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A prefix, signifying over, beyond, through and through, on the other side, as in transalpine, beyond the Alps; transform, to form through and through, that is, anew, transfigure.

ery odd in shape, the prothorax being often prolonged upward or forward in the form of a spine or crest. -- Tree jobber (Zoöl.), a woodpecker. [Obs.] -- Tree kangaroo. (Zoöl.) See Kangaroo. -- Tree lark (Zoöl.), the tree pipit. [Prov. Eng.] -- Tree lizard (Zoöl.), any one of a group of Old World arboreal lizards (Den…

Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.

Of, pertaining to, or designating, an acid obtained from atropine and certain other alkaloids, as a white crystalline substance slightly soluble in water.

An alkaloid, C8H13N, obtained by the chemical dehydration of tropine, as an oily liquid having a coninelike odor.

A liquid hydrocarbon obtained by the dry distillation of tropine with quicklime. It is regarded as being homologous with dipropargyl.

, is dark olive- green with small white or yellowish specks on the sides, and has yellow spines along the back, except on the neck.

embles the pocket gopher in size, form, and habits, but is more nearly allied to the porcupines. [Written also tucu-tuco.]

A sea urchin when deprived of its spines; -- popularly so called from a fancied resemblance to a turban.

diterranean region. It is also obtained from many coniferous trees, especially species of pine, larch, and fir.

(Zoöl.), having the whorls somewhat flattened on the upper side and often ornamented by spines or tubercles; -- said of certain spiral shells.

pose. Milton. Many actions apt to procure fame are not conductive to this our ultimate happiness. Addison.

ky. Other plants in various countries are called by this name, especially a kind of screw pine (Pandanus odoratissimus).

uced by foreign admixture; unmixed; unqualified; pure; as, unalloyed metals; unalloyed happiness. I enjoyed unalloyed satisfaction in his company. Mitford.

Having no hard and sharp projections, as spines, prickles, spurs, claws, etc.

nicorn shell (Zoöl.), any one of several species of marine gastropods having a prominent spine on the lip of the shell. Most of them belong to the genera Monoceros and Leucozonia.

To deprive of happiness like that of paradise; to render unhappy. [R.] Young.

To deprive of state or dignity. [R.] High-battled Cæsar will unstate his happiness. Shak.

To climb up; to ascend. Upclomb the shadowy pine above the woven copse. Tennyson.

The Canada porcupine. See Porcupine.