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Of or pertaining to ink; inky; black, like ink; as, atramental galls; atramentous spots.

Like ink; suitable for making ink. Sulphate of iron (copperas, green vitriol) is called atramentarious, as being used in making ink.

A tempering, or mixing in due proportion.

he name of two Mohammedan festivals, of which one is held at the close of the fast called Ramadan, and the other seventy days after the fast.

A tracing, usually made by the barograph, showing graphically the variations of atmospheric pressure for a given time.

A remarkable Australian fresh-water ganoid fish of the genus Ceratodus.

See Bertram. Johnson.

1. (Mil.) An engine used in ancient times to beat down the walls of besieged places.

Pellitory of Spain (Anacyclus pyrethrum).

Consisting of two pyramids placed base to base; having a pyramid at each of the extremities of a prism, as in quartz crystals.

Having, or consisting of, two branches.

See Barometz.

An inswept frame. [Colloq.]

See Brahma.

A hydrostatic press of immense power, invented by Joseph Bramah of London. See under Hydrostatic.

bus, including the raspberry and blackberry. Hence: Any rough, prickly shrub. The thorny brambles, and embracing bushes. Shak.

The bramble, or a collection of brambles growing together. He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes. Mother Goose.

A net to catch birds.

Overgrown with brambles. Forlorn she sits upon the brambled floor. T. Warton.

The European mountain finch (Fringilla montifringilla); -- called also bramble finch and bramble.