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A division of passerine birds including the humming birds, swifts, and goatsuckers. It is now generally considered an artificial group.

One who forms structures; a builder; a constructor. [R.]

Ridiculing with moderation. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Of his or its own kind.

One who summarized.

, the time of such appearance, whether in fair or cloudy weather; as, to begin work at sunrise. "The tide of sunrise swells." Keble.

To surprise. [Obs.] Chaucer.

The act of surprising, or state of being surprised; surprise. How to secure the lady from surprisal. Milton. Because death is uncertain, let us prevent its surprisal. Barrow.

The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.

Surprisal. [Obs.] Daniel.

One who surprises.

Exciting surprise; extraordinary; of a nature to excite wonder and astonishment; as, surprising bravery; a surprising escape from danger. -- Sur*pris"ing*ly, adv. -- Sur*pris"ing*ness, n.

One who cultivates forest trees, especially as a business.

One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. Sir H. Wotton.

A figure of speech in which opposite things or persons are compared. Crabb.

wers in spikes. An Arabian species (T. mannifera) is the source of one kind of manna. Tamarisk salt tree, an East Indian tree (Tamarix orientalis) which produces an incrustation of salt.

The system of doctrines and rites taught in the tantras. -- Tan"trist (#), n.

ble, according as one form or the other is the more stable. It is a special case of metamerism; thus, the lactam and the lactim compounds exhibit tautomerism.

A polariscope arranged to be attached to a telescope. Lockyer.

An hypothesis of animal magnetism propounded by Dr. Keiser, in Germany, in which the phenomena are ascribed to the agency of a telluric spirit or influence. [R.] S. Thompson.