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Loss of diminution. [Obs.] Shak.

The act of personifying; impersonation; embodiment. C. Knight.

To be the embodiment or personification of; to impersonate; as, he personifies the law.

yngeal bone or cartilage; especially, one of the lower pharyngeals, which belong to the rudimentary fifth branchial arch in many fishes, or one of the upper pharyngeals, or pharyngobranchials, which are the dorsal elements in the complete branchial arches.

. From the differences between two pictures taken at the same moment, measurements in all dimensions of the region may be obtained.

Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)

throad of a gamopetalous corolla, while the stamens are concealed in the tube; -- said of dimorphous flowers. The opposite of Ant: thrum-eyed.

-- called also pineal body, epiphysis, conarium. In some animals it is connected with a rudimentary eye, the so-called pineal eye, and in other animals it is supposed to be the remnant of a dorsal median eye.

A feather not fully developed; esp., a rudimentary feather just emerging through the skin.

Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection of something. "The very pink of courtesy." Shak.

The seed-bearing organ of a flower. It consists of an ovary, containing the ovules or rudimentary seeds, and a stigma, which is commonly raised on an elongated portion called a style. When composed of one carpel a pistil is simple; when composed of several, it is compound. See Illust. of Flower, and Ovary.…

nearly flat, piece of metal, the thickness of which is small in comparison with the other dimensions; a thick sheet of metal; as, a steel plate.

The property of crystallizing under two or more distinct fundamental forms, including dimorphism and trimorphism.

To cleanse, as open drains which are entered by the tide, by stirring up the sediment when the tide ebbs.

ummet, as the depth of water; hence, to examine by test; to ascertain the depth, quality, dimension, etc.; to sound; to fathom; to test. He did not attempt to plumb his intellect. Ld. Lytton.

A glass through which objects appear multiplied, but diminished in size. [R.]

The lesser gate, where there are two of different dimensions.

ive or adverb which denotes simple quality, without comparison or relation to increase or diminution; as, wise, noble. -- Positive electricity (Elec), the kind of electricity which is developed when glass is rubbed with silk, or which appears at that pole of a voltaic battery attached to the plate that is not attacked…

Graphite, or black lead, often used on the bottoms of racing vessels to diminish friction.

nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.