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high priest was richly embroidered in colors. The breastplate of the high priest was worn upon the ephod in front. Exodus xxviii. 6-12.

A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep- before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph- before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral.

Upon or above the notochord; -- applied esp. to a vertebral column which develops upon the dorsal side of the notochord, as distinguished from a perichordal column, which develops around it.

Situated upon or over the colon; -- applied to the region of the abdomen adjacent to the colon.

A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.

Any inscription set upon a building; especially, one which has to do with the building itself, its founding or dedication.

Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

Connected with, or having its origin upon, the external surface of the body; -- especially applied to the feelings which originate at the extremities of nerves distributed on the outer surface, as the sensation produced by touching an object with the finger; -- opposed to entoperipheral. H. Spenser.…

coming manifest. Whom but just before they beheld transfigured and in a glorious epiphany upon the mount. Jer. Taylor. An epic poet, if ever such a difficult birth should make its epiphany in Paris. De Quincey.

Growing upon, or inserted into, the leaf.

Situated upon or above the pterygoid bone. -- n.

A deformity in which the urethra opens upon the top of the penis, instead of at its extremity.

ry or commendation of the one buried there; a sepulchral inscription. Hang her an epitaph upon her tomb. Shak.

A horny excrescence upon the beak of birds.

Living upon the exterior of another animal; ectozoic; -- said of external parasites.

One of the artificial group of invertebrates of various kinds, which live parasitically upon the exterior of other animals; an ectozoön. Among them are the lice, ticks, many acari, the lerneans, or fish lice, and other crustaceans.

ng or riding on horseback; mounted; as, an equestrian statue. An equestrian lady appeared upon the plains. Spectator.

atural positions and hazardous movements; a balancer. When the equilibrist balances a rod upon his finger. Stewart.

That can be sustained or made available or effective in a court of equity, or upon principles of equity jurisprudence; as, an equitable estate; equitable assets, assignment, mortgage, etc. Abbott.

Mounted on, or sitting upon, a horse; riding on horseback.