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dance of St. Peter's chair, was sitting down therein, when suddenly some one or other clapped in before him. Fuller.

Of or pertaining to an uncle. In these rare instances, the law of pedigree, whether direct or avuncular, gives way. I. Taylor.

ctiveness in movement; ungraceful; as, he was awkward at a trick; an awkward boy. And dropped an awkward courtesy. Dryden.

er or wood; used by shoemakers, saddlers, cabinetmakers, etc. The blade is differently shaped and pointed for different uses, as in the brad awl, saddler's awl, shoemaker's awl, etc.

A plant (Subularia aquatica), with awl-shaped leaves.

Furnished with an awn, or long bristle-shaped tip; bearded. Gray.

A singular nocturnal quadruped, allied to the lemurs, found in Madagascar (Cheiromys Madagascariensis), remarkable for its long fingers, sharp nails, and rodent-like incisor teeth.

A large hoglike quadruped (Sus, or Porcus, babirussa) of the East Indies, sometimes domesticated; the Indian hog. Its upper canine teeth or tusks are large and recurved.

, (Bot.) A plant with flowers shaped like buttons; especially, several species of Ranunculus, and the cornflower (Centaures cyanus) and globe amaranth (Gomphrena).

Shaped like a rod or staff.

Of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped.

Rod-shaped.

A variety of bacterium; a microscopic, rod-shaped vegetable organism.

Not advanced in civilization; undeveloped; as, the country or region is in a backward state.

A native of Bactria. Bactrian camel, the two-humped camel.

A carnivorous quadruped of the genus Meles or of an allied genus. It is a burrowing animal, with short, thick legs, and long claws on the fore feet. One species (M. vulgaris), called also brock, inhabits the north of Europe and Asia; another species (Taxidea Americana or Labradorica) inhabits the northern parts of Nort…

A meteorite, or similar rude stone artificially shaped, held sacred or worshiped as of divine origin.

A bag-shaped net for catching fish.

A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance).

Resembling an acorn; -- applied to a group of barnacles having shells shaped like acorns. See Acornshell, and Barnacle.