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The act of precipitating, or the state of being precipitated, or thrown headlong. In peril of precipitation From off rock Tarpeian. Shak.

One who precipitates, or urges on with vehemence or rashness. Hammond.

Of or pertaining to the quadriceps.

Of or pertaining to the sinciput; being in the region of the sinciput.

A hospital. [Obs.] Shak.

A hospital. [Obs.]

Supported by a stipe; elevated on a stipe, as the fronds of most ferns, or the pod of certain cruciferous plants.

Situated under, or posterior to, the occiput; as, the suboccipital, or first cervical, nerve.

A kind of blowgun for discharging arrows, -- used by the savages of Borneo and adjacent islands.

Supraoccipital.

Situated over, or in the upper part of, the occiput; of or pertaining to the supraoccipital bone. -- n.

Having three heads, or three origins; as, a tricipital muscle.

The three divisions, or "baskets" (pitakas), of buddhist scriptures, -- the Vinayapitaka [Skr. Vinayapitsaka] , or Basket of Discipline; Suttapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Discourses; and Abhidhammapitaka [Pali] , or Basket of Metaphysics.

Inhospitable.

The first letter of the English and of many other alphabets. The capital A of the alphabets of Middle and Western Europe, as also the small letter (a), besides the forms in Italic, black letter, etc., are all descended from the old Latin A, which was borrowed from the Greek Alpha, of the same form; and this was made fr…

The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column, immediately under the architrave. See Column.

nt resembling the foliage or leaves of the acanthus (Acanthus spinosus); -- used in the capitals of the Corinthian and Composite orders.

culties and powers to be the same, far more may be achieved in any line by the aid of a capital, invigorating motive than without it. I. Taylor.

A share in the capital stock of a joint-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] The Euripus of funds and actions. Burke.

plied to all verbs that express action as distinct from mere existence or state. Active capital, Active wealth, money, or property that may readily be converted into money.