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or slight impressions: by acuteness of intellect, we discern nice distinctions. Perhaps, also, he felt his professional acuteness interested in bringing it to a successful close. Sir W. Scott.

t and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana.

cific microörganism which produces chronic ulcers on the limbs. It is often fatal. Called also Cochin China ulcer, Persian ulcer, tropical ulcer, etc.

A genus of ferns, the leaves of which shed water; maidenhair. Also, the black maidenhair, a species of spleenwort.

A mass of fat found internally; also, a fatty tumor. -- Ad`i*pom"a*tous, a.

pening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel.

The act or mode of adding; also, the thing added. [R.] B. Jonson.

as as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has . . . adjectived all three. Tooke.

Help; support; also, a helper. [Obs.] Waterhouse.

A species of very large stork (Ciconia argala), a native of India; -- called also the gigantic crane, and by the native name argala. It is noted for its serpent-destroying habits.

The ship which carries the admiral; also, the most considerable ship of a fleet. Like some mighty admiral, dark and terrible, bearing down upon his antagonist with all his canvas straining to the wind, and all his thunders roaring from his broadsides. E. Everett.

The office or position oaf an admiral; also, the naval skill of an admiral.

Now, good Lafeu, bring in the admiration. Shak. Note of admiration, the mark (!), called also exclamation point.

Wonderful; also, admirable. [Obs.] "Admired disorder." " Admired Miranda." Shak.

Permission to enter; the power or right of entrance; also, actual entrance; reception. To gain admittance into the house. South. He desires admittance to the king. Dryden. To give admittance to a thought of fear. Shak.

An unburnt brick dried in the sun; also used as an adjective, as, an adobe house, in Texas or New Mexico.

ck of a retort, or to unite two vessels whose openings have different diameters. [Written also adapter.]

Floating at random; in a drifting condition; at the mercy of wind and waves. Also fig. So on the sea shall be set adrift. Dryden. Were from their daily labor turned adrift. Wordsworth.

bracing several branches, who look for the proximate personal coming of Christ; -- called also Second Adventists. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes. These parchments are supposed to have been St. Paul's adversaria. Bp. Bull.