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e Latin for, "and from the Son," equivalent to et filio, inserted by the third council of Toledo (a. d. 589) in the clause qui ex Patre procedit (who proceedeth from the Father) of the Niceno- Constantinopolitan Creed (a. d. 381), which makes a creed state that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the F…

A gun, pistol, or any weapon from a shot is discharged by the force of an explosive substance, as gunpowder.

A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on stricking the steel ignites the priming.

To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands. Dryden.

a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt. Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.

tell before occurence; to prophesy; to foreshow. Deeds then undone my faithful tongue foretold. Pope. Prodigies, foretelling the future eminence and luster of his character. C. Middleton.

te endurance; firmness in confronting or bearing up against danger or enduring trouble. Extolling patience as the truest fortitude. Milton. Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. Locke.

One who is versed in the science of fossils; a paleontologist. Joseph Black.

See Fridstol.

lating application for wounds and ulcers, being an alcoholic solution of benzoin, styrax, tolu balsam, and aloes; compound tincture of benzoin. Brande & C. -- Friar's cap (Bot.), the monkshood. -- Friar's cowl (Bot.), an arumlike plant (Arisarum vulgare) with a spathe or involucral leaf resembling a cowl. -- Friar's…

In Bryozoa, an organ extending back from the stomach. See Bryozoa, and Phylactolema.

Stolen; obtained or characterized by stealth; sly; secret; stealthy; as, a furtive look. Prior. A hasty and furtive ceremony. Hallam.

ing to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like.

Tribute; toll; custom. [Obs.] See Gabel. Cowell.

The science of language; comparative philology; linguistics; glottology.

generally with over or through. By going over all these particulars, you may receive some tolerable satisfaction about this great subject. South.

Rather good than the contrary; not actually bad; tolerable. Goodish pictures in rich frames. Walpole.

the altar during the communion service. The Archbishop of York was the celebrant, the epistoler being the dean, and the gospeler the Bishop of Sydney. Pall Mall Gazette.

fly in the lord chamberlain's department; as, the groom of the chamber; the groom of the stole.

Like the figures found in ancient grottoes; grottolike; wildly or strangely formed; whimsical; extravagant; of irregular forms and proportions; fantastic; ludicrous; antic. "Grotesque design." Dryden. "Grotesque incidents." Macaulay.