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A band in the same position as the bend sinister, but only half as broad as the latter.

Barren land having only a thin coat of grass. [Prov. Eng.]

xor tendons of the toes entirely separate, and the flexor hallicus going to the first toe only.

A Scotch round dance in 2-4 time, similar to the polka, only slower; also, the music for such a dance; -- not to be confounded with the Écossaise.

ring in steel-gray flexible folia. It contains iron, nickel, and phosphorus, and is found only in meteoric iron.

To emit sparks, or fine igneous particles. As the electrical globe only scintillates when rubbed against its cushion. Sir W. Scott.

A kind of wig covering only a portion of the head.

N"), or voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only.

Using the low and indecent language of the meaner sort of people, or such as only the license of buffoons can warrant; as, a scurrilous fellow.

A magnificent palm (Lodoicea Sechellarum) found only in the Seychelles Islands. The fruit is an immense two-lobed nut. It was found floating in the Indian Ocean before the tree was known, and called sea cocoanut, and double cocoanut.

An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector. Dip sector, an instrument used for measuring the dip of…

y rejects every form of religious faith, and every kind of religious worship, and accepts only the facts and influences which are derived from the present life; also, one who believes that education and other matters of civil policy should be managed without the introduction of a religious element.

Arranged on one side only, as flowers or leaves on a stalk. Gray.

Existing of or by himself,independent of any other being or cause; -- as, God is the only self-existent being.

In a selfish manner; with regard to private interest only or chiefly.

One who seeks only his own interest, advantage, or pleasure.

mblance, actual or apparent; similitude; as, the semblance of worth; semblance of virtue. Only semblances or imitations of shells. Woodward.

lf chorus; a passage to be sung by a selected portion of the voices, as the female voices only, in contrast with the full choir.

A half bath, or one that covers only the lewer extremities and the hips; a sitz-bath; a half bath, or hip bath.

transplantation; a nursery; a seed plat. [Obs.] Mortimer. But if you draw them [seedling] only for the thinning of your seminary, prick them into some empty beds. Evelyn.