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See Syenitic.

Same as Fibrolite.

See Sylvanite.

Native zinc carbonate. It generally occurs in stalactitic, reniform, or botryoidal shapes, of a white to gray, green, or brown color. See Note under Calamine.

A snipe. [Obs. or Scot.] Carew.

Sharp; piercing; cutting; -- applied to the wind. [Prov. Eng.]

r ceremony performed with religious reverence; religious or ritual ceremony; as, the solemnity of a funeral, a sacrament. Great was the cause; our old solemnities From no blind zeal or fond tradition rise, But saved from death, our Argives yearly pay These grateful honors to the god of day. Pope.

See Sunnite.

Inflammation of the spleen.

Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the nonchalant, languid Virginian -- not splenitive or rash. T. N. Page.

A simple infinitive with to, having a modifier between the verb and the to; as in, to largely decrease. Called also cleft infinitive.

A mineral of a steel

A sulphide of antimony and silver of an iron-black color and metallic luster; called also black silver, and brittle silver ore.

The sternum of an arthropod somite.

A native oxide of antimony occurring in masses of a yellow color.

A mineral of a lead-gray color and brilliant metallic luster, occurring in prismatic crystals; sulphide of antimony; -- called also antimony glance, and gray antimony.

Strontium carbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.

Suggestion; prompting. [R.] T. Granger.

A place under ground; a subterrany. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Amber.