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That part of the skeleton connected with the sense organs and the viscera. Owen.

See Spongiole.

A little spring. But yet from out the little hill Oozes the slender springlet still. Sir W. Scott.

A small or young stem.

A small sturgeon (Acipenser ruthenus) found in the Caspian Sea and its rivers, and highly esteemed for its flavor. The finest caviare is made from its roe.

A stiletto. [R.]

A pointed instrument for making eyelet holes in embroidery.

A small stream; a rivulet; a rill.

A small poniard; a stiletto.

To underlet; to lease, as when a lessee leases to another person.

tate of being subtle, or sly; cunning; craftiness; artfulness. The fox which lives by subtlety. Shak.

Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.

That which is to supply what is wanted. Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor.

Any one of various species of mullets of the family Millidæ, esp. the European species (Millus surmulletus), which is highly prized as a food fish. See Mullet.

Water breaking in upon the miners at their work; -- so called among tin miners. [Prov. Eng.]

Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.

The thrasher, or fox shark. See Thrasher.

A whiffletree, or whippletree. See Singletree.

A flattish cake or piece; as, tablets of arsenic were formerly worn as a preservative against the plague.

A little tag.