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up a leaf and fastening the edges together with silk, as if sewn; esp., Phoxopteris nubeculana, which feeds upon the apple tree. -- Leaf sight, a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down. -- Leaf trace (Bot.), one or more fibrovascular bundles, which may be traced down an endogenous stem from th…

r than an ointment, applied to the skin by friction, esp. one used as a sedative or a stimulant.

mbelliferous plant (Levisticum officinale), sometimes used in medicine as an aromatic stimulant.

specially remarkable for its powerful and enduring odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant antispasmodic. The term is also applied to secretions of various other animals, having a similar odor.

black or white mustard, used as a condiment and a rubefacient. Taken internally it is stimulant and diuretic, and in large doses is emetic. Mustard oil (Chem.), a substance obtained from mustard, as a transparent, volatile and intensely pungent oil. The name is also extended to a number of analogous compounds produced…

A wild ass, especially the koulan.

A European singing bird (Emberiza hortulana), about the size of the lark, with black wings. It is esteemed delicious food when fattened. Called also bunting.

enera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.

en on papyrus; esp., pl., written scrolls made of papyrus; as, the papyri of Egypt or Herculaneum.

bitually fretful; easily vexed or fretted; hard to please; apt to complain; querulous; petulant. "Her peevish babe." Wordsworth. She is peevish, sullen, froward. Shak.

A stimulant, restorative, or tonic; a bracer. [Colloq.]

Pert; petulant; forward; saucy. [R.] Barrow.

Forwardness; pertness; petulance. [R.] Burton.

Peevishness; petulance. [Obs.] Fuller.

Anything that is provocative; a stimulant; as, a provocative of appetite.

A hospital or ambulance service established as a result of, though not provided for by, the Geneva convention of 1864; any of the national societies for alleviating the sufferings of the sick and wounded war, also giving aid and relief during great calamities; also, a member or worker of such a society; -- so called f…

A European finch (Serinus hortulanus) closely related to the canary.

together the edges of a leaf by means of silk; as, the apple-leaf sewer (Phoxopteris nubeculana)

Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant; as, he gave a short answer to the question.

The practice of treating disease by alcoholic stimulants. Dr. H. Hartshorne.