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A salt of palmitic acid.

To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement.

A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease.

West Virginia; -- a nickname.

Something done or said in honor of the dead; obsequies. [Obs.] Abp. Potter.

Same as Artiodactyla.

Having an evennumber of digits on the hands or the feet. Qwen.

A salt of pectic acid.

Louisiana; -- a nickname alluding to the device on its seal.

ower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ. -- Pel"tate*ly, adv.

Florida; -- a nickname.

The first five books of the Old Testament, collectively; -- called also the Law of Moses, Book of the Law of Moses, etc.

Of or pertaining to the Pentateuch.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid of sulphur obtained by leading hydrogen sulphide into a solution of sulphur dioxide; -- so called because it contains five atoms of sulphur.

A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.

Having five atoms in the molecule.

To endanger. [Obs.] Periclitating, pardi! the whole family. Sterne.

The state of being in peril. [Obs.]

the thing for another; mutual transference; interchange. The violent convulsions and permutations that have been made in property. Burke.

The act or state of passing the whole night; a remaining all night. "Pernoctation in prayer." Jer. Taylor.