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The science that treats of the physical features of the moon; - - corresponding to physical geography in respect to the earth. "Accurate selenography, or description of the moon." Sir T. Browne.

That branch of astronomy which treats of the moon. -- Sel`e*no*log"i*cal, a.

A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India. Sepia drawing or picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments…

The treatment of disease by the injection of blood serum from immune animals.

To treat; to behave one's self to; to requite; to act toward; as, he served me very ill.

Harshness; cruel treatment; sharpness of punishment; as, severity practiced on prisoners of war.

xagesimal, scale (Math.), a scale of numbers in which the modulus is sixty. It is used in treating the divisions of the circle.

Mean; paltry; despicable; as, shabby treatment. "Very shabby fellows." Clarendon.

A treatise for authoritative instruction among the Hindoos; a book of institutes; especially, a treatise explaining the Vedas. [Written also sastra.]

body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans.

To treat with shouts or clamor. Bp. Hall.

the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease.

The science treating of the life of trees in the forest.

as with, sinews. Shak. Wretches, now stuck up for long tortures . . . might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in time of danger. Goldsmith.

That branch of systemized knowledge which treats of the Chinese, their language, literature, etc.

A treatise on the regulation of the diet; dietetics. [Written also sitiology.]

Act of covering or treating with size.

That part of anatomy which treats of the skeleton; also, a treatise on the skeleton.

mmands. Milton. The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies. Cowper. To slight off, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to remove. [R.] -- To slight over, to run over in haste; to perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight over a theme. "They will but slight it over." Bacon.

To break upon suddenly with sharp, angry words; to treat snappishly; -- usually with up. Granville.