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Divided into three parts or segments by incisions extending to the midrib or to the base; -- said of leaves.

Top-shaped; having a flat base and conical spire; -- said of certain shells.

Any one of a series of artificial ethereal salts derived from the alkaloidal base tropine.

ne or pyramid whose vertex is cut off by a plane, the plane being usually parallel to the base.

That part of a pilaster which is between the base and the capital, corresponding to the shaft of a column.

long, slender, usually simple, stems. The gonophores are small, and form clusters at the bases of the outer tentacles.

glass, without a foot or stem; -- so called because originally it had a pointed or convex base, and could not be set down with any liquor in it, thus compelling the drinker to finish his measure.

Shaped like a top, or inverted cone; narrow at the base, and broad at the apex; as, a turbinated ovary, pericarp, or root.

Inherent baseness or vileness of principle, words, or actions; shameful wickedness; depravity. Shak.

Divided about half way from the border to the base into two segments; bifid.

Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.

he summit of a long, slender stem which stands upright in the mud, supported by a bulbous base.

A depression or opening in the center of the base of many spiral shells.

parties is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as cricket, baseball, or the like, are strictly observed. A man, in questions of this kind, is able to be a skillful umpire between himself and others. Barrow.

of a curved or hooked from; hooklike. Unciform bone (Anat.), a bone of the carpus at the bases of the fourth and fifth metacarpals; the hamatum.

nderofficer; undersheriff. Under covert (Zoöl.), one of the feathers situated beneath the bases of the quills in the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. under Bird.

Low; base; abject; trodden down.

The basement or cellar.

surpassing; -- in a good or bad sense; as, unequaled excellence; unequaled ingratitude or baseness. [Written also unequalled.]

Having no foundation; baseless; vain; idle; as, unfounded expectations. Paley.