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Evil; wicked; atrocious. [Obs.] "Scelestic villainies." Feltham.

The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.

Being beneath the heavens; as, subcelestial glories. Barrow.

Higher than celestial; superangelic.

An instrument for telegraphically reproducing a photograph. -- Tel`e*ste`re*og"ra*phy (#), n.

A stereoscope adapted to view distant natural objects or landscapes; a telescopic stereoscope.

Tending or relating to a purpose or an end. [R.] Cudworth.

A poem in which the final letters of the lines, taken consequently, make a name. Cf. Acrostic.

A kind of laminated shale or sandstone belonging to some of the layers of the Upper Silurian.

Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." Milton.

Unblessed. [R.] Sylvester.

A grass used for making ropes or for plaiting, esp. Agrostis Spica-ventis. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Shelley.

The simplest rudiments of any subject; as, the A B C of finance. A B C book, a primer. Shak.

ntinuance; compliance (with). The Christians had no longer abidance in the holy hill of Palestine. Fuller. A judicious abidance by rules. Helps.

or strong mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay.

comp. of Able. -- A"blest, a.,

To pay for; to suffer for; to atone for; to make amends for; to give satisfaction. [Obs.] Lest to thy peril thou aby it dear. Shak.

Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful. [Obs.] Those conceive the celestial bodies have more accurate influences upon these things below. Bacon.

Superiority; mastery; -- with of or over. Lest Satan should get an advantage of us. 2 Cor. ii. 11.

See Eaglestone.