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sh greatly. "Amazing Europe with her wit." Goldsmith. And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David Matt. xii. 23.

Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.

t; thus, a conductor having five convolutions and carrying a current of half an ampère is said to have 2½ ampère turns. The magnetizing effect of a coil is proportional to the number of its ampère turns.

Segmenting unequally; -- said of telolecithal ova with complete segmentation.

Having both ends concave; biconcave; -- said of vertebræ.

ar arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

Having the outer edge prominent; said of the wings of insects.

Tending upwards; -- said of terns in which the lowest secondary segments are on the upper side of the branch of the central stem. D. C. Eaton.

Moving up and down; -- said of earthquake shocks.

Not astigmatic; --said esp. of a lens system which consists of a converging lens and a diverging lens of equal and opposite astigmatism but different focal lengths, and sensibly free from astigmatism.

The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

Two-edged instead of round; -- said of certain flattened stems, as those of blue grass, and rarely also of leaves.

Fertilized by the agency of the wind; -- said of plants in which the pollen is carried to the stigma by the wind; wind- Fertilized. Lubbock.

About; concerning; in respect; as, he said nothing anent this particular.

Containing no liquid; -- said of kind of barometer. Aneroid barometer, a barometer the action of which depends on the varying pressure of the atmosphere upon the elastic top of a metallic box (shaped like a watch) from which the air has been exhausted. An index shows the variation of pressure.

A form of devotion in which three Ave Marias are repeated. It is said at morning, noon, and evening, at the sound of a bell.

broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar appendages on the head are said to be used to entice fishes within reach. Called also fishing frog, frogfish, toadfish, goosefish, allmouth, monkfish, etc.

Of a different tincture from the animal itself; -- said of the eyes of a rapacious animal. Brande & C.

Not isometric; having unsymmetrical parts; -- said of crystals with three unequal axes. Dana.

The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.