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An order of mandibulate insects including grasshoppers, locusts, cockroaches, etc. See Illust. under Insect.

pistil which contains the seed, and in most flowering plants develops into the fruit. See Illust. of Flower.

higher than the elbow, or the arm above, or higher than, the shoulder. Overhand knot. See Illustration of Knot.

To shine over or upon; to illumine. Shak.

Excessive wetness. [Obs.] Another ill accident is, overwet at sowing time. Bacon.

of Bryozoa in which the ova sometimes undegro the first stages of their development. See Illust. of Chilostoma.

A round, convex molding. See Illust. of Column.

ls, constituting a new individual like the parent; an egg, spore, germ, or germ cell. See Illust. of Mycropyle.

To fill in the manner of a pack, that is, compactly and securely, as for transportation; hence, to fill closely or to repletion; to stow away within; to cause to be full; to crowd into; as, to pack a trunk; the play, or the audience, packs the theater.

Any material used to pack, fill up, or make close. Specifically (Mach.):

cup or deep saucer, containing fatty matter in which a wick is placed, -- used for public illuminations, as at St. Peter's, in Rome. Called also padelle.

The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.

An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.

on, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve. Pallial chamber (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust.…

Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves.

uth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera.

enera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.

the bile, into the upper part of the intestines, and is a powerful aid in digestion. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

ometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it.…

pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church. "Papal Christians." Bp. Burnet. Papal cross. See Illust. 3 of Cross. -- Papal crown, the tiara.