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Itching.

ercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men.

Vanadate of bismuth, occurring in minute reddish brown crystals.

leases the eye; beauty; comeliness; grace; loveliness. Piercing our heartes with thy pulchritude. Court of Love.

The period before puberty, or from birth to fourteen in males, and twelve in females.

faith and worship than those established by law; -- originally, a term of reproach. The Puritans formed the bulk of the early population of New England.

Of or pertaining to the Puritans, or to their doctrines and practice.

In a puritanical manner.

The doctrines, notions, or practice of Puritans.

To agree with, or teach, the doctrines of Puritans; to conform to the practice of Puritans. Bp. Montagu.

freedom from foreign admixture or deleterious matter; as, the purity of water, of wine, of drugs, of metals.

Ruby silver; dark red silver ore. It is a sulphide of antimony and silver, occurring in rhombohedral crystals or massive, and is of a dark red or black color with a metallic adamantine luster.

Of or pertaining to pyrites. See Pyritic.

yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide. Hence sable coal his massy couch extends, And stars of gold the sparkling pyrite blends. E. Darwin.

A name given to a number of metallic minerals, sulphides of iron, copper, cobalt, nickel, and tin, of a white or yellowish color.

Of or pertaining to pyrites; consisting of, or resembling, pyrites.

Containing or producing pyrites.

To convert into pyrites.

Like pyrites in hemihedral form.

The pentagonal dodecahedron, a common form of pyrite.