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A diseased state; unhealthiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cloudy; stormy; tempestuous.

Having a proboscis; proboscidial.

An order of large mammal

Proboscidian.

Proboscidate.

Pertaining to the Proboscidea. -- n.

division of pectinibranchiate gastropods, including those that have a long retractile proboscis, with the mouth at the end, as the cones, whelks, tritons, and cowries. See Illust. of Gastropoda, and of Winkle.

Having the form or uses of a proboscis; as, a proboscidiform mouth.

The nose. [Jocose] Proboscis monkey. (Zoöl.) See Kahau.

An instrument for studying or observing the successive phases of a periodic or varying motion by means of light which is periodically interrupted.

Not quite globose.

The obstruction of a blood vessel by a clot formed at the site of obstruction; -- distinguished from embolism, which is produced by a clot or foreign body brought from a distance. -- Throm*bot"ic, a.

ely; to reveal in confidence, as secrets; to confess; -- often used reflexively; as, to unbosom one's self. Milton.

One who unbosoms, or discloses. [R.] "An unbosomer of secrets." Thackeray.

ore words than are necessary; tedious by a multiplicity of words; prolix; wordy; as, a verbose speaker; a verbose argument. Too verbose in their way of speaking. Ayliffe. -- Ver*bose"ly, adv. -- Ver*bose"ness, n.

The quality or state of being verbose; the use of more words than are necessary; prolixity; wordiness; verbiage. The worst fault, by far, is the extreme diffuseness and verbosity of his style. Jeffrey.

A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

To bring out distinctly; to make prominent; to emphasize. In Bosnia, the struggle between East and West was even more accentuated. London Times.

Any sculptured, chased, or embossed ornament worked in low relief, as a cameo.