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the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.

t like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.

The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavaties or in the substance of an organ.

Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.

A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.

A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

re milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese. What stores my dairies and my folds contain. Dryden.

A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.

also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.

dandled thus. Addison. The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.

isting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

ace. Dart sac (Zoöl.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.

album). -- Dead oil (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. -- Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. -- Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage. -- Dead point. (Mach.) See Dea…

The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington). In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.…

The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.

Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. Blackstone. Declinatory plea (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now abolished.

Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle. Ayliffe.