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An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.

eeding; suspense of decision or action; scruple. All my demurs but double his attacks; At last he whispers, "Do; and we go snacks." Pope.

The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier.

To make poor; to impoverish. Liming does not depauperate; the ground will last long, and bear large grain. Mortimer. Humility of mind which depauperates the spirit. Jer. Taylor.

formative, much used in anatomical terms, and signifying skin, integument, covering; as, blastoderm, ectoderm, etc.

Last; final. Dernier ressort ( Etym: [F.], last resort or expedient.

r sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner. "An 't please your honor," quoth the peasant, "This same dessert is not so pleasant." Pope. Dessert spoon, a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon. -…

of the first of a series of dependent propositions as a consequence of the denial of the last; a species of reductio ad absurdum. Whately.

intention . . . is as easily discovered at the first view, as fraud is surely detected at last. Burke. Like following life through creatures you dissect, You lose it in the moment you detect. Pope.

rt. -- Detonating primer, a primer exploded by a fuse; -- used to explode gun cotton in blasting operations. -- Detonating tube, a strong tube of glass, usually graduated, closed at one end, and furnished with two wires passing through its sides at opposite points, and nearly meeting, for the purpose of exploding gas…

A plaster originally composed of the juices of several plants (whence its name), but now made of an oxide of lead and oil, and consisting essentially of glycerin mixed with lead salts of the fat acids.

or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

lasting for one day; as, a diary fever. [Obs.] "Diary ague." Bacon.

To become vapid, flat, or spiritless, as liquor. To die in the last ditch, to fight till death; to die rather than surrender. "There is one certain way," replied the Prince [William of Orange] " by which I can be sure never to see my country's ruin, -- I will die in the last ditch." Hume (Hist. of Eng. ). -- To die out…

Day of wrath; -- the name and beginning of a famous mediæval Latin hymn on the Last Judgment.

agreeable to one is many times agreeable to another, or disagreeable in a less degree. Wollaston.

To blast by the influence of a baleful star. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney.

e understanding. The effect of the privations and sufferings . . . was discernible to the last in his temper and deportment. Macaulay.

Capability or liableness to be discerped. [R.] Wollaston.

ilt thou be displeased at us forever Psalms lxxxv. 5 (Bk. of Com. Prayer). This virtuous plaster will displease Your tender sides. J. Fletcher. Adversity is so wholesome . . . why should we be displeased therewith Barrow.