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One versed in phytotomy.

A pick with 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.

Having a head like a pig; hence, figuratively: stupidity obstinate; perverse; stubborn. B. Jonson. -- Pig"-head`ed*ness, n.

The reverse of a coin. See Reverse. Cross and pile. See under Cross. -- Dry pile. See under Dry.

connected pistons, working in a cylindrical case which is provided with ports that are traversed by the valve.

s a more confused sense, and stands for that space which any body takes up; and so the universe is a place. Locke.

An elevated rational and ethical conception of the laws and forces of the universe; sometimes, imaginative or fantastic philosophical notions.

A form of dentine which shows sinuous lines of structure in a transverse section of the tooth.

One versed in pneumatology.

A metrical composition; a composition in verse written in certain measures, whether in blank verse or in rhyme, and characterized by imagination and poetic diction; -- contradistinguished from prose; as, the poems of Homer or of Milton.

An inferior rhymer, or writer of verses; a dabbler in poetic art. The talk of forgotten poetasters. Macaulay.

To write as a poet; to compose verse; to idealize. I versify the truth, not poetize. Donne.

position, whether expressed rhythmically or in prose. Specifically: Metrical composition; verse; rhyme; poems collectively; as, heroic poetry; dramatic poetry; lyric or Pindaric poetry. "The planetlike music of poetry." Sir P. Sidney. She taketh most delight In music, instruments, and poetry. Shak.

; hence, highly finished; refined; polite; as, polished plate; polished manners; polished verse.

One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman. While empiric politicians use deceit. Dryden.

Versed in, or speaking, many languages.

One versed in various learning. [R.]

One versed in many sciences; a person of various learning.

ning, like that of the triclinic feldspar, producing fine parallel bands in alternately reversed positions.

One versed in pomology; one who culticvates fruit trees.