Search the Dictionary

A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.

A title, denoting a Spanish nobleman of the lower class.

A spree; a revel. [Low]

Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

A frightful goblin; an imp; a bugaboo; also, a name formerly given to the household spirit, Robin Goodfellow. Macaulay.

High flavor; strong scent. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Belonging to the same category of individuality; -- a morphological term applied to organisms so related.

Having all the flowers of a plant alike in respect to the stamens and pistils.

The condition of having homogonous flowers.

See Homologue.

ent which were acknowledged as canonical by the early church; -- distinguished from antilegomena.

Having the same relative position, proportion, value, or structure. Especially:

A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propogated.

A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

A compound of the bichloride of mercury with another chloride. [Obs.]

The negative pole or cathode. [R.]

Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.

Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Eating, or subsisting on, fish.

An image.