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Having marginal projecting points; dentate. Toothed whale (Zoöl.), any whale of the order Denticete. See Denticete. -- Toothed wheel, a wheel with teeth or projections cut or set on its edge or circumference, for transmitting motion by their action on the engaging teeth of another wheel.

bable, as an argument. Evidences of fact can be no more than topical and probable. Sir M. Hale.

Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir M. Hale.

hese only the race of perfect animals were propagated and traduced over the earth. Sir M. Hale.

Capable of being derived or propagated. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

on from one to another. [Obs.] Traditional communication and traduction of truths. Sir M. Hale.

Oil procured from the blubber or fat of whales, by boiling.

To pass off in the form of vapor or insensible perspiration; to exhale.

ble; specifically (Law), liable to legal objection; as, a traversable presentment. Sir M. Hale.

eamer having a high hatch coaming extending almost continuously fore and aft, but not of whaleback form at the sides.

A whaleback steamer with a hatch coaming, usually about seven feet high, extending almost continuously fore and aft.

e. -- Tussock moth (Zoöl.), the imago of any tussock caterpillar. They belong to Orgyia, Halecidota, and allied genera.

from rain or snow. It is formed of silk, cotton, or other fabric, extended on strips of whalebone, steel, or other elastic material, inserted, or fastened to, a rod or stick by means of pivots or hinges, in such a way as to allow of being opened and closed with ease. See Parasol. Underneath the umbrella's oily shed. G…

Inability. [Obs.] Hales.

To expel, or cause to separate, from a church; to excommunicate. Sir M. Hale.

Inconsiderate; heedless; careless. [Obs.] Daniel. -- Un`con*sid"er*ate*ness, n. [Obs.] Hales.

Indetermination. Sir M. Hale.

aving been supposed to be the bone or the horn of the unicorn. -- Unicorn fish, Unicorn whale (Zoöl.), the narwhal. -- Unicorn moth (Zoöl.), a notodontian moth (Coelodasys unicornis) whose caterpillar has a prominent horn on its back; -- called also unicorn prominent. -- Unicorn root (Bot.), a name of two North Amer…

Want of justice; injustice. [Obs.] Hales.

To make unnatural. [R.] Hales.