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The slug produced by the machine, or matter composed in such lines. --Lin"o*typ`ist (#), n.

A composite plant of the genus Prenanthes, of which several species are found in the United States.

A writing composed of words not having a certain letters; -- as in the Odyssey of Tryphiodorus there was no A in the first book, no B in the second, and so on.

Omitting a letter; composed of words not having a certain letter or letters; as, lipogrammatic writings.

aving a lip or lips; having a raised or rounded edge resembling the lip; -- often used in composition; as, thick-lipped, thin-lipped, etc.

Being in such a state that the component parts move among themselves, but do not tend to separate from each other as the particles of gases and vapors do; neither solid nor aëriform; as, liquid mercury, in distinction from mercury solidified or in a state of vapor.

To make clear and intelligible. Time only can liquidate the meaning of all parts of a compound system. A. Hamilton.

onable world. Mason. Literary property. (a) Property which consists in written or printed compositions. (b) The exclusive right of publication as recognized and limited by law.

Pertaining to or denoting lithium or some of its compounds. Frankland.

An explosive compound of nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.

The doctrine or science of the origin of the minerals composing the globe.

d, stereotypeplate, by pressing into a mold, taken from a page of type or other matter, a composition of gum shell-lac and sand of a fine quality, together with a little tar and linseed oil, all in a heated state.

occella tinctoria, Lecanora tartarea, etc.), as a blue amorphous mass which consists of a compound of the alkaline carbonates with certain coloring matters related to orcin and orcein.

Having life; -- used only in composition; as, long-lived; short-lived.

Having (such) a liver; used in composition; as, white-livered.

A part of a book or literary composition printed and delivered by itself; a number; a part.

Of or relating to the cell or compartment of an ovary, etc.; in composition, having cells; as trilocular. Gray.

Composed of dactyls and trochees so arranged as to produce a movement like that of ordinary speech.

Having a certain look or appearance; -- often compounded with adjectives; as, good-looking, grand-looking, etc.

Hanging down; as, lop ears; -- used also in compound adjectives; as, lopeared; lopsided.