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A rare metallic element, of doubtful identification, said to occur in the copper-nickel of Norway.

To designate with an obelus; to mark as doubtful or spirituous. [R.]

Wavering; unstable; doubtful. [R.] "A pendulous state of mind." Atterbury.

Entangled, involved, or confused; hence, embarrassd; puzzled; doubtful; anxious. -- Per*plex"ed*ly, adv. -- Per*plex"ed*ness, n.

A rare and doubtful metallic element said to have been discovered in the mineral samarskite.

Held by a doubtful tenure; depending on unknown causes or events; exposed to constant risk; not to be depended on for certainty or stability; uncertain; as, a precarious state of health; precarious fortunes. "Intervals of partial and precarious liberty." Macaulay.

r stated for examination or proof; hence, a matter difficult of solution or settlement; a doubtful case; a question involving doubt. Bacon.

Having the nature of a problem; not shown in fact; questionable; uncertain; unsettled; doubtful. -- Prob`lem*at"ic*al*ly, adv. Diligent inquiries into remote and problematical guilt leave a gate wide open to . . . informers. Swift.

A provisional group in which are placed a number of low microscopic organisms of doubtful nature. Some are probably plants, others animals.

To write " query" (qu., qy., or ) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quære.

, examination, or debate; theme of inquiry; matter to be inquired into; as, a delicate or doubtful question.

Liable to question; subject to be doubted or called in question; problematical; doubtful; suspicious. It is questionable whether Galen ever saw the dissection of a human body.T. Baker.

The quality or state of being questionable, doubtful, or suspicious.

verging upon impropriety; dangerously close to, or suggestive of, what is indecent or of doubtful morality; as, a risqué story. Henry Austin.

A rare metallic element of doubtful identity.

. The devil can eite Scripture for his purpose. Shak. Hanging by the twined thread of one doubtful Scripture. Milton.

The quality or state of being scruppulous; doubt; doubtfulness respecting decision or action; caution or tenderness from the far of doing wrong or ofending; nice regard to exactness and propierty; precision. The first sacrilege is looked on with horror; but when they have made the breach, their scrupulosity soon retire…

Full ofscrupules; inclined to scruple; nicely doubtful; hesitating to determine or to act, from a fear of offending or of doing wrong. Abusing their liberty, to the offense of their weak brethren which were scrupulous. Hooker.

A word of doubtful meaning, occuring frequently in the Psalms; by some, supposed to signify silence or a pause in the musical performance of the song. Beyond the fact that Selach is a musical term, we know absolutely nothing about it. Dr. W. Smith (Bib. Dict.)

cession to a throne; to settle an allowance. It will settle the wavering, and confirm the doubtful. Swift.