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A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.

Silk not yet twisted; floss; -- called also sleave silk. Sleep that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care. Shak.

Raw; not spun or wrought; as, sleaved thread or silk. Holinshed.

Producing three leaves; as, three-leaved nightshade.

Not leavened; containing no leaven; as, unleavened bread.

Having pinnate or pinnately divided leaves.

xcessive repugnance toward; to detest to extremity; to loathe. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. Rom. xii. 9.

renunciation upon oath; as, abjuration of the realm, a sworn banishment, an oath taken to leave the country and never to return.

To stand apart from; top leave off; to desist. [Obs.] Raleigh.

analysis. Thus, when the mind considers the form of a tree by itself, or the color of the leaves as separate from their size or figure, the act is called abstraction. So, also, when it considers whiteness, softness, virtue, existence, as separate from any particular objects.

olynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.

An ornament resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

an ordinary daylight, such as the rays of the sun darting through a cloud, or between the leaves of trees; the effect of moonlight, candlelight, or burning bodies. Fairholt.

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.

A theatrical performer; a stageplayer. After a well graced actor leaves the stage. Shak.

Tapering to a point; pointed; as, acuminate leaves, teeth, etc.

Having sharp-pointed leaves.

Having acute lobes, as some leaves.

Having glands on the leaves.

To stick fast or cleave, as a glutinous substance does; to become joined or united; as, wax to the finger; the lungs sometimes adhere to the pleura.