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pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology.

All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders. [R.] John Worthington.

Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator. [R.] Hartlib.

A systematic view of all branches of human knowledge; a work of universal information.

der of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.

The division of the terms of an equation by a known quantity that is involved in the first term. [Obs.]

the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of several higher hydrocarbons of the methane or marsh-gas series; hence, by extension, any substance, whether solid, liquid, or gaseous, of the same chemical series; thus coal gas and kerosene consis…

To move beyond the range of the senses or of knowledge; to pass away; hence, to disappear; to vanish; to depart; specifically, to depart from life; to die. Disturb him not, let him pass paceably. Shak. Beauty is a charm, but soon the charm will pass. Dryden. The passing of the sweetest soul That ever looked with human…

An order, or suborder, of birds, including more that half of all the known species. It embraces all singing birds (Oscines), together with many other small perching birds.

That branch of knowledge which deals with personal names and their origin; the study of patronymics.

A well-known high-flavored juicy fruit, containing one or two seeds in a hard almond-like endocarp or stone; also, the tree which bears it (Prunus, or Amygdalus Persica). In the wild stock the fruit is hard and inedible. Guinea, or Sierra Leone, peach, the large edible berry of the Sarcocephalus esculentus, a rubiaceou…

The male of any pheasant of the genus Pavo, of which at least two species are known, native of Southern Asia and the East Indies.

on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge. Addison. A scholar, yet surely no pedant, was he. Goldsmith.

ing large pectoral fins, and the body covered with hard, bony plates. Several species are known from the East Indies and China.

Any large webfooted bird of the genus of Pelecanus, of which about a dozen species are known. They have an enormous bill, to the lower edge of which is attached a pouch in which captured fishes are temporarily stored.

The art of composing or writing; authorship. I would not give a groat for that person's knowledge in pencraft. S

including those that normally have five-jointed tarsi. It embraces about half of all the known species of the Coleoptera.

A well-known, pungently aromatic condiment, the dried berry, either whole or powdered, of the Piper nigrum.

A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.

To obtain knowledge of through the senses; to receive impressions from by means of the bodily organs; to take cognizance of the existence, character, or identity of, by means of the senses; to see, hear, or feel; as, to perceive a distant ship; to perceive a discord. Reid.