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The quality or state of being roomy; spaciousness; as, the roominess of a hall.

Roomy. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Roomy; spacious. [Obs.] Fuller.

the world. To rub along or on, to go on with difficulty; as, they manage, with strict economy, to rub along. [Colloq.]

wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become extinct; as, an estate managed without economy will soon run out. And had her stock been less, no doubt She must have long ago run out. Dryden. -- To run over. (a) To overflow; as, a cup runs over, or the liquor runs over. (b) To go over, examine, or rehearse cursorily. (c…

Of or pertaining to agriculture; as, rural economy. Rural dean. (Eccl.) See under Dean. -- Rural deanery (Eccl.), the state, office, or residence, of a rural dean.

Affected with grief or unhappiness; cast down with affliction; downcast; gloomy; mournful. First were we sad, fearing you would not come; Now sadder, that you come so unprovided. Shak. The angelic guards ascended, mute and sad. Milton.

To make grave or serious; to make melancholy or sorrowful. Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene. Pope.

The pouched gopher (Geomys tuza) of the Southern United States.

That part of anatomy which treats of the soft parts. It includes myology, angiology, neurology, and splanchnology.

Heavy; grave; gloomy; dull; -- the opposite of mercurial; as, a saturnine person or temper. Addison.

A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament. W. browne.

m being expended or lost; that which is saved or laid up; as, the savings of years of economy.

A combining form used in anatomy to indicate connection with, or relation to, the scapula or the shoulder; as, the scapulo- clavicular articulation, the articulation between the scapula and clavicle.

sidered as a distinct field of investigation or object of study; as, the science of astronomy, of chemistry, or of mind.

Hard; firm; indurated; -- applied especially in anatomy to the firm outer coat of the eyeball, which is often cartilaginous and sometimes bony.

Scotomy.

e inhabitants of Scotland, their country, or their language; as, Scottish industry or economy; a Scottish chief; a Scottish dialect.

Hence, to look gloomy, dark, or threatening; to lower. "The scowling heavens." Thomson.

s opened or closed by a screw. -- Screw worm (Zoöl.), the larva of an American fly (Compsomyia macellaria), allied to the blowflies, which sometimes deposits its eggs in the nostrils, or about wounds, in man and other animals, with fatal results. -- Screw wrench. (a) A wrench for turning a screw. (b) A wrench with an…