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The worship of the stars.

The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.

The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets. --As`tro*pho`to*met"ric*al (#), a.

Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. want of bilateral symmetry.

Treatment of disease by vapors or gases, as by inhalation.

A extinct genus of Branchiopoda, very common in Silurian limestones.

Poisonous; malignant; malicious. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ancestry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Self-worship. Farrar.

Adultery. See Advoutry.

Measurement of distance or altitude by a staff or staffs.

See Balladry. [Obs.] Milton.

In early times, a separate building, usually polygonal, used for baptismal services. Small churches were often changed into baptisteries when larger churches were built near.

The art or process of making barometrical measurements.

The practice of exciting and encouraging lawsuits and quarrels. [Also spelt barretry.] Coke. Blackstone.

The art of making baskets; also, baskets, taken collectively.

The art or science of sounding, or measuring depths in the sea.

A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror's expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of the 11th century, and is attributed by tradition to Matilda, the Conqueror's wife.…

Book worship, esp. of the Bible; -- applied by Roman Catholic divine Coleridge. F. W. Newman.

The state of mind of a bigot; obstinate and unreasoning attachment of one's own belief and opinions, with narrow-minded intolerance of beliefs opposed to them.