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Splendid. Drayton.

Containing hornblende in a scattered state; of or relating to rocks containing disseminated hornblende.

Quality or state of being transplendent. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Resplendent in the highest degree. [R.] -- Tran*splen"dent*ly, adv. [R.]

an opinion or expectation; to reckon. [Obs.] s other part . . . makes account to find no slender arguments for this assertion out of those very scriptures which are commonly urged against it. Milton. -- To make account of, to hold in estimation; to esteem; as, he makes small account of beauty. -- To take account of, o…

Needle-shaped; slender like a needle or bristle, as some leaves or crystals; also, having sharp points like needless. A*cic"u*lar*ly, adv.

Passion; violent emotion. [Obs.] Most wretched man, That to affections does the bridle lend. Spenser.

s tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

To produce or urge as a reason, plea, or excuse; as, he refused to lend, alleging a resolution against lending.

to entice; to attract. With promised joys allured them on. Falconer. The golden sun in splendor likest Heaven Allured his eye. Milton.

A book or table, containing a calendar of days, and months, to which astronomical data and various statistics are often added, such as the times of the rising and setting of the sun and moon, eclipses, hours of full tide, stated festivals of churches, terms of courts, etc. Nautical almanac, an almanac, or year book, co…

To unite in an amalgam; to blend with another metal, as quicksilver.

The mixing or blending of different elements, races, societies, etc.; also, the result of such combination or blending; a homogeneous union. Macaulay.

een amid the throng." "Amidst thick clouds." Milton. "Amidst acclamations." "Amidst the splendor and festivity of a court." Macaulay. But rather famish them amid their plenty. Shak.

minium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite, actinolite, asbestus, edenite, hornblende (the last name being also used as a general term for the whole species). Amphibole is a constituent of many crystalline rocks, as syenite, diorite, most varieties of trachyte, etc. See Hornblende.

k allied to trachyte, consisting essentially of a triclinic feldspar, with pyroxene, hornblende, or hypersthene.

s. They may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keep…

A mineral of the hornblende group, of a yellowish gray or clove brown color. -- An`tho*phyl*lit"ic, a.

A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.

Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.