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The property or state of being biliteral.

that which bites often, or is inclined to bite, as a dog or fish. "Great barkers are no biters." Camden.

Doubly ternate, as when a petiole has three ternate leaflets. -- Bi*ter"nate*ly, adv. Gray.

Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic ti…

The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38.

One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. [R.] R. Whitlock.

One who cites.

A cohabitant. Hobbes.

o copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger. The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. Camden.

A horse that has the habit of cribbing.

in forming a correct judgment respecting them. Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne. Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis.

A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

Same as Decaliter.

One who, or that which, disjoins or causes disunion.

See Colophene.

A framework on which dishes, food, etc., are passed from one room or story of a house to another; a lift for dishes, etc.; also, a piece of furniture with movable or revolving shelves.

Consisting of two letters only; biliteral. Stuart.

One who uses dynamite; esp., one who uses it for the destruction of life and property.