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so metaphorically. "Plethoric phrases." Sydney Smith. "Plethoric fullness of thought." De Quincey.

Like network; complicated. Quincy.

sphere, and named specifically in each case according to the position intended; as, the equinoctial points; the solstitial points; the nodal points; vertical points, etc. See Equinoctial Nodal.

ng, or assuming, a variety of forms, characters, or styles; as, a polymorphous author. De Quincey.

ining to a suborder (Pomeæ) of rosaceous plants, which includes the true thorn trees, the quinces, service berries, medlars, and loquats, as well as the apples, pears, crabs, etc.

sed in an adherent fleshy mass, which is partly receptacle and partly calyx, as an apple, quince, or pear.

sentinel. "It might be to obtain a ship for a lieutenant, . . . or to get him posted." De Quincey.

arch. -- Potato worm (Zoöl.), the large green larva of a sphinx, or hawk moth (Macrosila quinquemaculata); -- called also tomato worm. See Illust. under Tomato. -- Seaside potato (Bot.), Ipomoea Pes-Capræ, a kind of morning-glory with rounded and emarginate or bilobed leaves. [West Indies] -- Sweet potato (Bot.), a c…

One who hawks crockery or earthenware. [Prov. Eng.] De Quincey.

tron.) See under Lunisolar. -- Planetary precession, that part of the precession of the equinoxes which depends on the action of the planets alone. -- Precession of the equinoxes (Astron.), the slow backward motion of the equinoctial points along the ecliptic, at the rate of 50.2" annually, caused by the action of th…

Of or pertaining to pression; as, the precessional movement of the equinoxes.

To conform by way anticipation. De Quincey.

To discourse publicly; to lecture. Spitting . . . was publicly prelected upon. De. Quincey. To prelect upon the military art. Bp. Horsley.

To direct, as a remedy to be used by a patient; as, the doctor prescribed quinine.

probable but not conclusive. "In contradiction to these very plausible presumptions." De Quincey.

eing prime or first, as in time, place, rank, etc., hence, excellency; supremacy. [R.] De Quincey.

The kindling of a disease into action; also, the procatarctic cause. Quincy.

conduct. "Pride, not personal, but professional." Macaulay. "A professional sneerer." De Quincey.

Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. "A far-seeing or proleptic wisdom." De Quincey.

vulgar. "Every citizen, if he were not a proletarian animal kept at the public cost." De Quincey. -- n.