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To lisp. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A hypothetical radical of glycerin. [Obs.] Berzelius.

rough which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]

Wing-footed, as the bat. -- n.

or derived from, fat; fatty; -- applied to compounds having an openc-hain structure. The aliphatic compounds thus include not only the fatty acids and other derivatives of the paraffin hydrocarbons, but also unsaturated compounds, as the ethylene and acetylene series.

One of a group of perching birds, having the middle toe more or less united to the outer and inner ones.

Having anomalous feet.

To embrace; to surround. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Mighty in war; armipotent. [R.] Blount.

A dark green pigment found in small quantity in human gallstones.

Having thick lips. "A blobber-lipped shell." Grew.

A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.

A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. Thackeray.

planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight. -- Vernier calipers. See Vernier.

Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey, [Writting also calif.]

The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.

See Calipash.

See Calipee.

See Calipers.