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The typical butterflies.

like the rainbow, and sometimes opposite to the sun. The latter is usually called an anthelion. Often several mock suns appear at the same time. Cf. Paraselene.

rge tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts. "[The] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions." Shak.

Treason.

Surrounding a ganglion; as, the periganglionic glands of the frog.

int of the orbit of a planet or comet which is nearest to the sun; -- opposed to Ant: aphelion.

shion put on behind a man's saddle, on which a woman may ride. His [a soldier's] shank pillion without stirrups. Spenser.

Nightmare.

The cascabel, or hindmost knob, of a cannon. [R.]

An ointment or pomatum made of black poplar buds. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

se; also, one who rides one of the horses when one pair only is used. [Written also postillion.]

Tin extracted from the slag.

ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, the number produced by involving a million to the fourth power, or the number represented by a unit with twenty-four ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.

g to the French notation, which is used on the Continent and in America, the cube of a million, or a unit with eighteen ciphers annexed; according to the English notation, a number produced by involving a million to the fifth power, or a unit with thirty ciphers annexed. See the Note under Numeration.…

A rascal; a good-for-nothing fellow. [Colloq.] Howitt.

A low, mean wretch [Written also rascalion.]

ful ruler or government by force; revolt; insurrection. No sooner is the standard of rebellion displayed than men of desperate principles resort to it. Ames.

A kind of small onion (Allium Ascalonicum), native of Palestine; the eschalot, or shallot.

ich illustrates the science where it appears, but is not an integral part of it, is a scholion. Abp. Thomson (Laws of Thought).

A scalion.