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Without palpi.

A feasting or feast; banquet. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Having all the sides equal; as, an equilateral triangle; an equilateral polygon. Equilateral hyperbola (Geom.), one whose axes are equal. -- Equilateral shell (Zoöl.), one in which a transverse line drawn through the apex of the umbo bisects the valve, or divides it into two equal and symmetrical parts. -- Mutually e…

Resembling erysipelas.

Resembling erysipelas, or partaking of its nature.

A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- a trade term.

y the replacement of the hydroxyl hydrogen, after the manner of a hydrate; an ethyl alcoholate; as, potassium ethylate, C2H5.O.K.

To become white or whiter; to be whitened or blanched by excluding the light of the sun, as, plants.

Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions.

The operation of blanching plants, by excluding the light of the sun; the condition of a blanched plant.

To discuss; to ventilate. [Obs.] Johnson.

The act of eventilating; discussion. [Obs.] Bp. Berkely.

A waking up or awakening. [Obs.]

Apt to fly away. [Obs. or R.] Blount.

A flying out or up. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Having the sporangium destitute of a ring; -- said of certain genera of ferns.

To exhaust or wear out. [Obs.] "Seeds . . . wearied or exantlated." Boyle.

Act of drawing out ; exhaustion. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Having no aril; -- said of certain seeds, or of the plants producing them.

Having but one joint; -- said of certain insects.