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Destitute of a rind.

Having a rind or skin. Ash.

Armature winding in which the wire is wound round the outer and inner surfaces alternately of an annular or cylindrical core.

Having defective sight; dim-sighted; purblind. Shak.

Of or pertaining to an order of trees and shrubs (Sapindaceæ), including the (Typical) genus Sapindus, the maples, the margosa, and about seventy other genera.

A genus of tropical and subtropical trees with pinnate leaves and panicled flowers. The fruits of some species are used instead of soap, and their round black seeds are made into necklaces.

A form of articulation in which one bone is received into a groove or slit in another.

(Bot.) A kind of bindweed (Convolvulus Soldanella) growing on the seacoast of Europe.

A reaping machine containing mechanism for binding the grain into sheaves.

Indignation at one's own character or actions. Baxter.

Induction in a circuit due to the action of one portion of a current upon an adjacent portion during periods of varying current strength. The nature of the induction is such as to oppose the action which produces it.

Indulgence of one's appetites, desires, or inclinations; -- the opposite of self-restraint, and self-denial.

Indulging one's appetites, desires, etc., freely.

Kindled of itself, or without extraneous aid or power. Dryden.

Half cylindrical.

Imperfectly indurated or hardened.

A winding in which the armature coil and the field-magnet coil are in series with the external circuits; -- opposed to shunt winding. --Se"ries-wound`, a.

To cover or roof with shindles. [Obs.]

An uproar or disturbance; a spree; a row; a riot. [Slang] Thackeray.

Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. May.