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Somewhat glumaceous.

Being in a lower situation, though not directly beneath; as, hills and subjacent valleys.

Same as Supracretaceous.

Situated immediately above; as, superjacent rocks.

To replace. [R.] J. Bascom.

Lying above the chalk; Supercretaceous.

Inserted into the stem above the leaf, petiole, or axil, as a peduncle or flower.

ything that has length and breadth; one of the limits that bound a solid, esp. the upper face; superficies; the outside; as, the surface of the earth; the surface of a diamond; the surface of the body. The bright surface of this ethereous mold. Milton.

The weight supported per square unit of surface; the quotient obtained by dividing the gross weight, in pounds, of a fully loaded flying machine, by the total area, in square feet, of its supporting surface.

That property, due to molecular forces, which exists in the surface film of all liquids and tends to bring the contained volume into a form having the least superficial area. The thickness of this film, amounting to less than a thousandth of a millimeter, is considered to equal the radius of the sphere of molecular act…

A form of machine for dressing the surface of wood, metal, stone, etc.

The cross, or church, of St. Antony. See Illust. (6), under Cross, n. Mollett.

It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.

See Race, n., 6.

One who has a sickly, pale complexion. Shak.

Having a sickly complexion; pale. Burton.

See Trass. [Obs.]

The holding by the fourth hand of the best and third best cards of a suit led; also, sometimes, the combination of best with third best card of a suit in any hand.

A raised level space, shelf, or platform of earth, supported on one or more sides by a wall, a bank of tuft, or the like, whether designed for use or pleasure.

Invertebrate animals covered with shells, especially mollusks; shellfish.