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A small visorless cap, worn by members of German student corps. It is made in the corps colors, and usually bears the insignia of the corps.

A soft, unctuous, or waxy substance, of a light brown color, into which the fat and muscle tissue of dead bodies sometimes are converted, by long immersion in water or by burial in moist places. It is a result of fatty degeneration.

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.

A female dancer. [Obs.] Wyclif.

The act of removing or beating out the brains.

Brainless. [R.]

A lateral half of the cerebrum. Wilder.

A body similar to, or identical with, cerebrin.

Not being in truth what one appears to be; not sincere; dissembling; hypocritical; disingenuous; deceitful; false; -- said of persons; also of speech, thought; etc.; as, insincere declarations.

Without sincerity.

Of high stature; tall. [Obs.] Evelyn.

The prosencephalon.

An order of large birds; the Ratitæ; -- called also Proceri.

Pure; unmixed; unadulterated. There is no sincere acid in any animal juice. Arbuthnot. A joy which never was sincere till now. Dryden.

In a sincere manner. Specifically:

Same as Sincerity. Beau & Fl.

A conjurer; an enchanter; a magician. Bacon. Pharaoh also called the wise men and the sorcerers. Ex. vii. 11.

A female sorcerer.

Ulcerous; ulcerated.

Not sincere or pure; insincere. [Obs.] Dryden. -- Un`sin*cere"ness, n. [Obs.]