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A sea god in the service of Neptune who assumed different shapes at will. Hence, one who easily changes his appearance or principles.

A pyrotechnist.

Of or pertaining to fireworks, or the art of forming them. Pyrotechnical sponge. See under Sponge.

A pyrotechnist.

The art of making fireworks; the manufacture and use of fireworks; pyrotechny.

One skilled in pyrotechny; one who manufactures fireworks. Steevens.

Same as Pyrotechnics.

A rhinoceros. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

An acceptance of a bill by a third person after protest for nonacceptance by the drawee. Burrill.

To render other than Protestant; to cause to change from Protestantism to some other form of religion; to deprive of some Protestant feature or characteristic. The attempt to unprotestantize the Church of England. Froude.

To root with the snout. See 1st Root. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Pertaining to, or derived from, xanthoprotein; showing the characters of xanthoprotein; as, xanthoproteic acid; the xanthoproteic reaction for albumin.

A yellow acid substance formed by the action of hot nitric acid on albuminous or proteid matter. It is changed to a deep orange- yellow color by the addition of ammonia.

A carnivorous quadruped (Proteles Lalandii), of South Africa, resembling the fox and hyena. See Proteles.

To protest against; to reject solemnly. [Obs.] I utterly abhor, yea, from my soul Refuse you for my judge. Shak.

ll; talented; clever; powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able speech. No man wrote abler state papers. Macaulay.

Pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel. Grote.

ders, as at the beginning of a new reign. -- Act of indemnity, a statute passed for the protection of those who have committed some illegal act subjecting them to penalties. Abbott. -- Act in pais, a thing done out of court (anciently, in the country), and not a matter of record.

ht in a court of justice; in a broad sense, a judicial proceeding for the enforcement or protection of a right, the redress or prevention of a wrong, or the punishment of a public offense.

isting facts and conditions, rather than fancies or theories; -- opposed to idealist. J. Grote.