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Same as Chopine, n.

or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.] Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak.

Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.

An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin. She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.

A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.

The state of being dumpy.

Like or pertaining to the Elapidæ, a family of poisonous serpents, including the cobras. See Ophidia.

Arising from the neurapophysis of a vertebra.

The connective tissue framework and sheath of a nerve which bind together the nerve bundles, each of which has its own special sheath, or perineurium.

A kind of ruby. See Spinel.

To waste away completely by suffering or torment. [Archaic] "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer.

An alkaloid existing in small quantities in opium.

Good luck; good fortune; prosperity. All happiness bechance to thee in Milan! Shak.

An alkaloid, prepared from atropine, and from other sources. It is chemically related to atropine, and is used for the same purpose.

The gigantic sugar pine of California and Oregon (Pinus Lambertiana). It has the leaves in fives, and cones a foot long. The timber is soft, and like that of the white pine of the Eastern States.

An alkaloid found in opium in small quantities, and extracted as a white crystalline substance.

A leguminous plant of the genus Lupinus, especially L. albus, the seeds of which have been used for food from ancient times. The common species of the Eastern United States is L. perennis. There are many species in California.

Of or pertaining to the Muscicapidæ, a family of birds that includes the true flycatchers.

The quality of having a nap; abundance of nap, as on cloth.

To have an opinion; to judge; to think; to suppose. South.