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pope; ordered or pronounced by the pope; as, papal jurisdiction; a papal edict; the papal benediction. Milman.

fication. (b) Specifically: (Organ. Chem.) That two groups or radicals substituted in the benzene nucleus are opposite, or in the respective positions 1 and 4; 2 and 5; or 3 and 6, as paraxylene; paroxybenzoic acid. Cf. Ortho-, and Meta-. Also used adjectively.

Near the sphenoid bone; -- applied especially to a bone situated immediately beneath the sphenoid in the base of the skull in many animals. -- n.

That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp. in U. S., orchestra circle or parterre.

He not only boasts of his parentage as an Israelite, but particularizes his descent from Benjamin. Atterbury.

A small cone or mass made of paste of gum, benzoin, cinnamon, and other aromatics, -- used for fumigating or scenting the air of a room.

One who has gift and disposition of a benefice. [Eng.]

The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson. Blackstone.

round-edged, or hemispherical, end to the head of a hammer or sledge, used to stretch or bend metal by indentation.

To form into a peninsula. South River . . . peninsulates Castle Hill farm. W. Bentley.

Hamilton. Matter hath no life nor perception, and is not conscious of its own existence. Bentley.

Having the faculty of perception; perceiving; as, a percipient being. Bentley. -- n.

tapping or striking the surface of the body in order to learn the condition of the parts beneath by the sound emitted or the sensation imparted to the fingers. Percussion is said to be immediate if the blow is directly upon the body; if some interventing substance, as a pleximeter, is, used, it is called mediate. Cent…

adult plumage is dark bluish ash on the back, nearly black on the head and cheeks, white beneath, barred with black below the throat. Called also peregrine hawk, duck hawk, game hawk, and great-footed hawk.

siteness; relevancy; suitableness. The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse. Bentley.

Obstinacy; pervicaciousness. [Obs.] Bentley.

sition, and properties. It is refined by distillation, and the products include kerosene, benzine, gasoline, paraffin, etc. Petroleum spirit, a volatile liquid obtained in the distillation of crude petroleum at a temperature of 170° Fahr., or below. The term is rather loosely applied to a considerable range of products…

Having an umbrella-shaped or bell-shaped body, with a wide, open cavity beneath; -- said of certain jellyfishes.

Benzene. [Obs.]

A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose.