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A layer or mass of cellular tissue, especially that part of the thallus of certain fungi which incloses the perithecia.

rbonate, a mineral of a white, greenish, or yellowish color, usually occurring in fibrous massive forms, but sometimes in prismatic crystals.

ing a strumpet; hence, to belie; to slander. With his untrue reports, strumpet your fame. Massinger.

new friends and allies. You that are so studious Of my affairs, wholly neglect your own. Massinger.

A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

A small draught. [Colloq.] Massinger.

A tangled mass of floating vegetal matter obstructing navigation. [Central Africa]

To woo; to pay addresses as a lover. Massinger.

been cultivated for ages as the principal source of sugar. -- Sugar loaf. (a) A loaf or mass of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone. (b) A hat shaped like a sugar loaf. Why, do not or know you, grannam, and that sugar loaf J. Webster. -- Sugar maple (Bot.), the rock maple (Acer saccharinum). See Ma…

A female supporter. [R.] You are my gracious patroness and supportress. Massinger.

those functions of the body which affect its material composition and thus determine its mass.

A lump of mass; also, a crowd. [Low, U.S.]

Taste; relish; inclination; liking. [Colloq.] I have no swallow for it. Massinger.

A large number or mass of small animals or insects, especially when in motion. "A deadly swarm of hornets." Milton.

A separate mass or trees of hair, or of some substance (at jute) made to resemble hair, worn on the head by women.

A kind of aggregate fruit in which the ovaries cohere in a solid mass, with a slender receptacle, as in the magnolia; also, a similar multiple fruit, as a mulberry.

y wanting and the cell bodies fused together, so that the tissue consists of a continuous mass of protoplasm in which nuclei are imbedded, as in ordinary striped muscle.

A hydrous chloride of calcium and magnesium occurring in yellowish masses which rapidly deliquesce upon exposure. It is found in the salt mines at Stassfurt.

g touched; tangible. [R.] "They [women] being created to be both tractable and tactable." Massinger.

nightly or unscientific manner. [Obs.] Do not fear; I have A staff to taint, and bravely. Massinger.