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ulder of deacons, and across both shoulders of bishops and priests, pendent on each side nearly to the ground. At Mass, it is worn crossed on the breast by priests. It is used in various sacred functions. Groom of the stole, the first lord of the bedchamber in the royal household. [Eng.] Brande & C.…

When most of the waiters were commanded away to their supper, the parlor or stove being nearly emptied, in came a company of musketeers. Earl of Strafford. How tedious is it to them that live in stoves and caves half a year together, as in Iceland, Muscovy, or under the pole! Burton.

Mollusca in which the loop or visceral nerves is twisted, and the sexes separate. It is nearly to equivalent to Prosobranchiata.

One of a sect of anchorites in the early church, who lived on the tops of pillars for the exercise of their patience; -- called also pillarist and pillar saint.

soft-finned fishes in which the ventral fins are situated beneath the pectorial fins, or nearly so.

Nearly central; not quite central.

Nearly circular.

Nearly equal.

Nearly globular.

Somewhat oval; nearly oval.

Nearly in the form of an egg, or of the section of an egg, but having the inferior extremity broadest; nearly ovate.

Somewhat pellucid; nearly pellucid.

Nearly or approximately pentangular; almost pentangular.

Nearly or approximately square; almost square.

Almost quinquefid; nearly quinquefid.

Nearly spherical; having a figure resembling that of a sphere.

Nearly torrid.

Nearly, but not perfectly, triangular. Darwin.

Nearly tropical.

Woody in the lower part of the stem, but with the yearly branches herbaceous, as sage, thyme, hyssop, and the like.