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Timidity. [R.]

The finest and whitest bread made in the Middle Ages; -- called also paynemain, payman. [Obs.]

their Semitic equivalents. It was in use from the 3d century (and perhaps earlier) to the middle of the 7th century, and later in religious writings. [Written also Pahlavi.]

The portion of a vault by means of which the square space in the middle of a building is brought to an octagon or circle to receive a cupola.

ornamental art, and also with superstitious import by the astrologers and mystics of the Middle Ages.

arallel of latitude but on opposite meridians, so that it is noon in one place when it is midnight in the other. Compare Antoeci.

Perk; pert; jaunty; trim. There amid perky larches and pines. Tennyson.

An ammoniated compound of phenyl and acetamide, used as an analgesic and antipyretic. It resembles phenacetin in its therapeutic action.

A basic amido derivative of phloroglucin, having an astringent taste.

An instrument for registering the movements of the diaphragm, or midriff, in respiration.

d and sometimes pointed at both ends, wielded by means of a wooden handle inserted in the middle, -- used by quarrymen, roadmakers, etc.; also, a pointed hammer used for dressing millstones.

a point at one end, a transverse edge or blade at the other, and a handle inserted at the middle; a hammer with a flattened end for driving wedges and a pointed end for piercing as it strikes. Shak.

Timid; easily frightened; chicken-hearted. Beau. & Fl.

Having a tapered tail, with the middle feathers longest; -- said of birds.

(Zoöl.), a small, very active, mottled gray lizard (Sceloporus undulatus), native of the Middle States; -- called also swift, brown scorpion, and alligator. -- Pine marten. (Zoöl.) (a) A European weasel (Mustela martes), called also sweet marten, and yellow-breasted marten. (b) The American sable. See Sable. -- Pine…

attledores, and a very light, hollow, celluloid ball, on a large table divided across the middle by a net.

Divided in a pinnate manner, with the divisions not reaching to the midrib.

Any bird of the genus Numida. Several species are found in Africa. The common pintado, or Guinea fowl, the helmeted, and the crested pintados, are the best known. See Guinea fowl, under Guinea.

A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.

A small glass tube, often with an enlargement or bulb in the middle, and usually graduated, -- used for transferring or delivering measured quantities.