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To play rudely or monotonously on a stringed instrument with the fingers; to strum.

oplane instead of behind them, so that it exerts a pull instead of a push. Hence, Tractor monoplane, Tractor biplane, etc.

Capable of neutralizing three molecules of a monobasic acid or the equivalent; having three hydrogen atoms which may be acid radicals; -- said of certain bases; thus, glycerin is a triacid base.

Of, pertaining to, or characterized by, trimorphism; -- contrasted with monomorphic, dimorphic, and polymorphic.

pet major (Mil.), the chief trumpeter of a band or regiment. -- Trumpet marine (Mus.), a monochord, having a thick string, sounded with a bow, and stopped with the thumb so as to produce the harmonic tones; -- said to be the oldest bowed instrument known, and in form the archetype of all others. It probably owes its n…

stamp; print; type; typical form; representative; as in stereotype phototype, ferrotype, monotype.

private possession; to restore to the possession or right of all; as, to unappropriate a monopoly. [R.] Milton.

A fabulous animal with one horn; the monoceros; -- often represented in heraldry as a supporter.

aving only one adductor muscle, and one muscular impression on each valve, as the oyster; monomyarian.

That may not be infringed; as, an uninfringible monopoly.

Of, pertaining to, or seated in, one eye; monocular.

A monotheist. [R.] Fleming.

nce of one; capable of combining with, or of being substituted for, one atom of hydrogen; monovalent; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Variegated; diversified; not monotonous. A happy rural seat of various view. Milton.

ue ovary; Gymnosperms, having few or no ducts in the woody fiber, and the seeds naked. 2. Monocotyledons (called also Endogens). -- Seeds with single cotyledon. Stems with slender bundles of woody fiber not concentrically arranged, and with no true bark.} II. Cryptogamia.

rous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.

e of bread (commonly unleavened, circular, and stamped with a crucifix or with the sacred monogram) used in the Eucharist, as in the Roman Catholic Church.

A thorny leguminous tree (Gleditschia monosperma) which grows in the swamps of the Mississippi valley.

Calcium oxalate, occurring in colorless or white monoclinic crystals.

word XRISTOS, Christ; -- an abbreviation used with the letters separate or, oftener, in a monogram, often inclosed in a circle, as a symbol or emblem of Christ. It use as an emblem was introduced by Constantine the Great, whence it is known as the Constantinian symbol, or monogram. See Labarum.