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Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.

marked by opposition or antipathy to revolution; as, ostracized for his counterrevolutionary tendencies. Opposite of revolutionary. [WordNet 1.5]

The wife of one's son.

A prefix signifying between, among, part.

A term of reproach, implying that one is fit to be hanged. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

In hurry and confusion; without definite purpose; irregularly. [Colloq.] Helter-skelter have I rode to thee. Shak. A wistaria vine running helter-skelter across the roof. J. C. Harris.

A prefix signifying among, between, amid; as, interact, interarticular, intermit.

A Mormon; -- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints being the name assumed by the whole body of Mormons.

Adhering to facts; not turning aside from absolute realities; not fanciful or imaginative; commonplace; dry.

A green membranous seaweed (Ulva) often found growing on oysters but common on stones, piles, etc.

In Great Britain, an officer of the Treasury who makes all payments and disbursements, civil as well as military. He is a member of the ministry, but not of the cabinet.

With, or with the sound of, alternating light beats; as, his heart went pitter-patter.

Having a broad, flat face.

ef officer of the post-office department of a government. In the United States the postmaster-general is a member of the cabinet.

A prefix. See Preter-.

A prefix signifying past, by, beyond, more than; as, preter- mission, a permitting to go by; preternatural, beyond or more than is natural. [Written also præter.]

An instigator. Shak.

That part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one.

To saw (a log) into quarters; specif., to saw into quarters and then into boards, as by cutting alternately from each face of a quarter, to secure lumber that will warp relatively little or show the grain advantageously.

A cousin within the first four degrees of kindred.