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Observation of birds and their habits. [R.] De Quincey.

The examination of the ear; the art of using the otoscope.

Ourology.

The art or rocess of making observations with the polariscope.

Direct observation of objects opaque to light by means of some other form of radiant energy, as the Röntgen rays. -- Ra`di*o*scop"ic (#), *scop"ic*al (#), a.

To copy again.

The study of the retina of the eye by means of the ophthalmoscope.

The examination or study of the soft palate, posterior nares, etc., by means of a laryngoscopic mirror introduced into the pharynx.

The use of the spectroscope; investigations made with the spectroscope.

The art or science of using the stereoscope, or of constructing the instrument or the views used with it.

The art or process of examination by the stethoscope.

The art or practice of using or making telescopes.

Examination of the interior of the trachea by means of a mirror.

Observation of the heavens or heavenly bodies.

Examination of the urethra by means of the urethroscope.

The diagnosis of diseases by inspection of urine. Sir T. Browne.

See Leatherwood.

attesting such declaration. Acknowledgment money, in some parts of England, a sum paid by copyhold tenants, on the death of their landlords, as an acknowledgment of their new lords. Cowell.

The act of giving possession of a copyhold estate. Bouvier.

A person whose employment is to write what another dictates, or to copy what another has written.