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before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.

l." They wear a uniform, and in their phraseology and mode of work adopt a quasi military style.

ting of many dry indehiscent cells, which contain but few seeds and cohere about a common style, as in the mallows.

A style of weaving producing smooth-faced fabric in which the warp interlaces with the filling at points distributed over the surface.

Of or pertaining to satire; of the nature of satire; as, a satiric style.

Written characters; style of writing.

and maxims; full of meaning; terse and energetic in expression; pithy; as, a sententious style or discourse; sententious truth. How he apes his sire, Ambitiously sententious! Addison.

and didactic. [R.] "Conversation . . . satirical or sermonic." Prof. Wilson. "Sermonical style." V. Knox.

The use of sesquipedalian words; style characterized by the use of long words; sesquipedalism.

not allowing or employing unneccessary ornament, amplification, etc.; strict; -- said of style, argument, etc. "Restrained by reason and severe principles." Jer. Taylor. The Latin, a most severe and compendious language. Dryden.

Scratched; -- said of decorative painting of a certain style, in which a white overland surface is cut or scratched through, so as to form the design from a dark ground underneath.

Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc.]

A belted waist resembling a shirt in plainness of cut and style, worn by women or children; -- in England called a blouse.

That which resembles silk, as the filiform styles of the female flower of maize. Raw silk, silk as it is wound off from the cocoons, and before it is manufactured. -- Silk cotton, a cottony substance enveloping the seeds of the silk-cotton tree. -- Silk-cotton tree (Bot.), a name for several tropical trees of the gen…

Freedom from artificial ornament, pretentious style, or luxury; plainness; as, simplicity of dress, of style, or of language; simplicity of diet; simplicity of life.

Figuratively: Careless in dress, manners, style, etc.; slovenly; shuffling; as, slipshod manners; a slipshod or loose style of writing. Thy wit shall ne'er go slipshod. Shak.

To sing or perform in a smooth, gliding style; to connect smoothly in performing, as several notes or tones. Busby.

Marked with a slur; performed in a smooth, gliding style, like notes marked with a slur.

hey be so smug and smooth. Robynson (More's Utopia). The smug and scanty draperies of his style. De Quincey. A young, smug, handsome holiness has no fellow. Beau & Fl.

Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.