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One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.

Pertaining to crystallography.

In the manner of crystallography.

The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.

Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.

The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies.

Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl.

The art of measuring crystals.

Crystallizaton.

One who practices deerstalking.

The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.

Remote from the point of attachment or origin; as, the distal end of a bone or muscle; -- opposed to proximal.

Toward a distal part.

A genus of dipterous insects whose young (called rat-tailed larvæ) are remarkable for their long tapering tail, which spiracles at the tip, and for their ability to live in very impure and salt waters; -- also called drone fly.

One of the movable peduncles which, in the decapod Crustacea, bear the eyes at the tip.

or pertaining to a holiday or a feast; joyous; festive. You bless with choicer wine the festal day. Francis.

Joyously; festively; mirthfully.

The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

Of or pertaining to forests; as, forestal rights.