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To extract the germs from, as from wheat grains.

A machine for breaking open the kernels of wheat or other grain and removing the germs.

To remove the husk from. [Obs.] "Wheat dehusked upon the floor." Drant.

A god or goddess; a heathen god. To worship calves, the deities Of Egypt. Milton. The Deity, God, the Supreme Being. This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. Addison.

The belief in demons or false gods. The established theology of the heathen world . . . rested upon the basis of demonism. Farmer.

of moisture; to preserve by drying; as, to desiccate fish or fruit. Bodies desiccated by heat or age. Bacon.

ecome apparent gradually; as, a picture on sensitive paper develops on the application of heat; the plans of the conspirators develop.

id air, etc., having the space between the walls exhausted so as to prevent conduction of heat, and sometimes having the glass silvered to prevent absorption of radiant heat; -- called also, according to the particular shape, Dewar bulb, Dewar tube, etc.

used as a substitute for gum, for sizing, etc., and obtained from starch by the action of heat, acids, or diastase. It is of somewhat variable composition, containing several carbohydrates which change easily to their respective varieties of sugar. It is so named from its rotating the plane of polarization to the right…

or sucrose, and hence called invert sugar. Dextrose is chiefly obtained by the action of heat and acids on starch, and hence called also starch sugar. It is also formed from starchy food by the action of the amylolytic ferments of saliva and pancreatic juice.

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

e, were scattered through the Old World, and afterwards to Jewish Christians living among heathen. Cf. James i.1.

lar masses with brilliant pearly luster; -- so named on account of its decrepitating when heated before the blowpipe.

Freely permeable by radiant heat.

The property of transmitting radiant heat; the quality of being diathermous. Melloni.

The doctrine or the phenomena of the transmission of radiant heat. Nichol.

Having the property of transmitting radiant heat; diathermal; - - opposed to athermanous.

Affording a free passage to heat; as, diathermic substances. Melloni.

An instrument for examining the thermal resistance or heat- conducting power of liquids.

To cheat or overreach. [Colloq.] Beaconsfield.