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Preceding the systole or contraction of the heart; as, the presystolic friction sound.

ankind in knowledge, and to have formed men of clay to whom he gave life by means of fire stolen from heaven. Jupiter, being angry at this, sent Mercury to bind Prometheus to Mount Caucasus, where a vulture preyed upon his liver.

armed. Pulse wave (Physiol.), the wave of increased pressure started by the ventricular systole, radiating from the semilunar valves over the arterial system, and gradually disappearing in the smaller branches. the pulse wave travels over the arterial system at the rate of about 29.5 feet in a second. H. N. Martin. --…

To take from a thief, as goods known to be stolen.

One who takes or buys stolen goods from a thief, knowing them to be stolen. Blackstone.

rance; as, relics of youthful days or friendships. The pearis were split; Some lost, some stolen, some as relics kept. Tennyson.

The receiving of stolen goods, or harboring an outlaw. Jamieson.

One who receives or conceals, as stolen goods or criminal.

His few books, or his beads, or maple dish Milton. He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know it, and he's not robbed at all. Shak. To be executed for robbing a church. Shak.

and color from the rest, inserted into the cordage of the British navy, to identify it if stolen, or for the purpose of tracing the maker in case of defect. Different makers are required to use yarns of different colors.

egally issued, authorizing an examination or search of a house, or other place, for goods stolen, secreted, or concealed.

To deposit in a place of hiding; to hide; to conceal; as, to secrete stolen goods; to secrete one's self.

gales, Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. Milton.

Stole.

thy heed, thou must for indigence Or steal, or borrow, thy dispense. Chaucer. The man who stole a goose and gave away the giblets in G. Eliot.

That which is stolen; stolen property; -- chiefly used in the plural.

The thing stolen; stolen property. [Obs.] "Sluttish dens . . . serving to cover stealths." Sir W. Raleigh.

A trailing branch which is disposed to take root at the end or at the joints; a stole.

Of or pertaining to systole, or contraction; contracting; esp., ralating to the systole of the heart; as, systolic murmur. Dunglison.

The thing stolen. [R.] If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, . . . he shall restore double. Ex. xxii. 4.