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A government by seven persons; also, a country under seven rulers.

Having seven seeds.

A composition consisting of seven lines or verses.

The first seven books of the Testament.

Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Same as Heptylene.

Any one of a series of unsaturated metameric hydrocarbons, C7H12, of the acetylene series.

Pertaining to, or derived from, heptane; as, heptoic acid.

A liquid hydrocarbon, C7H10, of the valylene series.

A compound radical, C7H15, regarded as the essential radical of heptane and a related series of compounds.

uid hydrocarbon, C7H14, of the ethylene series; also, any one of its isomers. Called also heptene.

Pertaining to, or derived from, heptyl or heptane; as, heptylic alcohol. Cf. .

An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.

The European starling. [Local, Eng.]

Pertaining to the stomach and liver; hepatogastric; as, the gastrohepatic, or lesser, omentum.

Hotchpot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

A fold of the peritoneum connecting the liver with the dorsal wall of the abdominal cavity.

A stable; a shippen. [Obs.] The shepne brenning with the blacke smoke. Chaucer.

The pastor of a church; one with the religious guidance of others. Shepherd bird (Zoöl.), the crested screamer. See Screamer. -- Shepherd dog (Zoöl.), a breed of dogs used largely for the herding and care of sheep. There are several kinds, as the collie, or Scotch shepherd dog, and the English shepherd dog. Called als…

A woman who tends sheep; hence, a rural lass. She put herself into the garb of a shepherdess. Sir P. Sidney.