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nverging; tendency to one point. The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. Berkeley.

A plastic operation on the pupil, as for forming an artificial pupil. -- Cor`e*plas"tic (-plas"tik), a.

The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

h an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.

One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an exxamination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens.

sia myoporoides), and regarded as identical with hyoscyamine. It produces dilation of the pupil of the eye.

A pupil; a student.

. The Enneads, the title given to the works of the philosopher Plotinus, published by his pupil Porphyry; -- so called because each of the six books into which it is divided contains nine chapters.

enosum; physostigmine. It is used in ophthalmic surgery for its effect in contracting the pupil.

A pupil in a seminary who lives without its walls; a day scholar.

; prematureness; precocity; as, the forwardnessof spring or of corn; the forwardness of a pupil. He had such a dexterous proclivity, as his teachers were fain to restrain his forwardness. Sir H. Wotton.

s own beer or purchase where he chooses. Simmonds. -- Free school. (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without discrimination and on an equal footing. (b) A school supported by general taxation, by endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for tuition; a public school. -- Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feuda…

are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See Wal…

A species of blindness in horses in which the eye is bright and the pupil dilated; a sort of amaurosis. Youatt.

rson whose favor is sought. Lysimachus . . . ingratiated himself both with Philip and his pupil. Budgell.

e of her treasures, leaving the rest to employ our industry. Dr. H. More. To initiate his pupil into any part of learning, an ordinary skill in the governor is enough. Locke.

The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.

The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye.

itorial system of instruction followed by Joseph Lancaster, of England, in which advanced pupils in a school teach pupils below them.

ike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. Dryden.