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The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another. Wharton.

The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

been found to occur regularly in the families Betulaceæ and Juglandaceæ. Partial chalazogamy is found in Ulmus, the tube here penetrating the nucleus midway between the chalaza and micropyle. --Chal`a*zo*gam"ic (#), a.

Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.

A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also cinnamule.]

s members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]

ining, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.

second marriage, after the death of the first husband of wife; -- in distinction from bigamy, as defined in the old canon law. See Bigamy. Goldsmith.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene.

Having two coverings, a calyx and in corolla.

The condition of certain species of plants, in which the stamens and pistil do not mature simultaneously, so that these plants can never fertilize themselves.

Act, or state, of being twice married; deuterogamy. [R.]

nding in dreams or given to dreaming; appropriate to, or like, dreams; visionary. "The dreamy dells." Tennyson.

ricting a man in his choice of a wife to the tribe to which he belongs; -- opposed to exogamy.

Epithalamium. [R.] Donne.

iage between members of the same tribe; marriage outside of the tribe; -- opposed to endogamy. Lubbock.

Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame. Pope.

Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.] Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston.