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See Ridgepole.

Having a rostellum, or small beak; terminating in a beak.

Arranged in little roselike clusters; -- said of leaves and bracts.

To shine; to emit rays of light. [Obs.] Ure.

Furnished with little sacs.

A salt of salicylic acid.

Having a straight shaft with whorls of spines; -- said of certain sponge spicules. See Illust. under Spicule.

To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. Sir W. Scott.

Having numerous small, shallow depressions or hollows; pitted.

Formed like a plate or salver; composed of platelike surfaces; as, the scutellated bone of a sturgeon. Woodward.

Any isopod crustacean of the genus Ligia.

Annihilated by one's self.

Regulated by one's self or by itself.

Partially verticillate.

Having seven sides; as, a septilateral figure.

Having imperfect or spurious septa.

Finely serrate; having very minute teeth.

To pronounce with a hissing sound, like that of the letter s; to mark with a character indicating such pronunciation.

Decorated by means of stamps; -- said of pottery.

s, even in the depths of the dungeons to which she had sent them, prayed, and with no simulated fervor, that she might be kept from the dagger of the assassin. Macaulay.