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One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.

A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.

That part of blastoderm where the hypoblast appears like a small disk on the inner face of the epibladst.

asses or other round, transparent vessels, in the center of which figures are supposed to appear by magic art.

One whose voice appears to proceed from the stomach; a ventriloquist. [Obs.]

Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

of a fetus, of a plant or flower, and the like; the earliest form under which an organism appears. In the entire process in which a new being originates . . . two distinct classes of action participate; namely, the act of generation by which the germ is produced; and the act of development, by which that germ is evolve…

Like a ghost in appearance; deathlike; pale; pallid; dismal. Each turned his face with a ghastly pang. Coleridge. His face was so ghastly that it could scarcely be recognized. Macaulay.

The disembodied soul; the soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death; an apparition; a specter. The mighty ghosts of our great Harrys rose. Shak. I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost. Coleridge.

To give a fair but deceptive outward appearance to; to embellish; as, to gild a lie. Shak.

Any superficial coating or appearance, as opposed to what is solid and genuine. Gilding metal, a tough kind of sheet brass from which cartridge shells are made.

; to swathe; to invest. I girded thee about with fine linen. Ezek. xvi. 10. The Son . . . appeared Girt with omnipotence. Milton.

Resembling ice; having the appearance and consistency of ice; - - said of certain solid compounds; as, glacial phosphoric or acetic acids. Glacial acid (Chem.), an acid of such strength or purity as to crystallize at an ordinary temperature, in an icelike form; as acetic or carbolic acid. -- Glacial drift (Geol.), ear…

Wearing a gay or bright appearance; expressing or exciting joy; producing gladness; exhilarating. Her conversation More glad to me than to a miser money is. Sir P. Sidney. Glad evening and glad morn crowned the fourth day. Milton.

Causing joy, pleasure, or cheerfulness; having the appearance of gayety; pleasing. Of opening heaven they sung, and gladsome day. Prior. -- Glad"some*ly, adv. -- Glad"some*ness, n. Hours of perfect gladsomeness. Wordsworth.

A charm affecting the eye, making objects appear different from what they really are.

To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle. And all along the forum and up the sacred seat, His vulture eye pursued the trip of those small glancing feet. Macaulay.

Any substance having a peculiar glassy appearance, and a conchoidal fracture, and usually produced by fusion.

Having a somewhat glaucous appearance or nature; becoming glaucous.

Having a glazed appearance; -- said of the fractured surface of some kinds of pin iron.