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An embryo or certain invertebrates in the stage when the primitive band is first developed.

Neither the one thing nor the other; on neither side; impartial; neutral. [Archaic] In all our undertakings God will be either our friend or our enemy; for Providence never stands neuter. South.

either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent. The heart can not possibly remain neutral, but constantly takes part one way or the other. Shaftesbury.

A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality. Milman.

The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference. Men who possess a state of neutrality in times of public danger, desert the interest of their fellow subjects. Addison.

The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.

To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality. So here I am neutralized again. Sir W. Scott.

One who, or that which, neutralizes; that which destroys, disguises, or renders inert the peculiar properties of a body.

In a neutral manner; without taking part with either side; indifferently.

One of a group of leucocytes whose granules stain only with neutral dyes. -- Neu"tro*phil"ic (#), a., Neu*troph"i*lous (#), a.

Prayers offered up for nine successive days.

Nitroglycerin.

The back or upper surface, as of a bird.

ial portion; -- used both literally and figuratively. It must contain within itself a nucleus of truth. I. Taylor.

Yellowish white; having a faint tint of dingy yellow. Gray.

A collection of eight books; especially, the first eight books of the Old Testament. [R.]

See Odeon.

A circular or oval window; -- generally used of architecture of the 17th and 18th centuries. A famous room in the palace of Versailles bears this name, from the oval window opening into it.

A compound eye, as of insects and crustaceans.

The famous mythic Thracian poet, son of the Muse Calliope, and husband of Eurydice. He is reputed to have had power to entrance beasts and inanimate objects by the music of his lyre.