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The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens. H. Spencer.

Same as Astrogeny. -- As`*tro*gon"ic, a.

Want of tone; weakness of the system, or of any organ, especially of such as are contractile.

An aboriginal or autochthonous condition.

An auscultatory process, which consists in noting the tone of the observer's own voice, while he speaks, holding his head close to the patient's chest. Dunglison.

Money paid by a tenant in lieu of the service of average.

Having awns; bearded.

building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony in front of a window. Also, a projecting gallery in places of amusement; as, the balcony in a theater.

A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men.

A yard belonging to a barn.

The fee or domain of a baron; the lordship, dignity, or rank of a baron.

Difficulty of speech.

A plant of the genus Betonica (Linn.).

A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

A doctrine that the genesis or production of living organisms can take place only through the agency of living germs or parents; -- opposed to abiogenesis.

A marine fish of the genus Blennius or family Blenniidæ; -- so called from its coating of mucus. The species are numerous.

Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attractively lively and graceful. Till bonny Susan sped across the plain. Gay. Far from the bonnie banks of Ayr. Burns.

Coagulated sour milk; loppered milk; curdled milk; -- sometimes called simply clabber. B. Jonson.

Having large or prominent bones. Bony fish (Zoöl.), the menhaden. -- Bony pike (Zoöl.), the gar pike (Lepidosteus).

A book which treats of the science of botany.