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sides especially, having the form of a long parallelogram. Nineveh . . . was of a longilateral figure, ninety-five furlongs broad, and a hundred and fifty long. Sir T. Browne.

Of or pertaining to Luther; adhering to the doctrines of Luther or the Lutheran Church.

The doctrines taught by Luther or held by the Lutheran Church.

iquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber.

One who, or that which, macerates; an apparatus for converting paper or fibrous matter into pulp.

The act or process of macerating.

A camera in which a number of plates can be exposed without reloading.

The treatment of disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

. An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.

elves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions. In courtly balls and midnight masquerades. Pope.

One who masquerades; a person wearing a mask; one disguised.

Being without mixture or adulteration; hence, strong; racy. [Obs.]

Mesaraic.

Treatment of disease by applying metallic plates to the surface of the body.

The act of measuring, or the cost of measuring.

A tribe of Lepidoptera, including a vast number of minute species, as the plume moth, clothes moth, etc.

stinct crystalline form. Rocks, except certain glassy igneous forms, are either simple minerals or aggregates of minerals.

One versed in minerals; mineralogist. [R.]

The process of mineralizing, or forming a mineral by combination of a metal with another element; also, the process of converting into a mineral, as a bone or a plant.

To transform into a mineral. In these caverns the bones are not mineralized. Buckland.