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One who describes organic tissues; an histologist.

emarkable South American bird (Opisthocomus cristatus); the crested touraco. By some zoölogists it is made the type of a distinct order (Opisthocomi).

bee (A. ligustica), and the Arabiab bee (A. fasciata). The two latter are by many entomologists considered only varieties of the common hive bee. Each swarm of bees consists of a large number of workers (barren females), with, ordinarily, one queen or fertile female, but in the swarming season several young queens, and…

stance, present in cells in process of development, from which, according to some embryologists, the cell nucleous originates.

arts of a statement, argument, or narration; that which is inconsistent. If a man would register all his opinions upon love, politics, religion, and learning, what a bundle of inconsistencies and contradictions would appear at last! Swift.

quadrant, sextant, etc. -- Index hand, the pointer or hand of a clock, watch, or other registering machine; a hand that points to something. -- Index of a logarithm (Math.), the integral part of the logarithm, and always one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. It is also called the character…

Shown; denoted; registered; measured. Indicated power. See Indicated horse power, under Horse power.

ommunicate facts by way of accusation against; to denounce; as, two persons came to the magistrate, and informed against A.

One who informs a magistrate of violations of law; one who informs against another for violation of some law or penal statute. Common informer (Law), one who habitually gives information of the violation of penal statutes, with a view to a prosecution therefor. Bouvier. Wharton.

See Inhabitativeness. What the phrenologists call inhabitiveness. Lowell.

An entomologist. [Obs.]

The act of installing; installation. Take oaths from all kings and magistrates at their installment, to do impartial justice by law. Milton.

e of; to give the sum or total of; as, an integrating anemometer, one that indicates or registers the entire action of the wind in a given time.

To make an inventory of; to make a list, catalogue, or schedule of; to insert or register in an account of goods; as, a merchant inventories his stock. I will give out divers schedules of my beauty; it shall be inventoried, and every particle and utensil labeled. Shak.

An account of travels, or a register of places and distances as a guide to travelers; as, the Itinerary of Antoninus.

One of supreme magistrates, with both civil and military powers, who governed Israel for more than four hundred years.

ment; a revel. All those snug junketings and public gormandizings for which the ancient magistrates were equally famous with their modern successors. W. Irving. The apostle would have no reveling or junketing upon the altar. South.

The central, substantial or essential part of anything; the gist; the core; as, the kernel of an argument.

The point on which the action of a story depends; the gist of a matter. [Obs.] I shoulde to the knotte condescend, And maken of her walking soon an end. Chaucer.

Döbereiner, who invented it. Called also philosopher's lamp. -- Flameless lamp, an aphlogistic lamp. -- Lamp burner, the part of a lamp where the wick is exposed and ignited. Knight. -- Lamp fount, a reservoir for oil, in a lamp. -- Lamp jack. See 2d Jack, n., 4 (l) & (n). -- Lamp shade, a screen, as of paper, gl…