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neral light. [R.] The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.

within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included. The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel.

Finely ribbed or costated.

An artificial division of insects, including all those with a sucking proboscis.

Provided with a haustellum, or sucking proboscis. -- n.

The sucking proboscis of various insects. See Lepidoptera, and Diptera.

Confined or inclosed in a castle.

Hoofbound. Crabb.

Between or among the stars; as, interstellar space. Bacon.

Interstellar.

The European cricket warbler.

To tell erroneously.

Any starlike meteor or phenomenon. [R.]

Pertaining to a rostellum.

Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.

Having the form of a rostellum, or small beak.

A small beaklike process or extension of some part; a small rostrum; as, the rostellum of the stigma of violets, or of the operculum of many mosses; the rostellum on the head of a tapeworm.

A subordinate constellation. Sir T. Browne.

A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.

A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.