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Formed in parquetry; inlaid with wood in small and differently colored figures. One room parqueted with yew, which I liked well. Evelyn.

inery or cabinet-work consisting of an inlay of geometric or other patterns, generally of different colors, -- used especially for floors.

One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor, or bass part; the violin part, etc. For my part, so far as concerns me; for my share. -- For the most part. See under Most, a. -- In good part, as we…

favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial. Ye have been partial in the law. Mal. ii. 9.

Anything that partakes of the nature of different things. [Obs.] The participles or confines between plants and living creatures. Bacon.

That which divides or separates; that by which different things, or distinct parts of the same thing, are separated; separating boundary; dividing line or space; specifically, an interior wall dividing one part or apartment of a house, an inclosure, or the like, from another; as, a brick partition; lath and plaster par…

Colored with different tints; variegated; as, a party-colored flower. "Parti-colored lambs." Shak.

Capable or susceptible of passion, or of different passions; easily moved, excited or agitated; specifically, easily moved to anger; irascible; quick-tempered; as, a passionate nature. Homer's Achilles is haughty and passionate. Prior.

us plants (species of Dolichos, Cicer, Abrus, etc.) esp. those having a scar (hilum) of a different color from the rest of the seed.

A band of nervous or fibrous matter connecting different parts of the brain; as, the peduncles of the cerebellum; the peduncles of the pineal gland.

A dynamometer for measuring the force required to draw wheel carriages on roads of different constructions. G. Francis.

A cross formed of two strips of different metals, to illustrate the Peltier effect.

A somewhat rare skin disease, characterized by the development of blebs upon different part of the body. Quain.

ject of the acrostic occurs five times -- the whole set of verses being divided into five different parts from top to bottom.

A work in five different tongues.

Hence: Mechanical; indifferent; listless; careless. "Perfunctory in his devotions." Sharp.

A remedial treatment, by drawing the pointed extremities of two rods, each of a different metal, over the affected part; tractoration, -- first employed by Dr. Elisha Perkins of Norwich, Conn. See Metallotherapy.

ermutation lock, a lock in which the parts can be transposed or shifted, so as to require different arrangements of the tumblers on different occasions of unlocking.

Light blue; grayish blue; -- a term applied to different shades at different periods. -- n.

To bear rule, which was thy part And person, hadst thou known thyself aright. Milton. How different is the same man from himself, as he sustains the person of a magistrate and that of a friend! South.