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Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.

n, having flowers on a spadix inclosed in a spathe. The cuckoopint of the English is an example. Our common arums the lords and ladies of village children. Lubbock.

For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations.

res in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.

Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the trumpet flower is an example.

Something big; a good stout example of the kind. The stone must be a bouncer. De Quincey.

An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.

t kind of material; as, a load of brick; a thousand of brick. Some of Palladio's finest examples are of brick. Weale.

A block of artificial stone in the form of a brick, used for paving; also, a molded sample of solidified cement or mortar for use as a test piece for showing the strength of the material.

mostly epiphytic or saxicolous plants of which the genera Tillandsia and Billbergia are examples. The pineapple, though terrestrial, is also of this family.

An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

h the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eagar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search.

Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

r, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier.

overed with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.

Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See…

es are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.