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Quality or state of being soapy.

Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.

Having the tail quills ending in sharp, naked tips. Spine- tailed swift. (Zoöl.) See Spinetail (a).

A fish having spines in, or in front of, the dorsal fins.

Any species of Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus. They are related to the honey eaters.

Furnished with spines; spiny.

Bleached yarn in making the linen tape called inkle; unwrought inkle. Knight.

and various colors, as red, green, blue, brown, and black, the red variety being the gem spinel ruby. It consist essentially of alumina and magnesia, but commonly contains iron and sometimes also chromium.

Having no spine.

The state or quality of being spinescent or spiny; also, a spiny growth or covering, as of certain animals.

Becoming hard and thorny; tapering gradually to a rigid, leafless point; armed with spines. Gray.

sounded by means of leather or quill plectrums or jacks. It was formerly much used. Dumb spinet. (Mus.) See Manichordon.

Chætura, and allied genera, in which the shafts of the tail feathers terminate in rigid spines.

Slit; cleft. [Obs. & R.]

Steepness. Howell.

The state of being stumpy.

Inhabiting the somewhat high slopes and summits of mountains, but considerably below the snow line.

xposure to the sun; sloping; inclined. If the vine On rising ground be placed, or hills supine. Dryden.

ide of the Alps; of or pertaining to the region or the people beyond the Alps; as, transalpine Gaul; -- opposed to cisalpine. " Transalpine garbs." Beau. & Fl.