Search the Dictionary

To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]

Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the cases; as, lapis, lapidis; mens, mentis.

low of rock material beneath the surface under gravitative stress. By the theory of isostasy each unit column of the earth, from surface to center, has approximately the same weight, and the continents stand higher than the ocean beds chiefly because the material of the crust has there less density.…

painful suspicion of the faithfulness of husband, wife, or lover. I was jealous for jealousy. Zech. viii. 2. Jealousy is the . . . apprehension of superiority. Shenstone. Whoever had qualities to alarm our jealousy, had excellence to deserve our fondness. Rambler.

The hollow stalk of an umbelliferous plant, such as the cow parsnip or the hemlock. [Written also kex, and in pl., kecks, kaxes.] Nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burs. Shak.

Fantastic; restless; as, kicksy-wicksy flames. Nares.

That which is restless and uneasy.

An expression of languor.

Long since; long ago. [Scot.]

Flimsy; vague; deceptive. [Obs.] Ascham.

ing great deformity. In one variety of the disease, anæsthesia of the skin is a prominent symptom. In addition there may be wasting of the muscles, falling out of the hair and nails, and distortion of the hands and feet with destruction of the bones and joints. It is incurable, and is probably contagious.Mycobacterium…

Limp; flexible; flimsy. [Local, U. S.]

The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

The operation of crushing a stone in the bladder with an instrument called lithotriptor or lithotrite; lithotrity.

Mean; contemptible; as, lousy knave. [Vulgar] Such lousy learning as this is. Bale.

See Madecassee.

A native or natives of Madagascar; also (sing.), the language.

A system or wireless telegraphy developed by G. Marconi, an Italian physicist, in which Hertzian waves are used in transmission and a coherer is used as the receiving instrument.

having bulk and weight ot substance; ponderous; bulky and heavy; weight; heavy; as, a massy shield; a massy rock. Your swords are now too massy for your strengths, And will not be uplifted. Shak. Yawning rocks in massy fragments fly. Pope.

Greatness of soul. [Obs. & R.]