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if not in degree; fellow-feeling. They saw, but other sight instead -- a crowd Of ugly serpents! Horror on them fell, And horrid sympathy. Milton.

Of or pertaining to Syria, or its language; as, the Syriac version of the Pentateuch. -- n.

The body of the Jewish civil and canonical law not comprised in the Pentateuch.

the fingers. The staggerings of the gentleman . . . were like those of a teetotum nearly spent. Dickens.

, Yucatan, etc. And Aztec priests upon their teocallis Beat the wild war-drums made of serpent's skin. Longfellow.

Oil of turpentine. See Turpentine.

Pertaining to, or obtained from, terbenthene (oil of turpentine); specifically, designating an acid, C7H10O4, obtained by the oxidation of terbenthene with nitric acid, as a white crystalline substance.

The turpentine tree.

Of or pertaining to turpentine; resembling turpentine; terbinthine; as, terbinthic qualities.

Impregnating with the qualities of turpentine; terbinthine.

Of or pertaining to turpentine; consisting of turpentine, or partaking of its qualities.

cid, and obtained, as a tasteless white crystalline powder, by the oxidation of oil of turpentine; -- called also paraphthalic acid. Cf. Phthalic.

ant aromatic odor, occurring especially in coniferous plants and represented by oil of turpentine, but including also certain hydrocarbons found in some essential oils.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid, C8H12O4 (called also terpentic acid), homologous with terebic acid, and obtained as a white crystalline substance by the oxidation of oil of turpentine with chromic acid.

A white crystalline substance regarded as a hydrate of oil of turpentine.

ng, the land or ground, in distinction from trees, water, or the like; as, terrestrial serpents. The terrestrial parts of the globe. Woodward.

expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! Shak.

Discourse on a certain subject. Then ran repentance and rehearsed his theme. Piers Plowman. It was the subject of my theme. Shak.

A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work.

The Pentateuch or "Law of Moses."