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A depraved appetite; a desire for improper food.

Of or pertaining to allotropism. -- Al`lo*trop"ic*al*ly, adv. Allotropic state, the several conditions which occur in a case of allotropism.

Allotropic property or nature.

The property of existing in two or more conditions which are distinct in their physical or chemical relations.

To change in physical properties but not in substance. [R.]

Capable of being allotted.

One to whom anything is allotted; one to whom an allotment is made.

One who allots.

Allotment. [Obs.] Shak.

Tending to cause abortion.

Of or pertaining to anchylosis.

A French gold coin of the reign of Louis XI., bearing the image of St. Michael; also, a piece coined at Paris by the English under Henry VI. [Obs.]

A genus of extinct quadrupeds of the order Ungulata, whose were first found in the gypsum quarries near Paris; characterized by the shortness and feebleness of their canine teeth (whence the name).

An animal which has a tongue resembling that of man, as the parrot.

Simple incision. Dunglison.

To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. Milton.

Apportionment.

A system of balloting or voting in public elections, originally used in South Australia, in which there is such an arrangement for polling votes that secrecy is compulsorily maintained, and the ballot used is an official ballot printed and distributed by the government.

An amphibian of the salamander tribe found in the elevated lakes of Mexico; the siredon.

The act of voting by balls or written or printed ballots or tickets; the system of voting secretly by balls or by tickets. The insufficiency of the ballot. Dickens.