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A kind of embroidery stitch producing a branching zigzag line.

matter from the organs of the male, so that a new organism results; impregnation; fertilization.

To perceive by the touch; to take cognizance of by means of the nerves of sensation distributed all over the body, especially by those of the skin; to have sensation excited by contact of (a thing) with the body or limbs. Who feel Those rods of scorpions and those whips of steel. Creecn.

productive organs which are capable of developing into fruit after impregnation or fertilization; a pistillate plant.

ich encircles a large area, or a whole estate, within one inclosure. -- Worm fence, a zigzag fence composed of rails crossing one another at their ends; -- called also snake fence, or Virginia rail fence. -- To be on the fence, to be undecided or uncommitted in respect to two opposing parties or policies. [Colloq.]…

A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland.

The imperial scepter in the Byzantine or Eastern Empire.

e Levant, a small coffee cup without a handle, such as is held in a cup or stand called a zarf.

es into the water and seizes fishes in its talons. Called also fishing eagle, and bald buzzard.

A group of Lacertilia having the tongue forked, including the common lizards. [Written also Fissilingues.]

To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance. Bacon. To fix on, to settle the opinion or resolution about; to determine regarding; as, the contracting parties have fixed on certain leading points.

A state of resistance to evaporation or volatilization by heat; -- said of metals. Bacon.

The quality of a body which resists evaporation or volatilization by heat; solidity; cohesion of parts; as, the fixedness of gold.

to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

; a liquid, aëriform. or gaseous state; -- opposed to solidity. It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society. J. R. Green.

s, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.] The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. J. R. Green.

ate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery. What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. Shak.

A kind of soft sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.

f the tissues. -- Vital force (Physiol.), that force or power which is inherent in organization; that form of energy which is the cause of the vital phenomena of the body, as distinguished from the physical forces generally known.