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A hood, or cape with a hood, made of lined with gray fur, formerly worn by the clergy; -- written also amess, amyss, and almuce.

lso massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general…

Clasping a support; as, amplectant tendrils. Gray.

Clasping or embracing a stem, as the base of some leaves. Gray.

Destitute of anthers. Gray.

its development, so that the chalaza is as the apparent apex; -- opposed to orthotropous. Gray.

A silicate of aluminium, occurring usually in thick rhombic prisms, nearly square, of a grayish or pale reddish tint. It was first discovered in Andalusia, Spain.

A support or column on which stamens are raised. Gray.

Having the seeds or spores covered, as in certain lichens. Gray.

spirit; indicating animation; lively; vigorous. "Animated sounds." Pope. "Animated bust." Gray. "Animated descriptions." Lewis.

Historical records; chronicles; history. The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke.

Supporting anthers, as a part of a flower. Gray.

The period or state of full expansion in a flower. Gray.

stipe when developed into an internode between calyx and corolla, as in the Pink family. Gray.

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

Forward or upward in direction. Gray.

At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. Gray.

An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. Gray.

Pressed close to, or lying against, something for its whole length, as against a stem, Gray.

The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.