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onging to Viviparus, Melantho, and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.

That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; -- called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals.…

A saclike envelope of certain fungi, which bursts open as the plant develops.

e; to crave. " What wants my son" Addison. I want to speak to you about something. A. Trollope.

A large, heavy antelope (Kobus ellipsiprymnus) native of Central Africa. It frequents the banks of rivers and is a good swimmer. It has a white ring around the rump. Called also photomok, water antelope, and waterbok.

That which is woven; a texture; textile fabric; esp., something woven in a loom. Penelope, for her Ulysses' sake, Devised a web her wooers to deceive. Spenser. Not web might be woven, not a shuttle thrown, or penalty of exile. Bancroft.

, topshaped stem, and never more than two leaves, which are the cotyledons enormously developed, and at length split into diverging segments.

Passing to the west. Toward heaven's descent had sloped his westering wheel. Milton.

ate is immersed in a solution of silver nitrate, and immediately after exposure it is developed and fixed.

elonging to the subgenus Mareca, of the genus Anas. The common European widgeon (Anas penelope) and the American widgeon (A. Americana) are the most important species. The latter is called also baldhead, baldpate, baldface, baldcrown, smoking duck, wheat, duck, and whitebelly. Bald-faced, or Green-headed, widgeon, the…

A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.] A. Trollope.

ggs usually differ from the summer eggs in having a thicker shell, and often in being enveloped in a protective case. They sometimes develop in a manner different from that of the summer eggs. -- Winter fallow, ground that is fallowed in winter. -- Winter fat. (Bot.) Same as White sage, under White. -- Winter fever…

eak-minded; spiritless. A weak wishy-washy man who had hardly any mind of his own. A. Trollope.

ll partridges of Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and neighboring regions belonging to the genera Caloperdix, Rollulus, and Melanoperdix.

nd white ants. The workers are generally females having the sexual organs imperfectly developed. See Ant, and White ant, under White.

That which wraps; envelope; covering.

That in which anything is wrapped, or inclosed; envelope; covering.

That portion of a fibrovascular bundle which has developed, or will develop, into wood cells; -- distinguished from phloëm.

A large Asiatic antelope (Budorcas taxicolor) native of the higher parts of the Himalayas and other lofty mountains. Its head and neck resemble those of the ox, and its tail is like that of the goat. Called also budorcas.

A language used by German and other Jews, being a Middle German dialect developed under Hebrew and Slavic influence. It is written in Hebrew characters.