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A sperm cell. Haeckel.

Same as Squamula.

Intoxication; inebriation; drunkenness. [R.] "Their temulency." Jer. Taylor.

Intoxicated; drunken. [R.]

Somewhat temulent; addicted to drink. [R.] R. Junius.

Tremulous; trembling; shaking. [R.] " With tremulent white rod." Carlyle.

A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

The sprout at the end of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

y milk-white animal on which Mohammed was said to have been carried up to heaven; a white mule.

he black-tailed deer (Cervus or Cariacus Columbianus) of California and Oregon; also, the mule deer of the Rocky Mountains. See Mule deer.

fore legs rigid and the head held as low down as possible; -- said of a vicious horse or mule.

A horse or mule that bucks.

A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

vine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine. Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black. -- Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon…

Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.

e hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also cinnamule.]

bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay.

An ass; or (less frequently) a mule.

A name given by Lestiboudois to dicotyledons; -- so called because the plumule is naked.