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To collect (illustrations from books) for decoration of other books. G. A. Sala.

An instrument for exhibition or illustration of the phenomena of halos, parhelia, and the like.

among living species, only the chimæras; -- called also Holocephala. See Chimæra; also Illustration in Appendix.

ensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix.

A pteroid of the genus Cavolina. See Pteropoda, and Illustration in Appendix.

me as in the hydrostatic bellows. Also called hydraulic press, and Bramah press. In the illustration, a is a pump with a small plunger b, which forces the water into the cylinder c, thus driving upward the large plunder d, which performs the reduced work, such as compressing cotton bales, etc.

An engraving or other picture or illustration for a book.

its name. Several species are known, mostly from the Wealden of England and Europe. See Illustration in Appendix.

Adornment of books and manuscripts with colored illustrations. See Illuminate, v. t., 3.

Capable of illustration. Sir T. Browne.

By way of illustration or elucidation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

A picture, example, or illustration, often taken from sensible objects, and used to illustrate a subject; usually, an extended metaphor. Brande & C.

tance, the court by which a case is first tried. -- For instance, by way of example or illustration. -- Instance Court (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its action as a prize court.

-- June grass (Bot.), a New England name for Kentucky blue grass. See Blue glass, and Illustration in Appendix.

field in a medal or coin, or placed upon an heraldic shield or beneath an engraving or illustration. Golden legend. See under Golden.

forms, mostly parasitic on fishes. The young, however, are active and swim freely. See Illustration in Appendix.

or other material by types; -- often used of the reading matter in distinction from the illustrations. Letterpress printing, printing directly from type, in distinction from printing from plates.

chiopod shells belonging to the genus Lingula, and related genera. See Brachiopoda, and Illustration in Appendix. Lingula flags (Geol.), a group of strata in the lower Silurian or Cambrian system of Wales, in which some of the layers contain vast numbers of a species of Lingula.

iage, -- used to convey goods or passengers, or to draw wagons, railroad cars, etc. See Illustration in Appendix. Consolidation locomotive, a locomotive having four pairs of connected drivers. -- Locomotive car, a locomotive and a car combined in one vehicle; a dummy engine. [U.S.] -- Locomotive engine. Same as Locomo…

ll vessel having two or three masts, and a running bowsprit, and carrying lugsails. See Illustration in Appendix. Totten.