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Of or pertaining to Tuscany in Italy; -- specifically designating one of the five orders of architecture recognized and described by the Italian writers of the 16th century, or characteristic of the order. The original of this order was not used by the Greeks, but by the Romans under the Empire. See Order, and Illust.…

One who guards, protects, watches over, or has the care of, some person or thing. Specifically: --

That which is formed by twisting, convoluting, or uniting parts. Specifically: --

One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative. Specifically: (a) (Biol.)

A violent whirlwind; specifically, a violent whirlwind occurring in the Chinese seas.

Specifically, a monarch, or other ruler or master, who uses power to oppress his subjects; a person who exercises unlawful authority, or lawful authority in an unlawful manner; one who by taxation, injustice, or cruel punishment, or the demand of unreasonable services, imposes burdens and hardships on those under his c…

Being beyond the mountains; specifically, being beyond the Alps, in respect to the one who speaks.

ving the form of anything that serves to shade, as a tree top, an umbrella, and the like; specifically (Bot.), having the form of an umbrella; umbrella-shaped.

Un- is prefixed to adjectives, or to words used adjectively. Specifically: --

Not absorbable; specifically (Physiol.), not capable of absorption; unable to pass by osmosis into the circulating blood; as, the unabsorbable portion of food.

Not fleshy; specifically, not made flesh; not incarnate. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Not changed in opinion, or from one faith to another. Specifically: --

Not current. Specifically: Not passing in common payment; not receivable at par or full value; as, uncurrent notes. Shak.

Related to, derived from, or containing, undecyl; specifically, designating that member of the fatty acids which corresponds to undecane, and is obtained as a white crystalline substance, C11H22O2.

Less specifically, denoting the relation of being subject, of undergoing regard, treatment, or the like; as, a bill under discussion. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. Milton. Under arms. (Mil.) (a) Drawn up fully armed and equipped. (b) Enrolled for military servi…

To do less thoroughly than is requisite; specifically, to cook insufficiently; as, to underdo the meat; -- opposed to overdo.

That which grows under trees; specifically, shrubs or small trees growing among large trees. Milton.

To hew less than is usual or proper; specifically, to hew, as a piece of timber which should be square, in such a manner that it appears to contain a greater number of cubic feet than it really does contain. Haldeman.

The time between; the time between sunrise and noon; specifically, the third hour of the day, or nine o'clock in the morning, according to ancient reckoning; hence, mealtime, because formerly the principal meal was eaten at that hour; also, later, the afternoon; the time between dinner and supper. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]…