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A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

story. The short and simple annals of the poor. Gray. It was one of the most critical periods in our annals. Burke.

and also feelers. The term in also applied to similar organs on the heads of other arthropods and of annelids.

A microscopic, bacterial organism (Bacillus anthracis), resembling transparent rods. [See Illust. under Bacillus.]

of small beetles, several of which, in the larval state, are very destructive to woolen goods, fur, etc. The common "museum pest" is A. varius; the carpet beetle is A. scrophulariæ. The larvæ are commonly confounded with moths.

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, "the gods;" deification.

To praise by words; to express approbation of; to commend; to approve. By the gods, I do applaud his courage. Shak.

timate the worth of, particularly by persons appointed for the purpose; as, to appraise goods and chattels.

One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.

Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals. Woodpeckers are eminently arboreal. Darwin.

A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.

Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

organized largely for territorial defense, living at home and having only occasional periods of drill and instraction, who are variously called home reserves (as in the table below), second, third, etc., line of defense (the regular army and its reserves ordinarily constituting the first line of defense), territorial…

An herbaceous grasslike plant (Triglochin palustre, and other species) with pods opening so as to suggest barbed arrowheads.

A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots.

One of the body segments of Arthropods. See Arthrostraca. Packard.

The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.

oretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.

to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. His spiritual attendants adjured him, as he loved his soul, to emancipate his brethren. Macaulay.

State of being aseptic; the methods or processes of asepticizing.