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Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.

The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More.

The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.

A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbit's ears. It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms.

Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey.

Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More.

A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.] Heywood.

A dictation or dictate. [R.] Falkland.

The act of disarming.

The heartwood of an exogenous tree.

A liquid obtained from fat, or fat fish, by pressure.

Examination; inquiry. [R.] "A critical examen of the two pieces." Cowper.

ead or threadlike object or appendage; a fiber; esp. (Bot.), the threadlike part of the stamen supporting the anther.

Having the character of, or formed by, a filament.

Like a filament.

Like a thread; consisting of threads or filaments. Gray.

Fixed foundation; established basis. [Obs.] Custom is the . . . firmament of the law. Jer. Taylor.

Pertaining to the firmament; celestial; being of the upper regions. Dryden.

pithet. The most honored were those of Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis, Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis. Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.