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bject matter; a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle; a maxim. It was the motto of a bishop eminent for his piety and good works, ... "Serve God, and be cheerful." Addison.

Bearing or having a motto; as, a mottoed coat or device.

Speaking many languages; polyglot. [R.] "The polyglottous tribes of America." Max Müller.

A nocturnal mammal (Perodictius potto) of the Lemur family, found in West Africa. It has rudimentary forefingers. Called also aposoro, and bush dog.

ting of music and dancing, -- held generally on fast eves. Brande & C. There are to be ridottos at guinea tickets. Walpole.

A kind of pottage.

With a restrained voice or moderate force; in an undertone.

A very large whalebone whale of the genus Sibbaldius, having a yellowish belly; especially, S. sulfureus of the North Pacific, and S. borealis of the North Atlantic; -- called also sulphur whale.

s, and then browned in an oven, -- used as food for infants. 'T is said that her top-and-bottoms were gilt. Hood.

Footpath; pavement; sidewalk. Headless bodies trailed along the trottoirs. Froude.

Deprived of a bottom.

The destroyer, or angel of the bottomless pit; -- the same as Apollyon and Asmodeus.

An untimely birth. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Pertaining to, or resembling, an abyss; bottomless; unending; profound. Geology gives one the same abysmal extent of time that astronomy does of space. Carlyle.

A bottomless or unfathomed depth, gulf, or chasm; hence, any deep, immeasurable, and, specifically, hell, or the bottomless pit. Ye powers and spirits of this nethermost abyss. Milton. The throne is darkness, in the abyss of light. Dryden.

yssal zone (Phys. Geog.), one of the belts or zones into which Sir E. Forbes divides the bottom of the sea in describing its plants, animals, etc. It is the one furthest from the shore, embracing all beyond one hundred fathoms deep. Hence, abyssal animals, plants, etc.

Seeds of the annotto tree; also, the coloring matter, annotto.

Acquired. [Obs.] He died not in his acquisitive, but in his native soil. Wotton.

rs of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

A fine cotton cloth of India.