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Having the tongue finely notched along the sides, so as to have a featherlike appearance, as the toucans.

That quality of appearance which pleases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. Court of Love.

Resembling a puppet in appearance or action; of the nature of a puppet.

Action or appearance resembling that of a puppet, or puppet show; hence, mere form or show; affectation. Puppetry of the English laws of divorce. Chambers.

An inversion of stitches in knitting, which gives to the work a ribbed or waved appearance. Purl stitch. Same as Purl, n., 2.

quit the place; to quit jesting. Such a superficial way of examining is to quit truth for appearance. Locke. To quit cost, to pay; to reimburse. -- To quit scores, to make even; to clear mutually from demands. Does not the earth quit scores with all the elements in the noble fruits that issue from it South.…

Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers. Radiant energy (Physics), energy given out or transmitted by radiation, as in the case of light and radiant heat. -- Radiant heat, proceeding in right lines, or direc…

Having the nature or appearance of a radix or root.

Having a saucy appearance indicative of speed and dash. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

by effort of any kind; to attain to; to gain; to be advanced to. The best account of the appearances of nature which human penetration can reach, comes short of its reality. Cheyne.

or quality of being real; actual being or existence of anything, in distinction from mere appearance; fact. A man fancies that he understands a critic, when in reality he does not comprehend his meaning. Addison.

of, lawful authority. Commission of rebellion (Eng. Law), a process of contempt on the nonappearance of a defendant, -- non abolished. Wharton. Burrill.

To remove the outer surface of, as of an old hewn stone, so as to give it a fresh appearance.

The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.

Similar in general appearance, structure, and habits, but living in different regions; -- said of certain species and varieties.

To be like or similar to; to bear the similitude of, either in appearance or qualities; as, these brothers resemble each other. We will resemble you in that. Shak.

A breaking up, disappearance; or termination, as of a fever, a tumor, or the like.

The delay of appearance at court granted to a jury beyond the proper term.

the tide, the interval between the transit of the moon at which a tide originates and the appearance of the tide itself. It is found, in general, that any particular tide is not principally due to the moon's transit immediatelly proceeding, but to a transit which has occured some time before, and which is said to corre…

Resembling network; having the form or appearance of a net; netted; as, a reticulated structure.