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s true, from facts or principles known, admitted, or proved to be true. Which manner of argumentation, how false and naught it is, . . . every man that hath with perceiveth. Tyndale.

Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

To argue or discuss. [Obs.] Wood.

In the East Indies, a princess or lady of high rank. Malcom.

A gumlike substance obtained from the bully tree (Mimusops globosa) and sometimes also from the naseberry or sapodilla (Sapota zapotilla). It is more plastic than caoutchouc and more elastic than gutta-percha, as an adulterant of which it is used in England. It is used largely in the United States in making chewing gum…

To deprive of, or free from, gum; as, to degum ramie.

One possessed by an evil spirit; a demoniac.

A juggler's trick; conjuring. [Obs.] The devil is the author of wicked figgum. B. Jonson.

That part of physiology which treats of the integuments of animals and plants.

That which naturally invests or covers another thing, as the testa or the tegmen of a seed; specifically (Anat.), a covering which invests the body, as the skin, or a membrane that invests a particular.

Belonging to, or composed of, integuments.

The act or process of covering with integuments; the state or manner of being thus covered.

One of the ridges commonly found on the fruit of umbelliferous plants.

A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.

A West African antelope (Damalis Senegalensis), allied to the sassaby. It is reddish gray, with a black face, and a black stripe on the outside of the legs above the knees.

The fruit of leguminous plants, as peas, beans, lupines; pulse.

Same as Legume.

inous substance resembling casein, found as a characteristic ingredient of the seeds of leguminous and grain- bearing plants.

Belonging to, or resembling, a very large natural order of plants (Leguminosæ), which bear legumes, including peas, beans, clover, locust trees, acacias, and mimosas.

A gum of a crimson color, obtained from a tree (Macaranga Indica) that grows in the East Indies. It is used in taking impressions of coins, medallions, etc., and sometimes as a medicine. Balfour (Cyc. of India).