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A treatise on, or the science which treats of, the kidneys, and their structure and functions.

A treatise on laws; an exposition of the form proper for laws.

A treatise on, or description of, coins and medals.

A treatise upon dancing. [R.]

rom the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method. Sir. W. Hamilton.

A treatise or book on this science.

The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archæology .

A treatise which comprehends the whole of any science. [Thou] a pandect mak'st, and universal book. Donne.

A treatise on petrology.

A treatise on the art of preparing medicines.

A book or treatise describing the drugs, preparations, etc., used in medicine; especially, one that is issued by official authority and considered as an authoritative standard.

A treatise on the science of language.

A treatise on philosophy. Philosophy of the Academy, that of Plato, who taught his disciples in a grove in Athens called the Academy. -- Philosophy of the Garden, that of Epicurus, who taught in a garden in Athens. -- Philosophy of the Lyceum, that of Aristotle, the founder of the Peripatetic school, who delivered hi…

ng the various distinctions, modifications, and combinations of tones; phonetics. Also, a treatise on sounds.

A treatise on phthisis. Dunglison.

A treatise on physiology. Mental physiology, the science of the functions and phenomena of the mind, as distinguished from a philosophical explanation of the same.

Full; entire; complete; absolute; as, a plenary license; plenary authority. A treatise on a subject should be plenary or full. I. Watts. Plenary indulgence (R. C. Ch.), an entire remission of temporal punishment due to, or canonical penance for, all sins. -- Plenary inspiration. (Theol.) See under Inspiration.…

To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on a plan; to delineate. This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now standeth. Carew.

The doctrine of, or a treatise on, air and other elastic fluids. See Pneumatics, 1.

The science of fruits; a treatise on fruits; the cultivation of fruits and fruit trees.