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ying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.

The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

To put in order; to regulate, or reduce to system. Adjusting the orthography. Johnson.

The system of jurisprudence of admiralty courts.

A receptacle of air in various parts of the system; as, a cell or minute cavity in the walls of the air tubes of the lungs; the air sac of birds; a dilatation of the air vessels in insects.

Of or pertaining to wings; also, wing-shaped. The alary system of insects. Wollaston.

A diseased condition of the system, brought about by the continued use of alcoholic liquors.

Saturation with alcohol; putting the animal system under the influence of alcoholic liquor.

The Algonkian period or era, or system or group of systems.

held independent of a lord paramount; -- opposed to feudal; as, allodial lands; allodial system. Blackstone.

The allodial system.

That system of medical practice which aims to combat disease by the use of remedies which produce effects different from those produced by the special disease treated; -- a term invented by Hahnemann to designate the ordinary practice, as opposed to homeopathy.

ongress in 1893 and by U. S. Statute as, one tenth of the unit of current of the C. G. S. system of electro-magnetic units, or the practical equivalent of the unvarying current which, when passed through a standard solution of nitrate of silver in water, deposits silver at the rate of 0.001118 grams per second. Called…

The doctrine, system, or practice, of Anabaptists. [R.] Thus died this imaginary king; and Anabaptistry was suppressed in Munster. Pagitt.

The process of anæsthetizing; also, the condition of the nervous system induced by anæsthetics.

The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.

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.

Any disorder of the vasomotor system; neurosis of a blood vessel. --An`gi*o*neu*rot"ic (#), a.

A dam or mole made in the course of a stream for the purpose of regulating the flow of a system of irrigation. [India] Brande & C.

pic; having different properties in different directions; thus, crystals of the isometric system are optically isotropic, but all other crystals are anisotropic.