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Dehiscent through the middle of the back of each cell; -- said of capsules.

branches lopped, in wood or mountain felled." Milton. Expunge the whole, or lop the excrescent parts. Pope.

ay. " A luminous statement." Brougham. Luminous paint, a paint made up with some phosphorescent substance, as sulphide of calcium, which after exposure to a strong light is luminous in the dark for a time.

Crescent-shaped; as, a lunate leaf; a lunate beak; a lunated cross. Gray.

A figure in the form of a crescent, bounded by two intersecting arcs of circles.

Having a form like that of the new moon; shaped like a crescent.

Resembling a small crescent. Gray.

Anything crescent-shaped; a crescent-shaped part or mark; a lunula, a lune.

A small spot, shaped like a half-moon or crescent; as, the lunulet on the wings of many insects.

ve been a cross between the sheep dog, greyhound, and spaniel. It hunts game silently, by scent, and is often used by poachers.

A genus of American and Asiatic trees, with aromatic bark and large sweet-scented whitish or reddish flowers.

h a thick, tough ring, and contains a bright yellow pulp of a pleasant taste and fragrant scent. It is often called mammee apple.

Dehiscent by the separation of united carpels; -- said of fruits.

llied to the starlings. The common species (S. magna) has a yellow breast with a black crescent. -- Meadow mouse (Zoöl.), any mouse of the genus Arvicola, as the common American species A. riparia; -- called also field mouse, and field vole. -- Meadow mussel (Zoöl.), an American ribbed mussel (Modiola plicatula), ver…

ce on the third day of an eruption of distinct red circular spots, which coalesce in a crescentic form, are slightly raised above the surface, and after the fourth day of the eruption gradually decline; rubeola. Measles commences with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Am. Cyc.

51 by Abdul-Mejid, having as its badge a medallion surrounded by seven silver rays and crescents. It is often conferred on foreigners.

A crescent.

cled cymes. P. coronarius, from Asia, has fragrant flowers; the American kinds are nearly scentless. -- Mock sun. See Parhelion. -- Mock turtle soup, a soup made of calf's head, veal, or other meat, and condiments, in imitation of green turtle soup. -- Mock velvet, a fabric made in imitation of velvet. See Mockado.…

es, and its mass is one eightieth that of the earth. See Lunar month, under Month. The crescent moon, the diadem of night. Cowper.

A climbing plant of the genus Menispermum; -- so called from the crescentlike form of the seeds.