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Of or pertaining to the anthropoid apes in particular, or to the higher apes of the Old World, collectively.

green, crimson, yellow, purple, and black. They are called also ground thrushes, and Old World ant thrushes; but they are not related to the true thrushes.

ative of Europe, but now found near the abode of civilized man in nearly all parts of the world. Indian plantain. (Bot.) See under Indian. -- Mud plantain, a homely North American aquatic plant (Heteranthera reniformis), having broad, reniform leaves. -- Rattlesnake plantain, an orchidaceous plant (Goodyera pubescens…

ts of wit. Addison. The keen observation and ironical pleasantry of a finished man of the world. Macaulay.

A person devoted to worldly pleasure. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

ice stuffed with plentee. Chaucer. The teeming clouds Descend in gladsome plenty o'er the world. Thomson.

of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb.

of Saturn and Rhea, brother of Jupiter and Neptune; the dark and gloomy god of the Lower World. Pluto monkey (Zoöl.), a long- tailed African monkey (Cercopithecus pluto), having side whiskers. The general color is black, more or less grizzled; the frontal band is white.

d, which is closely allied to the European poachard. Red-crested poachard (Zoöl.), an Old World duck (Branta rufina). -- Scaup poachard, the scaup duck. -- Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya, or Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.

urpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; -- with at. Now must the world point at poor Katharine. Shak. Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe. Dryden.

ed on temporal or material interest, rather than on principles of equity or honor; hence, worldly wisdom; dexterity of management; cunning; stratagem.

meek as is a maid. Chaucer. The necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable port in the world. South.

proprietor. "Possessors of eternal glory." Law. As if he had been possessor of the whole world. Sharp.

lace; position; situation. [Obs.] Milton. His [man's] noblest posture and station in this world. Sir M. Hale.

Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidæ, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings and a forked tail.

Infinite previous duration. [R.] "The world's preëternity." Cudworth.

ce; foppish; -- used in an ill sense. The pretty gentleman is the most complaisant in the world. Spectator.

f the day, the year, etc.; hence, the dawn; the spring. Chaucer. In the very prime of the world. Hooker. Hope waits upon the flowery prime. Waller.

your cause, saith the Lord. Isa. xli. 21. Your parents did not produce you much into the world. Swift.

ction; to instigate; to incite. God first . . . prompted on the infirmities of the infant world by temporal prosperity. Jer. Taylor.