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Less often, the mass of archoplasm left by the aster in the resting cell.

One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally.

ying or being in the south; as, austral land; austral ocean. Austral signs (Astron.), the last six signs of the zodiac, or those south of the equator.

Justification; warrant. Wilt thou be glass wherein it shall discern Authority for sin, warrant for blame. Shak.

A kind of glass, containing gold-colored spangles. It was produced in the first place by the accidental (par aventure) dropping of some brass filings into a pot of melted glass.

The class of Vertebrata that includes the birds.

unal. [Obs. or Archaic] One who avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow. He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson.

Sown during the last years of a tenancy, but not ripe until after its expiration; -- said of crops. Wharton.

A borosilicate of alumina, iron, and lime, commonly found in glassy, brown crystals with acute edges.

the vertebra, which is prolonged anteriorly within the foramen of the first vertebra or atlas, so as to form the odontoid process or peg which serves as a pivot for the atlas and head to turn upon.

Ah! alas! "Ay me! I fondly dream `Had ye been there.'" Milton.

Any of a large class of compounds characterized by a five- membered ring which contains an atom of nitrogen and at least one other noncarbon atom (nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur). The prefixes furo-, thio, and pyrro-are used to distinguish three subclasses of azoles, which may be regarded as derived respectively from furfur…

The whole class of divinities to whom the name Baal was applied. Judges x. 6.

A hoop suspended by an elastic strap, in which a young child may be held secure while amusing itself by jumping on the floor.

n, in some American colleges, a sermon delivered as a farewell discourse to a graduating class.

e in reserve. This project Should have a back or second, that might hold, If this should blast in proof. Shak.

A stitch made by setting the needle back of the end of the last stitch, and bringing it out in front of the end.

A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algæ, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity…

A cement or paste (as of plaster and freestone, or of sawdust and glue or lime) used by sculptors, builders, and workers in wood or stone, to fill holes, cover defects, or finish a surface.

The last reef in a fore-and-aft sail, taken to steady the ship.