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An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

ti, tasteless and odorless, and obtained from coal tar, wood tar, petroleum, etc., by distillation. It is used as an illuminant and lubricant. It is very inert, not being acted upon by most of the strong chemical reagents. It was formerly regarded as a definite compound, but is now known to be a complex mixture of seve…

One of a pair of small appendages of the lingua or labium of certain insects. See Illust. under Hymenoptera.

e driving wheels; -- called also couping rod, in distinction from the connecting rod. See Illust. of Locomotive, in App. -- Parallel ruler, an instrument for drawing parallel lines, so constructed as to have the successive positions of the ruling edge parallel to each other; also, one consisting of two movable parts,…

Containing paralogism; illogical. "Paralogical doubt." Sir T. Browne.

art, or elevation of earth, for covering soldiers from an enemy's fire; a breastwork. See Illust. of Casemate.

at quickness of parts." Macaulay. Which maintained so politic a state of evil, that they will not admit any good part to intermingle with them. Shak.

the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse.

esicular organs situated at the bases of the anterior wings of lepidopterous insects. See Illust. of Butterfly.

esp. pieces of various colors and figures; hence, anything put together of incongruous or ill-adapted parts; something irregularly clumsily composed; a thing putched up. Swift.

A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form of speech. The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.

Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; - - said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.

aft of which is intersected by two transverse beams, the upper one being the smaller. See Illust.

d very broad at the other, end, or having its arms of that shape; -- said of a cross. See Illust. (8) of Cross. [Written also paté, patee.]

That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.

direction and prevent it in the reverse, as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of Ratchet Wheel. [Written also paul, or pall.] Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass, to receive the strain of the pawls. -- Pawl rim or ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring surrounding the base o…

One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

to peach trees by boring in the wood, usually near the ground; also, the moth itself. See Illust. under Borer.

concretionary structure due to the curved cracks produced by contraction in cooling. See Illust. under Perlitic.

Rude; clownish; illiterate.