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An invariable quantity; specifically, a function of the coefficients of one or more forms, which remains unaltered, when these undergo suitable linear transformations. J. J. Sylvester.

A writ of execution at common law.

The fold of peritoneum connecting the ovary with the wall of the abdominal cavity.

Of or pertaining to an ovary.

One of the tubes of which the ovaries of most insects are composed.

One who performs, or is skilled in, ovariotomy.

The operation of removing one or both of the ovaries; oöphorectomy.

Consisting of eggs; as, ovarious food. [R.] Thomson.

Inflammation of the ovaries.

An ovary. See Ovary.

A group of tubules, a remnant of the Wolffian body, often found near the ovary or oviduct; the epoöphoron.

rect course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement. He prevaricates with his own understanding. South.

The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing. The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail. Cowper.

One who prevaricates.

A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.

Having one degree of freedom or variability.

Invariable. Donne.

A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.

A, as a prefix to English words, is derived from various sources. (1) It frequently signifies on or in (from an, a forms of AS. on), denoting a state, as in afoot, on foot, abed, amiss, asleep, aground, aloft, away (AS. onweg), and analogically, ablaze, atremble, etc. (2) AS. of off, from, as in adown (AS. ofdüne off t…

A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements. Fairholt.