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One of the fruit dots, or small clusters of sporangia, on the back of the fronds of ferns.

milk, and flour or other farinaceous substance, beaten till very light, and flavored with fruits, liquors, or essence.

unharmed; free from flaw, defect, or decay; perfect of the kind; as, sound timber; sound fruit; a sound tooth; a sound ship.

The quality or state of being sound; as, the soundness of timber, of fruit, of the teeth, etc.; the soundness of reasoning or argument; soundness of faith.

Having an acid or sharp, biting taste, like vinegar, and the juices of most unripe fruits; acid; tart. All sour things, as vinegar, provoke appetite. Bacon.

Somewhat sour; moderately acid; as, sourish fruit; a sourish taste.

The large succulent and slightly acid fruit of a small tree (Anona muricata) of the West Indies; also, the tree itself. It is closely allied to the custard apple.

s, New Mexico, etc., related to the buckeye, but having pinnate leaves and a three-seeded fruit. -- Spanish burton (Naut.), a purchase composed of two single blocks. A double Spanish burton has one double and two single blocks. Luce (Textbook of Seamanship). -- Spanish chalk (Min.), a kind of steatite; -- so called b…

n substance; a spot; a stain; a blemish; as, a speck on paper or loth; specks of decay in fruit. "Gray sand, with black specks." Anson.

e is too abundant growth of the stem and leaves, accompanied by deficiency of flowers and fruit.

To lose the valuable qualities; to be corrupted; to decay; as, fruit will soon spoil in warm weather.

The act of an incumbent in taking the fruits of his benefice without right, but under a pretended title. Blackstone.

pace. Rose, as in a dance, the stately trees, and spread Their branches hung with copious fruit. Milton.

A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.

on a wall or trellis. In France part of their gardens is laid out for flowers, others for fruits; some standards, some against walls. Sir W. Temple.

disable. The pens of historians, writing thereof, seemed starved for matter in an age so fruitful of memorable actions. Fuller. The powers of their minds are starved by disuse. Locke.

A little branch which connects a fruit, flower, or leaf with a main branch; a peduncle, pedicel, or petiole; as, the stem of an apple or a cherry.

Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year.

cts. (b) (Painting) The class or style of painting which represents inanimate objects, as fruit, flowers, dead game, etc.

penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.