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flowers, and the like, were produced by inlaying pieces of wood of different colors and shades into panels usually of walnut wood.

The infernal regions, described in the Iliad as situated as far below Hades as heaven is above the earth, and by later writers as the place of punishment for the spirits of the wicked. By the later poets, also, the name is often used synonymously with Hades, or the Lower World in general.

] threw darkness and clouds about her, that tempered the light into a thousand beautiful shades and colors. Addison.

h reference to other very similar colors; as, red and blue are different colors, but two shades of scarlet are different tints.

, generally yellowish and pellucid, also colorless, and of greenesh, bluish, or brownish shades. It sometimes occurs massive and opaque. It is a fluosilicate of alumina, and is used as a gem.

rocarbons of the aromatic series; -- so called because of the general resemblance to the shades of nasturtium (Tropæolum).

Typical. "Typic shades." Boyle.

The mythological place of departed souls; Hades.

To open, in general; to lay open; to undo. Unlock your springs, and open all your shades. Pope. [Lord] unlock the spell of sin. J. H. Newman.

ery day to a merchant's house. B. Jonson. Ye valleys low, where the mild whispers use Of shades, and wanton winds, and gushing brooks. Milton.

A large wig that shades the face. [Obs.]

Chromate of copper and lead, of various shades of green.

dsome American butterfly (Polygonia interrogationis). Its wings are mottled with various shades of red and brown and have violet tips.

Abounding with wood or woods; as, woody land. "The woody wilderness." Bryant. Secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove. Milton.

The chief deity of the Greeks, and ruler of the upper world (cf. Hades). He was identified with Jupiter.