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Imperfectly hatched; as, half-hatched eggs. Gay.

A species of agate, sprinkled with spots of red jasper.

Same as Hydrosulphurent.

A salt of hypophosphoric acid.

A salt of hyposulphuric acid.

Agate jasper. [Obs.]

The military caste, the second of the four great Hindoo castes; also, a member of that caste. See Caste. [India]

A salt of lithic or uric acid; a urate. [Obs.] [Written also lithiate.]

Frightened into madness; raving. [Obs.]

Madly enthusiastic; frantic. [Obs.] " Lymphatic rapture. " Sir T. Herbert. Etym: [See Lymphate.] Lymphatic gland (Anat.), one of the solid glandlike bodies connected with the lymphatics or the lacteals; -- called also lymphatic ganglion, and conglobate gland. -- Lymphatic temperament (Old Physiol.), a temperament in w…

reputed to have knowledge and powers of a higher order than those of ordinary men. -- Ma*hat"ma*ism (#), n.

The office or jurisdiction of a matriarch; a matriarchal form of government.

A salt of metaphosphoric acid.

A plant of the genus Adoxa (A. moschatellina), the flowers of which are pale green, and have a faint musky smell. It is found in woods in all parts of Europe, and is called also hollow root and musk crowfoot. Loudon.

For the most part. [Obs.] "All the rest do mostwhat far amiss." Spenser.

Nearly; almost; much. [Obs.] "Muchwhat after the same manner." Glanvill.

A kind of soft sweet-milk cheese; -- so called from Neufchâtel- en-Bray in France.

Having no emphasis; unemphatic.

birds of the genus Sitta, as the European species (Sitta Europæa). The white-breasted nuthatch (S. Carolinensis), the red-breasted nuthatch (S. Canadensis), the pygmy nuthatch (S. pygmæa), and others, are American.

A salt of the supposed oenanthic acid.