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Communicated orally; oral; -- applied to the esoteric teachings of Aristotle, those intended for his genuine disciples, in distinction from his exoteric doctrines, which were adapted to outsiders or the public generally. Hence: Abstruse; profound.

The upper surface of the toes, individually.

A statue whose extremities are of stone, the trunk being generally of wood. Elmes.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

The use of a picture symbol of an object to represent phonetically the initial sound of the name of the object.

The upper part, or the citadel, of a Grecian city; especially, the citadel of Athens.

r; as, a bridge laid across a river. Dryden. To come across, to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman. -- To go across the country, to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.

A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto.

To perform, as an actor; to represent dramatically on the stage.

A bright green variety of amphibole occurring usually in fibrous or columnar masses.

The science which treats of rays of light, especially of the actinic or chemical rays.

In action; actually proceeding; working; in force; -- opposed to quiescent, dormant, or extinct; as, active laws; active hostilities; an active volcano.

In an active manner; nimbly; briskly; energetically; also, by one's own action; voluntarily, not passively.

Existing in act or reality; really acted or acting; in fact; real; -- opposed to potential, possible, virtual, speculative, coceivable, theoretical, or nominal; as, the actual cost of goods; the actual case under discussion.

One who deals with or considers actually existing facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist. J. Grote.

A making actual or really existent. [R.] Emerson.

A registar or clerk; -- used originally in courts of civil law jurisdiction, but in Europe used for a clerk or registar generally.

s, by passing under the divided vessel a needle, the ends of which are left exposed externally on the cutaneous surface. Simpson.

Pricking with a needle; a needle prick. Specifically (Med.):

Of a flower, having its parts inserted spirally on the receptacle.