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, characterized by irregular patches of thin scales which are shed in branlike particles. Pityriasis versicolor Etym: [NL.] (Med.), a parasitic disease of the skin, characterized by the development of reddish or brownish patches.

Having the form of, or resembling, bran. Smart.

A little more; as, più allegro, a little more briskly.

A fixed pin or short axis, on the end of which a wheel or other body turns.

Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle.

See Pyx.

Led by pixies; bewildered.

An old English name for a fairy; an elf. [Written also picksy.]

tion to violinists to pluck the string with the finger, instead of using the bow. (Abrev. pizz.)

The penis; -- so called in some animals, as the bull. Shak.

A receiver. [R.] Bailey

A genus of rapacious birds; one of the Accipitres or Raptores.

Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a falcon or hawk; hawklike. Lowell.

The order that includes rapacious birds. They have a hooked bill, and sharp, strongly curved talons. There are three families, represented by the vultures, the falcons or hawks, and the owls.

Like or belonging to the Accipitres; raptorial; hawklike.

Relieving weariness; restorative.

of a seed when it begins to germinate; the plumule in germination; -- so called from its spiral form.

Pertaining to, or derived from, fatty or oily substances; -- applied to certain acids obtained from fats by the action of nitric acid.

ugh which steam is made to pass from the vessel, causing it to revolve. [Written also eolipile.]

Exhibiting differences of quality or property in different directions; not isotropic. Sir W. Thomson.