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n of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems. I. Watts. A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of scienc…

apparatus for exposing briefly to view a screen bearing letters or figures. It is used in studying the range of attention, or the power of distinguishing separate objects in a single impression.

is closehauled (see Illust. of Ship); also, a rope employed to pull the lower corner of a studding sail to the boom.

small wax candle; a small lighted wax candle; hence, a small light. Get me a taper in my study, Lucius. Shak.

Labor or study imposed by another, often in a definite quantity or amount. Ma task of servile toil. Milton. Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close. Longfellow.

tual relish; liking; fondness; -- formerly with of, now with for; as, he had no taste for study. I have no taste Of popular applause. Dryden.

To direct, as an instructor; to manage, as a preceptor; to guide the studies of; to instruct; to inform; to conduct through a course of studies; as, to teach a child or a class. "He taught his disciples." Mark ix. 31. The village master taught his little school. Goldsmith.

A student of law, so called from having apartments in the Temple at London, the original buildings having belonged to the Knights Templars. See Inner Temple, and Middle Temple, under Temple. [Eng.]

chools, etc., a definite continuous period during which instruction is regularly given to students; as, the school year is divided into three terms.

The study or science of the life of marine organisms. Agassiz.

A student in a theological seminary. [Written also theolog.] [Colloq. U.S.]

upper end, a set of numbered compartments at the lower end, side alleys, and the surface studded with pins and sometimes furnished with numbered depressions or cups.

An apparatus for studying and registering the action of various fluids and drugs on the excised heart of lower animals.

Any one of numerous species of reptiles of the order Testudinata.

to place their "summum bonum" upon their trenchers. South. Trencher cap, the cap worn by studens at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, having a stiff, flat, square appendage at top. A similar cap used in the United States is called Oxford cap, mortar board, etc. -- Trencher fly, a person who haunts the tables of othe…

One who studies, or is versed in, the nature and habits of humming birds, or the Trochilidæ. Gould.

Any one of the numerous species of Testudinata, especially a sea turtle, or chelonian.

A beginner in learning; one who is in the rudiments of any branch of study; a person imperfectly acquainted with a subject; a novice. [Written also tiro.] The management of tyros of eighteen Is difficult. Cowper.

strain or from exertion; to set at ease for a time; to relax; as, to unbend the mind from study or care. You do unbend your noble strength. Shak.

A member of a university or a college who has not taken his first degree; a student in any school who has not completed his course.