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A lustration or purification, especially the purification of the whole Roman people, which was made by the censors once in five years. Hence: A period of five years.

enstone. Édition de luxe (. Etym: [F.] (Printing) A sumptuous edition as regards paper, illustrations, binding, etc.

the tarsus and phalanges; metatarse. It consists, in the human foot, of five bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

ur of such flowers as the larkspur and columbine, whether nectariferous or not. See the Illustration of Nasturtium.

One of the Nematoidea. see Illustration in Appendix.

trative observation. The best writers have been perplexed with notes, and obscured with illustrations. Felton.

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

An illustration, as by a parable or fable.

larlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.

y nearly, or quite, sessile; those of echini usually have three jaws and a pedicel. See Illustration in Appendix.

te in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.

bellate grain into the wool and flesh of sheep. It is found from Illinois westward. See Illustration in Appendix. -- Porcupine wood (Bot.), the hard outer wood of the cocoa palm; -- so called because, when cut horizontally, the markings of the wood resemble the quills of a porcupine.

r than the common species, and with broad stripes of white and yellow on the sides. See Illustration in Appendix.

affirmed as the subject of the discourse; anything stated or affirmed for discussion or illustration.

One who makes dissections for anatomical illustration; usually, the assistant of a professional anatomist.

A familiar illustration; a subject of contemptuous reference. Thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by word, among all nations. Deut. xxviii. 37.

An extinct flying reptile; one of the Pterosauria. See Illustration in Appendix.

troublesome weed. Also called couch grass, quick grass, quick grass, twitch grass. See Illustration in Appendix.

quoted or cited; a part of a book or writing named, repeated, or adduced as evidence or illustration. Locke.

name, repeat, or adduce, as a passage from an author or speaker, by way of authority or illustration; as, to quote a passage from Homer.