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One who, or that which resuscitates. Also used adjectively.

plant (Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine. [Written also ratany.] Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada.

A flooring or framework on which a rick is made.

An officer of the church who has the care of the utensils or movables, and of the church in general; a sexton.

Leaping; jumping; dancing.

A native or inhabitant of Samaria; also, the language of Samaria.

e Devil, or Prince of darkness; the chief of the fallen angels; the archfiend. I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Luke x. 18.

Of or pertaining to Satan; having the qualities of Satan; resembling Satan; extremely malicious or wicked; devilish; infernal. "Satanic strength." "Satanic host." Milton. Detest the slander which, with a Satanic smile, exults over the character it has ruined. Dr. T. Dwight. -- Sa*tan"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sa*tan"ic*al*nes…

The evil and malicious disposition of Satan; a diabolical sprit. [R.]

A very wicked-person. [R.] Granger.

An incarnation of Satan; a being possessed by a demon. [R.] O. A. Brownson.

The substance of the medullary sheath.

A kind of seaweed; tang; tangle. To their nests of sedge and sea tang. Longfellow.

One of the portions of space bounded by the three coordinate planes. Specif. (Crystallog.), one of the parts of a crystal into which it is divided by the axial planes.

An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit.

Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

The tangent of half an arc.

See Heptane. [R.]

A figure which has seven angles; a heptagon. [R.]

Heptagonal.