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A part of the Mass, or, in Protestant churches, a part of the communion service, of which the first words in Latin are Sanctus, sanctus, sanctus [Holy, holy, holy]; -- called also Tersanctus.

A hydrous silicate of magnesia and aluminia. It occurs in soft, soapy, amorphous masses, filling veins in serpentine and cavities in trap rock.

. One could lie under elm trees in a lawn, or saunter in meadows by the side of a stream. Masson.

A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is esentially a silicate of aluminia and soda.

The act or process of producing schiller in a mineral mass.

To cut with scissors or shears; to prepare with the aid of scissors. Massinger.

Dizziness with dimness of sight. [Obs.] Massinger.

, in which the Scotticism of Scotsmen most intimately consists, is the habit of emphasis. Masson.

To void excrement. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Massinger.

Hardened masses of feces.

A yellow cylindrical mass of egg capsule of certain species of whelks (Buccinum), which resembles an ear of maize.

An American compound ascidian (Amoræcium stellatum) which forms large whitish masses resembling salt pork.

A pirate. [R.] Massinger.

ls produced by alteertion or deposition subsequent to the formation of the original rocks mass; also of characters of minerals (as secondary cleavage, etc.) developed by pressure or other causes.

nts (blastomeres), each of these again divides into two, and so on, thus giving rise to a mass of cells (mulberry mass, or morula), all equal and similar, from the growth and development of which the future animal is to be formed. This constitutes regular segmentation. Quite frequently, however, the equality and regula…

To separate from a mass, and collect together about centers or along lines of fracture, as in the process of crystallization or solidification.

Separation from a mass, and gathering about centers or into cavities at hand through cohesive attraction or the crystallizing process.

educted from bullion brought to a mint to be coined; the difference between the cost of a mass of bullion and the value as money of the pieces coined from it. If government, however, throws the expense of coinage, as is reasonable, upon the holders, by making a charge to cover the expense (which is done by giving back…

A variety of gypsum, occuring in transparent crystals or crystalline masses.

some sulphur ores, and obtained in the free state as a dark reddish powder or crystalline mass, or as a dark metallic- looking substance. It exhibits under the action of light a remarkable variation in electric conductivity, and is used in certain electric apparatus. Symbol Se. Atomic weight 78.9.