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h of which is composed of several distinct parts. See Illust. in Appendix. and Illust. of Coleoptera.

p profound. Wordsworth. With heavy thump, a lifeless lump, They dropped down, one by one. Coleridge.

The fourth joint of the leg of an insect. See Illust. under Coleoptera, and under Hexapoda.

Tibial spur (Zoöl.), a spine frequently borne on the tibia of insects. See Illust. under Coleoptera.

A restrained laugh. "There was a titter of . . . delight on his countenance." Coleridge.

A small toad. [R.] Coleridge.

thick shrub; a bushy clump. [R.] "An ivy todde." Spenser. The ivy tod is heavy with snow. Coleridge.

irety; as, the totalityof human knowledge. Buckle. The totality of a sentence or passage. Coleridge.

To make total, or complete;to reduce to completeness. Coleridge.

er. Taylor. tragedy is poetry in its deepest earnest; comedy is poetry in unlimited jest. Coleridge.

Reciprocal; commutual. [R.] Coleridge.

To transfer to the wrong place in printing; to print out of place. [R.] Coleridge.

An amorphous variety of manna obtained from the nests and cocoons of a Syrian coleopterous insect (Larinus maculatus, L. nidificans, etc.) which feeds on the foliage of a variety of thistle. It is used as an article of food, and is called also nest sugar.

pirit!" Shak. he tricksy policy which in the seventeenth century passed for state wisdom. Coleridge.

dramas, called together a trilogy, and performed consecutively in the course of one day. Coleridge.

A division of Coleoptera including those which have but three joints in the tarsi.

thfulness. Alas! they had been friends in youth, But whispering tongues can poison truth. Coleridge.

The place of a turn; an angle or corner, as of a road. It is preached at every turning. Coleridge.

To drum. [R.] Coles.

Ulterior side or part. [R.] Coleridge.