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A chiton, or loose, ungirded tunic, falling in straight folds.

A longitudinal rank, or row, of leaves along a stem.

An auditory ossicle. R. Owen.

Being on the extreme external part; farthest outward; as, the outermost row. Boyle.

Farthest from the middle or interior; farthest outward; outermost.

A post or station without the limits of a camp, or at a distance from the main body of an army, for observation of the enemy.

Too costly. Milton.

Over the rest in authority; above all others; highest. [Obs.] Fabyan.

To post over; to pass over swiftly, as by post. Shak.

A poetical composition, in which the first verse contains, in order, the first letters of all the verses of the poem. Brande & C.

That branch of the post office having to do with the collection, transmission, and delivery of parcels. The British Inland Parcel Post was established in 1883. The present rates, dating from 1897, are 3d. for parcels not exceeding one pound and 1d. for each additional pound up to the limit of 10 pounds. A general parce…

Of or pertaining to parostosis; as, parosteal ossification.

tion which takes place in purely fibrous tracts; the formation of bone outside of the periosteum.

Pertaining to parostosis.

A line with a row of hooks and bead Paternoster pump, Paternoster wheel, a chain pump; a noria. -- Paternoster while, the space of time required for repeating a paternoster. Udall.

A degenerate order of Crustacea, including the Rhizocephala and Cirripedia.

A set of verses so disposed that the name forming the subject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

n Catholic and other churches in commemoration of the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles; which occurred on the day of Pentecost; -- called also Whitsunday. Shak.

Of or pertaining to Pentecost or to Whitsuntide.

Offerings formerly made to the parish priest, or to the mother church, at Pentecost. Shipley.