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aid of parts of the flower which, although normally below the ovary, adhere to it, and so appear to originate from its upper part; also of an ovary when the other floral organs are plainly below it in position, and free from it.

need; specifically, in theaters, a person who is not a regular actor, but is employed to appear in a stage spectacle.

rimarily liable, and who is called the principal; one who engages to answer for another's appearance in court, or for his payment of a debt, or for performance of some act; a bondsman; a bail. He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it. Prov. xi. 15.

Hence, outward or external appearance. Vain and weak understandings, which penetrate no deeper than the surface. V. Knox.

Rising in surges or billows; full of surges; resembling surges in motion or appearance; swelling. "Over the surgy main." Pope.

d Asiatic birds of the family Artamiidæ, allied to the shrikes but similar to swallows in appearance and habits. The ashy swallow shrike (Artamus fuscus) is common in India. -- Swallow warbler (Zoöl.), any one of numerous species of East Indian and Australian singing birds of the genus Dicæum. They are allied to the h…

To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng together; to congregate in a multitude. Chaucer.

Gloomy; malignant. [Obs.] Milton. Swart star, the Dog Star; -- so called from its appearing during the hot weather of summer, which makes swart the countenance. [R.] Milton.

Share; allotment. [Obs.] The persons who are to be judged . . . shall all appear to receive their symbol. Jer. Taylor.

Having flowers and leaves which appear at the same time; -- said of certain plants.

To soil, or change the appearance of, especially by an alternation induced by the air, or by dust, or the like; to diminish, dull, or destroy the luster of; to sully; as, to tarnish a metal; to tarnish gilding; to tarnish the purity of color. "Tarnished lace." Fuller. Used also figuratively; as, to tarnish one's honor.…

Any of a group of meteors appearing November 20-23; -- so called because they appear to radiate from a point in Taurus.

ndantly in human bile and in that of carnivora. It is exceedingly deliquescent, and hence appears generally as a thick, gummy mass, easily soluble in water and alcohol. It has a bitter taste.

preparing, preserving, and mounting the skins of animals so as to represent their natural appearance, as for cabinets.

Prolific; productive. Teeming buds and cheerful appear. Dryden.

ve an account of; to narrate. Of which I shall tell all the array. Chaucer. And not a man appears to tell their fate. Pope.

Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. [Obs.] Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive. Sir T. Browne.

Resembling a tortoise shell in appearance or structure; roofed; arched; vaulted.

Of or pertaining to a theopany; appearing to man, as a god.

A manifestation of God to man by actual appearance, usually as an incarnation.