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Deprived of the foreskin; circumcised. [R.] Milton.

A shallow drinking bowl. [Prov. Eng.] Ray.

Sweeping along lightly.

The European siskin (Carduelis spinus), a small green and yellow finch, related to the goldfinch.

Made from the skin of a still-born animal; as, abortive vellum. [Obs.]

Accidental character or effect. Ruskin.

A pustular affection of the skin, due to changes in the sebaceous glands.

or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. "Adaptation of the means to the end." Erskine.

marshy grounds in Galatia. It is soft and porous, and was formerly used for cleansing the skin from freckles and tetters, and also in leprosy. Dana.

A morbid condition causing a peculiar brownish discoloration of the skin, and thought, at one time, to be due to disease of the suprarenal capsules (two flat triangular bodies covering the upper part of the kidneys), but now known not to be dependent upon this causes exclusively. It is usually fatal.…

the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distinguished, and thus to determine whether the condition of tactile sensibility is normal or altered.

Sensuous perception. [R.] Ruskin.

The Scythian lamb, a kind of woolly-skinned rootstock. See Barometz.

, or white, in whom by some defect of organization the substance which gives color to the skin, hair, and eyes is deficient or in a morbid state. An albino has a skin of a milky hue, with hair of the same color, and eyes with deep red pupil and pink or blue iris. The term is also used of the lower animals, as white mic…

A chronic skin affection terminating in an ulcer, most commonly of the face. It is endemic along the Mediterranean, and is probably due to a specific bacillus. Called also Aleppo ulcer, Biskara boil, Delhi boil, Oriental sore, etc.

pain due to pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

A chronic contagious affection of the skin, prevalent in the tropics.

of serum into the cellular substance, occasioning a soft, pale, inelastic swelling of the skin.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.

Destitute of skin. Brande & C.