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imperfect zooid, whose special function is to produce medusoid buds. See Hydroidea, and Athecata.

n the nature of a mortgage, by which the owner of a ship, or the master as his agent, hypothecates and binds the ship (and sometimes the accruing freight) as security for the repayment of money advanced or lent for the use of the ship, if she terminates her voyage successfully. If the ship is lost by perils of the sea,…

brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.…

A weight; in Apothecaries' weight, one eighth part of an ounce, or sixty grains; in Avoirdupois weight, one sixteenth part of an ounce, or 27.34375 grains.

ially, one who buys and sells drugs without compounding them; also, a pharmaceutist or apothecary.

A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.

See Gonotheca.

ecoming a free hydromedusa, sometimes remaining attached. See Hydroidea, and Illusts. of Athecata, Campanularian, and Gonosome.

A graduated cup, tube, or flask; a measuring glass used by apothecaries and chemists. See under Graduated.

The Athecata; -- so called because the medusoid buds are not inclosed in a capsule.

The Athecata.

on shells and stones, and esp. on spiral shells occupied by hermit crabs. See Illust. of Athecata.

k tortoise, Musk turtle (Zoöl.), a small American fresh-water tortoise (Armochelys, or Ozotheca, odorata), which has a distinct odor of musk; -- called also stinkpot.

y is estimated at about 1,220 cubic centimeters, being about midway between that of the Pithecanthropus and modern man. Hence, designating the Neanderthal race, or man, a species supposed to have been widespread in paleolithic Europe.

Kept in stock by apothecaries; -- said of such drugs and medicines as may be obtained without special preparation or compounding; not magistral.

Same as Oötheca.

disgust or contempt. See Bah. Fie! fie! fie! pah! pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. Shak.

One skilled in pharmacy; a druggist. See the Note under Apothecary.

One who sells medicines; an apothecary.

nd dispensing medicines according to prescriptions of physicians; the occupation of an apothecary or a pharmaceutical chemist.