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Somewhat stiff.

nd is fitted to receive the pollen. It is usually the terminal portion, and is commonly somewhat glutinous or viscid. See Illust. of Stamen and of Flower.

An appendage at the base of petioles or leaves, usually somewhat resembling a small leaf in texture and appearance.

Somewhat stout; somewhat corpulent.

's own feelings. -- To strain courtesy, to go beyond what courtesy requires; to insist somewhat too much upon the precedence of others; -- often used ironically. Shak.

The connective tissue or supporting framework of an organ; as, the stroma of the kidney.

Somewhat strong.

, as in the minerals strontianite, celestite, etc. It is isolated as a yellowish metal, somewhat malleable but harder than calcium. It is chiefly employed (as in the nitrate) to color pyrotechnic flames red. Symbol Sr. Atomic weight 87.3. A radioactive isotope of strontium produced by certain nuclear reactions, and con…

A rude musical instrument somewhat like a cittern. [R.] Dampier.

A framework of timber covered with boards to support rubbish; also, a framework of boards to protect miners from falling stones. [Prov. Eng.]

ing on tablets covered with wax, having one of its ends sharp, and the other blunt, and somewhat expanded, for the purpose of making erasures by smoothing the wax.

Somewhat hooked or curved.

Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

Having a figure resembling that of a bow; somewhat curved or arched.

Somewhat astringent.

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Somewhat cordate; somewhat like a heart in shape.

Somewhat sweet; sweetish. [R.]

Not fully elongated; somewhat elongated.

Somewhat fibrous.