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A blue coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll. [Written also phyllocyanine.]

A yellow coloring matter extracted from chlorophyll.

ical geography. See under Geography. -- Physical point, an indefinitely small portion of matter; a point conceived as being without extension, yet having physical properties, as weight, inertia, momentum, etc.; a material point. -- Physical signs (Med.), the objective signs of the bodily state afforded by a physical…

or of natural objects; that branch of science which treats of the laws and properties of matter, and the forces acting upon it; especially, that department of natural science which treats of the causes (as gravitation, heat, light, magnetism, electricity, etc.) that modify the general properties of bodies; natural phi…

To deal in trifles; to concern one's self with trivial matters rather than with those that are important. Ascham.

e, a paint, or the like, may be prepared; particularly, the refined and purified coloring matter ready for mixing with an appropriate vehicle.

A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.

To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.

The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

Unorganized material; elementary matter.

Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. Prior. See plastic Nature working to his end. Pope.

A formative particle of albuminous matter; a monad; a cytode. See the Note under Morphon. Haeckel.

theaters where some men play. Donne. To play into a person's hands, to act, or to manage matters, to his advantage or benefit. -- To play off, to affect; to feign; to practice artifice. -- To play upon. (a) To make sport of; to deceive. Art thou alive Or is it fantasy that plays upon our eyesight. Shak.…

e at the bar; as, to plead a cause before a court or jury. Every man should plead his own matter. Sir T. More.

To have pleasure; to be willing, as a matter of affording pleasure or showing favor; to vouchsafe; to consent. Heavenly stranger, please to taste These bounties. Milton. That he would please 8give me my liberty. Swift.

t, laid over a wound, ulcer, or the like, to exclude air, retain dressings, or absorb the matter discharged.

One who holds that all space is full of matter.

That state in which every part of space is supposed to be full of matter; -- opposed to vacuum. G. Francis.

Waste matter from the preparation of skins, consisting of hair, lime, oil, etc.

he most prominent or important feature, as of an argument, discourse, etc.; the essential matter; esp., the proposition to be established; as, the point of an anecdote. "Here lies the point." Shak. They will hardly prove his point. Arbuthnot.