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Serous. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

The quality or state of being serous.

An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.

A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.

An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

One of the nonsexual spores found in red algæ; a tetraspore.

Siderite occuring in spheroidal masses.

The body wall of any radiate animal.

Having a corky texture.

A plant (Polianthes tuberosa) with a tuberous root and a liliaceous flower. It is much cultivated for its beautiful and fragrant white blossoms.

The state of being tuberous.

Of or pertaining to the framework, or skeleton, or skeleton, of the viscera; as, the visceroskeletal system of muscles. Mivart.

Full of wounds; wounded.

The rhinoceros. [Obs.] Purchas.

ay a thing stops abruptly: thus, "He is a man of so much honor and candor, and of such generosity -- but I need say no more."

Acerose; needle-shaped.

Same as Acerose.

racterized by having the hoofs in a single series around the foot, as the elephant, rhinoceros, etc.

A system of natural drainage developed by the constituent streams through headwater erosion.

A liquid consisting mainly of the lighter and more volatile hydrocarbons of petroleum or kerosene oil, used as a solvent and for cleansing soiled fabrics; -- called also petroleum spirit, petroleum benzine. Varieties or similar products are gasoline, naphtha, rhigolene, ligroin, etc.