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foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus.

t; -- followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles." Gibbon.

ardon; to remit (a sin); -- said of the sin or guilt. In his name I absolve your perjury. Gibbon.

Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. Gibbon.

erritory. The only accession which the Roman empire received was the province of Britain. Gibbon.

Capable of being accounted for; explicable. [R.] True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege. B. Whichcote.

Pertaining to an adnoun; adjectival; attached to a noun. Gibbs. -- Ad*nom"i*nal*ly, adv.

A dirigible balloon.

A disorder of speech in which words can be uttered but not intelligibly joined together.

ce or value on; to estimate justly; to value. To appreciate the motives of their enemies. Gibbon.

An archon's term of office. Gibbon.

nce, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. Wedged together in the closest array. Gibbon.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.

Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses. Gibbon. Artificial arguments (Rhet.), arguments invented by the speaker, in distinction from laws, authorities, and the like, which are called inartificial arguments or proofs. Johnson. -- Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement…

t. The mildness and precision of their laws ascertained the rule and measure of taxation. Gibbon.

To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott.

of the term from which it is derived; as, dullard, one very dull. Opposed to diminutive. Gibbs.

To utter words indistinctly or unintelligibly; to utter inarticulate sounds; as a child babbles.

] Also, a kind of pigeon. Barbary ape (Zoöl.), an ape (Macacus innus) of north Africa and Gibraltar Rock, being the only monkey inhabiting Europe. It is very commonly trained by showmen.

e lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches and thatched with straw. Gibbon.