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A sham package in a shop, or one which does not contain what its exterior indicates.

To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung; -- done to remove the superfluous mordant.

Containing twelve; twelvefold; increasing by twelves; duodecimal.

durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts.

The act of setting free the dynamic powers of a medicine, as by shaking the bottle containing it.

A northern constellation, containing Altair, a star of the first magnitude. See Aquila.

simple auditory organ, occurring in many worms, mollusks, etc. It consists of a small sac containing a fluid and one or more solid concretions or otocysts. -- Rose ear (in dogs), an ear which folds backward and shows part of the inside. -- To give ear to, to listen to; to heed, as advice or one advising. "Give ear un…

The quality or state of being earthy, or of containing earth; hence, grossness.

n which the outer coating splits into the shape of a star, and the inner one forms a ball containing the dustlike spores.

A circle not having the same center as another contained in some measure within the first.

viscid fluid secreted by the poison glands of certain serpents; also, a nitrogenous base contained in this, and supposed to be the active poisonous principle of the virus. Brande & C.

A kind of frosted cake, containing flavored cream.

The religious or mythological book of the old Scandinavian tribes of German origin, containing two collections of Sagas (legends, myths) of the old northern gods and heroes.

An apparatus for determining the amount of oil contained in any substance, or for ascertaining the degree of purity of oil.

An instrument for measuring the degree of rarefaction of air contained in the receiver of an air pump. [Spelt also elaterometer.]

Pertaining to electricity; consisting of, containing, derived from, or produced by, electricity; as, electric power or virtue; an electric jar; electric effects; an electric spark.

Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question; as, the elemental of a plan.

sappear from an equation; especially, in the operation of deducing from several equations containing several unknown quantities a less number of equations containing a less number of unknown quantities.

Pertaining to, containing, or consisting in, an emblem; symbolic; typically representative; representing as an emblem; as, emblematic language or ornaments; a crown is emblematic of royalty; white is emblematic of purity. -- Em`blem*at"ic*al*ly, adv.

State of being contained; inclosure. [Obs.] In the embracement of the parts hardly reparable, as bones. Bacon.