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Applied or put to some use. Those applicate sciences which extend the power of man over the elements. I. Taylor. Applicate number (Math.), one which applied to some concrete case. -- Applicate ordinate, right line applied at right angles to the axis of any conic section, and bounded by the curve.

To bask in the sun. Boyle.

To combine with arsenic; to treat or impregnate with arsenic.

e auspicium, or inspection of birds, before undertaking any important business. They auspicate all their proceedings. Burke.

d by law, or sufficient to entitle to credit. The king serves only as a notary to authenticate the choice of judges. Burke.

To avert; to ward off. [Obs.] Hudibras.

l off or away; to withdraw; to transfer to another tribunal. [Obs. or Archaic] One who avocateth his mind from other occupations. Barrow. He, at last, . . . avocated the cause to Rome. Robertson.

Pulpy throughout, like a berry; -- said of fruits. Gray.

Having many berries.

To beatify. [Obs.] Fuller.

To divide into two branches.

Two-pronged; forked.

Twice folded together. Henslow.

Having two little bags, sacs, or pouches.

e ratio of the oxygen of the silica to the oxygen of the base is as two to one. The bisilicates include many of the most common and important minerals.

Having two grooves or furrows.

A double salt of boric and silicic acids, as in the natural minerals tourmaline, datolite, etc.

Furnished with feathers which conceal the feet.

A kind of coarse brocade, or figured fabric, used chiefly for tapestry, linings for carriages, etc.

Same as Brocatel.