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A style of dress prevalent at the time of the French Directory, characterized by great extravagance of design and imitating the Greek and Roman costumes.

Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. [Obs.] "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2.

Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like. Distyle in antis, having columns between two antæ. See Anta.

A dodecastyle portico, or building.

Filthy; worthless. [Obs.] "Drasty ryming." Chaucer.

Filled, covered, or sprinkled with dust; clouded with dust; as, a dusty table; also, reducing to dust. And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death. Shak.

Sovereignty; lordship; dominion. Johnson.

A fold of the endoderm, which projects into the blood cavity of ascidians. See Tunicata.

To style; to name. [Obs.]

A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called architrave.

See Intercolumnlation.

Fusty; musty. [Obs.] Johnson.

Foolishly hasty. [R.]

tended with, or producing, frost; having power to congeal water; cold; freezing; as, a frosty night.

Moldy; musty; ill-smelling; rank. "A fusty plebeians." Shak.

The art or process of electrotypy.

t to, or characterized by, gusts or squalls; windy; stormy; tempestuous. Upon a raw and gusty day. Shak.

Involving haste; done, made, etc., in haste; as, a hasty sketch.

A thick batter pudding made of Indian meal stirred into boiling water; mush. [U. S.]

The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation.