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pl. of Soredium.

Sorediïferous.

Bearing soredia; sorediate.

A patch of granular bodies on the surface of the thallus of lichens.

Infested by spiders; cobwebbed. Wolcott.

Having a spire; being in the form of a spire; as, a spired steeple. Mason.

Affected with spur, or ergot; as, spurred rye. Spurred corolla (Bot.), a corolla in which there are one or more petals with a spur.

Bred in conformity to a standard. Specif., applied to a registered trotting horse which comes up to the standard adopted by the National Association of Trotting-horse Breeders. [U. S.]

Influenced in fortune by the stars. [Obs.] My third comfort, Starred most unluckily. Shak.

Arrived at full stature. [R.]

Collected or accumulated as a reserve supply; as, stored electricity. It is charged with stored virtue. Bagehot.

Being of a straw color. See Straw color, under Straw, n.

Affected with a stricture; as, a strictured duct.

ure; showing differentiation of parts. The passage from a structureless state to a structured state is itself a vital process. H. Spencer.

Sweetened. "The sugared liquor." Spenser.

Having a deep red color.

Ardently desired or longed for; earnestly coveted. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Having a suture or sutures; knit or united together. Pennant.

Lighted with a taper or tapers; as, a tapered choir. [R.] T. Warton.

Weighed; determined; reduced to equal or standard weight; as, tared filter papers, used in weighing precipitates.