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A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonidæ), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

Free from crime; innocent. Shak.

To become crimson; to blush. Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.

One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.

A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Curaçcao.

Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinnuous course). Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath.

A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.

Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow.

From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.

A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

ation; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly. Addison.

To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from. The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett.

First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." Thomson. These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope.

The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton. The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.

A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

A Linnæan order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

A Linnæan class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.