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g to, or designating, a nitrogenous organic substance of the uric acid group, called leucoturic acid or oxalantin. See Oxalantin.

The state of being bound or stiffened; stiffness; as, the ligature of a joint.

The act of filing.

Medicine taken by licking with the tongue.

Anything having outline. [R.] Holland.

particular science or branch of knowledge, or of a given country or period; as, the literature of Biblical criticism; the literature of chemistry.

Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins.

Pertaining to, of or the nature of, a liturgy; of or pertaining to public prayer and worship. T. Warton.

In the manner of a liturgy.

The science of worship; history, doctrine, and interpretation of liturgies.

One versed in liturgiology.

The science treating of liturgical matters; a treatise on, or description of, liturgies. Shipley.

One who favors or adheres strictly to a liturgy. Milton.

An established formula for public worship, or the entire ritual for public worship in a church which uses prescribed forms; a formulary for public prayer or devotion. In the Roman Catholic Church it includes all forms and services in any language, in any part of the world, for the celebration of Mass.…

A tableau in which persons take part; also, specif., such a tableau as imitating a work of art.

See Lotion. [Obs.] Holland.

Sport or freak of nature; a deformed or unnatural production.

, Blotting paper. [Obs.]

Magistracy. [Obs.]

Of or pertaining to manufactures. [R.]