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See Denarius. Penny cress (Bot.), an annual herb of the Mustard family, having round, flat pods like silver pennies (Thlaspi arvense). Dr. Prior. -- Penny dog (Zoöl.), a kind of shark found on the South coast of Britain: the tope. -- Penny father, a penurious person; a niggard. [Obs.] Robinson (More's Utopia). -- Pe…

of Europe; also, a North American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in flavor. Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue.

A figure composed of two equilateral triangles intersecting so as to form a six-pointed star, -- used in early ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.

A five-pointed star, resembling five alphas joined at their bases; -- used as a symbol.

Among or around the stars. "Comets in periastral passage." R. A. Proctor.

That point, in the real or apparent orbit of one star revolving around another, at which the former is nearest to the latter.

The envelope or coat of certain fungi, such as the puffballs and earthstars.

One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862.

A consellation of the northern hemisphere, near Taurus and Cassiopea. It contains a star cluster visible to the naked eye as a nebula.

A slight fit of peevishness or fretfulness. "In a pet she started up." Tennyson.

single-phase current is split into two or more currents differing in phase. It is used in starting single-phase induction motors.

The planet Venus, when appearing as the morning star; Lucifer. [Poetic] Pope. Tennyson.

The morning star; Phosphor.

(Astron.) An instrument for the photographic recording of star transits.

food substances are usually quickly translocated, those that accumulate being changed to starch, which appears in the cells almost simultaneously with the sugars. The chloroplasts perform photosynthesis only in light and within a certain range of temperature, varying according to climate. This is the only way in which…

Figuratively: To cramp; to straiten; to oppress; to starve; to distress; as, to be pinched for money. Want of room . . . pinching a whole nation. Sir W. Raleigh.

A cloth band for a gown. [Obs.] With kerchief starched, and pinners clean. Gay.

A star, as influencing the fate of a men. There's some ill planet reigns. Shak. Planet gear. (Mach.) See Epicyclic train, under Epicyclic. -- Planet wheel, a gear wheel which revolves around the wheel with which it meshes, in an epicyclic train.

er appendages, for showing the position of the heavens, the time of rising and setting of stars, etc., for any given date or hour.

A mixture of starch and glycerin, used as a substitute for ointments. U. S. Disp. Blood plasma (Physiol.), the colorless fluid of the blood, in which the red and white blood corpuscles are suspended. -- Muscle plasma (Physiol.), the fundamental part of muscle fibers, a thick, viscid, albuminous fluid contained within…