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Not in accordance with the doctrines of Scripture; unscriptural.

That philosophy or doctrine which recognizes or deals only with externals, or objects of sense perception; positivism; phenomenalism.

A supporter of extreme doctrines or practice; one who holds extreme opinions.

A viverrine mammal of Madagascar (Eupleres Goudotii), allied to the civet; -- called also Falanouc.

ined to the pursuit of other birds, or game. In the language of falconry, the female peregrine (Falco peregrinus) is exclusively called the falcon. Yarrell.

n. Extreme necessity . . . forced him upon this bold and violent falsification of the doctrine of the alliance. Bp. Warburton.

ed or closely related individuals; as, a family of languages; a family of States; the chlorine family.

The doctrine that all things are subject to fate, or that they take place by inevitable necessity.

A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

Weariness. [Obs.] W. Montaqu.

Weariness from bodily labor or mental exertion; lassitude or exhaustion of strength.

Wild; untamed; ferine; not domesticated; -- said of beasts, birds, and plants. feral child, not raised by humans

A portable bier or shrine, variously adorned, used for containing relics of saints. Mollett.

Weariness. [Obs.] Bailey.

The doctrine or practice of belief in fetiches.

A marine univalve shell of the genus Pyrula, or Ficula, resembling a fig in form.

tate that the Holy Ghost proceeds from the Son as well as from the Father. Hence, the doctrine itself (not admitted by the Eastern Church).

An inferior kind of cheese made from skim milk with a fatty "filling," such as oleomargarine or lard, to replace the fat removed in the cream.

A finlike appendage, as to submarine boats. Apidose fin. (Zoöl.) See under Adipose, a. -- Fin ray (Anat.), one of the hornlike, cartilaginous, or bony, dermal rods which form the skeleton of the fins of fishes. -- Fin whale (Zoöl.), a finback. -- Paired fins (Zoöl.), the pectoral and ventral fins, corresponding to t…

To distill, as spirit from molasses or some saccharine preparation.