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A fossil resin occurring in large masses in New Zealand.

ut now about the neck and shoulders, by priests of the Roman Catholic Church while saying Mass.

Start modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

ly from Persia in the form of yellowish tears, which occur singly, or are aggregated into masses. It has a peculiar smell, and a nauseous, sweet taste, followed by a bitter one. It is inflammable, partially soluble in water and in spirit of wine, and is used in medicine as an expectorant and resolvent, and for the form…

any varieties varying in color and in composition. It occurs in monoclinic crystals; also massive, generally with fibrous or columnar structure. The color varies from white to gray, green, brown, and black. It is a silicate of magnesium and calcium, with usually aluminium and iron. Some common varieties are tremolite,…

A cruet for the wine and water at Mass.

n sheep (Zoöl.), a breed of sheep with short crooked legs and long back. It originated in Massachusetts in 1791; -- called also the otter breed.

A mineral of a white a slightly bluish color, usually massive. It is anhydrous sulphate of lime, and differs from gypsum in not containing water (whence the name).

The day on which Mass is said yearly for the soul of a deceased person; the commemoration of some sacred event, as the dedication of a church or the consecration of a pope.

A Mass for a deceased person or for some special object, said daily for a year or on the anniversary day.

A priest employed in saying annuals, or anniversary Masses. [Obs.] Chaucer.

One who precedes or goes in front. [Obs.] My antecedent, or my gentleman usher. Massinger.

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

The commission authorizes them to make appointments, and pay the appointees. Circular of Mass. Representatives (1768).

Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. The most arch act of piteous massacre. Shak.

Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.] Artless and massy pillars. T. Warton.

variety of amphibole or of pyroxene, occurring in long and delicate fibers, or in fibrous masses or seams, usually of a white, gray, or green-gray color. The name is also given to a similar variety of serpentine.

A form of micrococcus, found in putrid meat infusions, occurring in peculiar masses, each of which is inclosed in a hyaline capsule and contains a large number of spherical micrococci.

individuals; to convene; to congregate. Dryden. The Parliament assembled in November. W. Massey.

The whole mass of aëriform fluid surrounding the earth; -- applied also to the gaseous envelope of any celestial orb, or other body; as, the atmosphere of Mars.