric acid. [R.]

The cry or bleating of a sheep; a bleat.

The bleating of a sheep. Marryat.

Eating, or subsisting on, berries; as, baccivorous birds.

A house for bathing, sweating, etc.; -- also, in Turkey, a prison for slaves. [Obs.]

A feast; a sumptuous entertainment of eating and drinking; often, a complimentary or ceremonious feast, followed by speeches.