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Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.

The study or treatment of diseases of the mind.

One who treats diseases of the mind. Ed. Rev.

ed, also, Allhallows or Hallowmas; a feast day kept in honor of all the saints; also, the season of this festival.

The act of dashing against, or striking upon. The boisterous allision of the sea. Woodward.

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

oods, or other causes, upon land not permanently submerged beneath the waters of lakes or seas. Lyell.

mucanter staff, an ancient instrument, having an arc of fifteen degrees, formerly used at sea to take observations of the sun's amplitude at the time of its rising or setting, to find the variation of the compass.

officer in England, whose duty was to inspect act measure woolen cloth, and fix upon it a seal.

Above; on top of. [Obs.] Fresh waters run aloft the sea. Holland.

sive of, others; single; solitary; -- applied to a person or thing. Alone on a wide, wide sea. Coleridge. It is not good that the man should be alone. Gen. ii. 18.

Pertaining to the Alps, or other high mountains; as, Alpestrine diseases, etc.

in resembling copal, found as a fossil in alluvial soils, with beds of lignite, or on the seashore in many places. It takes a fine polish, and is used for pipe mouthpieces, beads, etc., and as a basis for a fine varnish. By friction, it becomes strongly electric.

Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ. Quian.

hibious character of the Greeks was already determined: they were to be lords of land and sea. Hare.

fishlike creature (Amphioxus lanceolatus), two or three inches long, found in temperature seas; -- also called the lancelet. Its body is pointed at both ends. It is the lowest and most generalized of the vertebrates, having neither brain, skull, vertebræ, nor red blood. It forms the type of the group Acrania, Leptocard…

An oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats about an open space called the arena.

ining a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Resembling or containing amyl; starchlike. Amyloid degeneration (Med.), a diseased condition of various organs of the body, produced by the deposit of an albuminous substance, giving a blue color with iodine and sulphuric acid; -- called also waxy or lardaceous degeneration.

The first period, or increase, of a disease; augmentation. [Obs.]