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ral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- n.

birds whose young at first have down on the pterylæ only; -- called also Gymnopædes.

Having down upon the pterylæ only; -- said of the young of certain birds.

A cutaneous disease, characterized by imbricated silvery scales, affecting only the superficial layers of the skin.

An order of birds including only the penguins.

small deer (Pudua humilis), native of the Chilian Andes. It has simple spikelike antlers, only two or three inches long.

A homogeneous algebraic function of two or more variables, in general containing only positive integral powers of the variables, and called quadric, cubic, quartic, etc., according as it is of the second, third, fourth, fifth, or a higher degree. These are further called binary, ternary, quaternary, etc., according as…

A platform of a staircase where the stair turns at a right angle only. See Halfpace.

A question; an inquiry to be answered or solved. I shall conclude with proposing only some queries, in order to a . . . search to be made by others. Sir I. Newton.

eld by himself or another, is released or relinquished, the grantor generally covenanting only against persons who claim under himself.

Said; spoke; uttered; -- used only in the first and third persons in the past tenses, and always followed by its nominative, the word or words said being the object; as, quoth I. quoth he. "Let me not live, quoth he." Shak.

lly like the spokes of a complete wheel. The semiradial engine has radiating cylinders on only one side of the crank shaft.

l reform; a radical party. The most determined exertions of that authority, against them, only showed their radical independence. Burke.

making small loans at a low rate of interest, for a designated purpose, to worthy members only.

A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting. Rapier fish (Zoöl.), the swordfish. [Obs.] Grew.

beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served.

disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. Acts xxi. 13. If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. Milton.

stence; to accomplish; as, to realize a scheme or project. We realize what Archimedes had only in hypothesis, weighting a single grain against the globe of earth. Glanvill.

nt, retreat, secrecy, or seclusion. Departure from his happy place, our sweet Recess, and only consolation left. Milton.

e peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.