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A genus of palms.

, and by its own elasticity returning, when the force is removed, to its former position. Paley.

s Canadensis), is closely related to the European stag. See Moose, and Wapiti. Irish elk (Paleon.), a large, extinct, Quaternary deer (Cervus giganteus) with widely spreading antlers. Its remains have been found beneath the peat of swamps in Ireland and England. See Illustration in Appendix; also Illustration of Antler…

One of the principal names by which God is designated in the Hebrew Scriptures.

Serving to palliate; palliative. Dunglison.

ate. The endogens constitute one of the great primary classes of plants, and included all palms, true lilies, grasses, rushes, orchids, the banana, pineapple, etc. See Exogen.

tead of externally, and having no distinction of pith, wood, and bark, as the rattan, the palm, the cornstalk.

The inner or principal branch of the oral appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilla.

The internal or principal branch of the locomotive appendages of Crustacea. See Maxilliped.

A subordinary, resembling the pale, but of one fourth its width (according to some writers, one eighth).

them to lie inactive. The great energies of nature are known to us only by their effects. Paley.

Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be "enfiled of" the thing which it pierces.

A giving force to; a putting in execution. Enforcement of strict military discipline. Palfrey.

ornamenting with colored and decorated letters and figures, as a book or manuscript. [R.] Palsgrave.

A side dish; a dainty or relishing dish usually eaten after the joints or principal dish; also, a sweetmeat, served with a dinner.

. Because almost every man we meet possesses these, we leave them out of our enumeration. Paley.

Of or pertaining to rocks or strata older than the Paleozoic, in many of which the eozoön has been found.

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

The closing part of a discourse, in which the principal matters are recapitulated; a conclusion.

Episcopal. [R.] Wood.