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Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warming sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger. Sound an alarm in my holy mountain. Joel ii. 1.

of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also, the line of adjustment; esp., an imaginary line to regulate the formation of troops or of a squadron.

c, or year book, containing astronomical calculations (lunar, stellar, etc.), and other information useful to mariners.

A fleecy cloud formation consisting of large whitish or grayish globular cloudlets with shaded portions, often grouped in flocks or rows.

A cloud formation similar to cirro-stratus, but heavier and at a lower level.

of shale or clay slate, containing iron pyrites, the decomposition of which leads to the formation of alum, which often effloresces on the rock.

A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

An alteration or change for the better; correction of a fault or of faults; reformation of life by quitting vices.

re is first a simple cleavage of the nucleus without change in its structure (such as the formation of chromosomes), followed by the division of the cytoplasm; direct cell division; -- opposed to mitosis. It is not the usual mode of division, and is believed by many to occur chiefly in highly specialized cells which ar…

d in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the formation of certain plasters.

The formation of starch.

cted from a curved mirror or through a polyhedron, appears regular and in proportion; a deformation of an image.

Stiffness or fixation of a joint; formation of a stiff joint. Dunglison.

Of or pertaining to a church modeled on the English Reformation; Anglican; -- sometimes restricted to the ritualistic or High Church section of the Church of England.

A making angular; angular formation. Huxley.

A circular or ringlike formation; a ring or belt. Nicholson.

Of, pertaining to, or like, anthracite; as, anthracitic formations.

Transformation into the form of a human being.

Tending to prevent the formation of urinary calculi, or to destroy them when formed. -- n.

the incus. See Incus. To be on the anvil, to be in a state of discussion, formation, or preparation, as when a scheme or measure is forming, but not matured. Swift.