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rmerly paid by the English people to the pope, being a penny for every house, payable on Lammas or St.Peter's day; -- called also Rome scot, and hearth money. (b) In modern times, a voluntary contribution made by Roman Catholics to the private purse of the pope. -- Peter's fish (Zoöl.), a haddock; -- so called because…

Rock oil, mineral oil, or natural oil, a dark brown or greenish inflammable liquid, which, at certain points, exists in the upper strata of the earth, from whence it is pumped, or forced by pressure of the gas attending it. It consists of a complex mixture of various hydrocarbons, largely of the methane series, but may…

Inflammation of the pharynx.

Criticism; grammatical learning. [R.] Johnson.

Inflammation of a vein.

An inflammation; more particularly, an inflammation of the internal organs. Phlegmasia dolens ( Etym: [NL.], milk leg.

Purulent inflammation of the cellular or areolar tissue.

Inflammatory; belonging to inflammations and fevers.

The hypothetical principle of fire, or inflammability, regarded by Stahl as a chemical element.

Causing inflammation.

Inflammation of external parts of the body; erysipelatous inflammation.

Inflammation of the brain, or of the meninges of the brain, attended with acute fever and delirium; -- called also cephalitis.

Same as Mammalia.

y tree, of the order Dipterocarpeæ, which grows in Malabar, etc.) or its products. Piney dammar, Piney resin, Piney varnish, a pellucid, fragrant, acrid, bitter resin, which exudes from the piney tree (Vateria Indica) when wounded. It is used as a varnish, in making candles, and as a substitute for incense and for ambe…

A suborder of aquatic carnivorous mammals including the seals and walruses; -- opposed to Fissipedia.

A small bone on the ulnar side of the carpus in man and many mammals. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.

pitch; a soft, black bitumen of the consistence of tar, and of a strong smell. It is inflammable, and intermediate between petroleum and asphalt. [Written also pisasphaltum, pisasphalt, etc.]

See Pitchstone. Amboyna pitch, the resin of Dammara australis. See Kauri. -- Burgundy pitch. See under Burgundy. -- Canada pitch, the resinous exudation of the hemlock tree (Abies Canadensis); hemlock gum. -- Jew's pitch, bitumen. -- Mineral pitch. See Bitumen and Asphalt. -- Pitch coal (Min.), bituminous coal. -…

A division of mammals including the apes and monkeys. Sometimes used in the sense of Primates.

taining to the placenta; having, or characterized by having, a placenta; as, a placental mammal.