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To call out or forth; to summon; to evoke. [R.] Stackhouse.

The act of calling out or forth. Sir. T. Browne. The evocation of that better spirit. M. Arnold.

Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing. Evocative power over all that is eloquent and expressive in the better soul of man. W. Pater.

One who calls forth. [R.]

Situated or arising outside of the heat; as, exocardial murmurs; -- opposed to endocardiac.

The outer portion of a fruit, as the flesh of a peach or the rind of an orange. See Illust. of Drupe.

Limestone containing a large percentage of iron carbonate, and hence turning brown on exposure.

A kind of cartilage with a fibrous matrix and approaching fibrous connective tissue in structure. -- Fi`bro*car`ti*lag"i*nous, a.

Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point. Focal distance, or length,of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its optical center. --Focal distance of a telescope, the distance of the image of an object from th…

The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate. Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. De Quincey.

Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.

Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

A framework moving on casters, designed to support children while learning to walk.

The bell of a sessile gonozooid.

Naked-fruited, the fruit either smooth or not adherent to the perianth. Gray.

A genus of plants, some species of which are cultivated for their beautiful flowers; day lily.

The power of producing two kinds of reproductive bodies, as in Amphicarpæa, in which besides the usual pods, there are others underground.

Characterized by heterocarpism.

See Hippocampus.