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e of, or allowance made for, equipment, as by the government of the United States to a diplomatic agent going abroad.

ncient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.

A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the bark of which is used in tanning.

the rosy flower of the Azalea nudiflora; also, the shrub itself; -- called also Pinxter blomachee by the New York descendants of the Dutch settlers.

An agreement of diplomatists indicating the results reached by them at a particular stage of a negotiation.

Formerly, an officer of state charged with the duty of procuring and dispatching diplomas and decrees.

A diplomatic agent's note asking for instructions from his government concerning a particular matter or point.

A diplomatic representative who resides at a foreign court; -- a term usualy applied to ministers of a rank inferrior to that of ambassadors. See the Note under Minister,4.

Of or pertaining to a secretary; befitting a secretary. [R.] Secretarial, diplomatic, or other official training. Carlyle.

A diploma; -- so called because usually written or printed on parchment prepared from the skin of the sheep. [College Cant]

The quality or state of being shifty. Diplomatic shiftiness and political versatility. J. A. Syminds.

Hence: A person of enigmatical character and purposes, especially in politics and diplomacy.

The operation of removing a staphyloma by cutting.

nection with, or relation to, the styloid process of the temporal bone; as, stylohyal, stylomastoid, stylomaxillary.

marind (Bot.), a name given to certain trees somewhat resembling the tamarind, as the Lysiloma latisiliqua of Southern Florida, and the Pithecolobium filicifolium of the West Indies.

n upon specific or definite theme; especially, an essay presented by a candidate for a diploma or degree. I told them of the grave, becoming, and sublime deportment they should assume upon this mystical occasion, and read them two homilies and a thesis of my own composing, to prepare them. Goldsmith.…

y, the final propositions, conditions, or terms, offered by either of the parties in a diplomatic negotiation; the most favorable terms a negotiator can offer, the rejection of which usually puts an end to the hesitation.

or soldier; veteran skill. The insinuating eloquence and delicate flattery of veteran diplomatists and courtiers. Macaulay.

found about the genitals, often massed into groups of large size. It is a variety of condyloma. Called also pointed wart, venereal wart. L. A. Duhring. -- Wart cress (Bot.), the swine's cress. See under Swine. -- Wart snake (Zoöl.), any one of several species of East Indian colubrine snakes of the genus Acrochordus,…