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Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

Improvement of common lands, by inclosing and converting them to the uses of husbandry for the advantage of the lord of the manor. Blackstone.

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

essary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature.

growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [Obs.] Johnson.

Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinde…

Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building. The Alban lake . . . looks like the area of some vast amphitheater. Addison.

Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).

A small inclosed area; esp. one of the small spaces on the wings of insects, circumscribed by the veins.

That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.

r covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed or the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril. Gray.

Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). -- n.

The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.

Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy. "Aristotelic usage." Sir W. Hamilton.

m's length, to keep at a distance (literally or figuratively); not to allow to come into close contact or familiar intercourse. -- To work at arm's length, to work disadvantageously.

rica. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far…

lidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc. Oxf. Gloss.

ular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon.

A letting or renting, esp. a license to inclose land in a forest with a low hedge and a ditch, under a yearly rent.