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A plane figure of eleven sides and eleven angles. [Written also endecagon.]

A plane figure consisting of seven sides and having seven angles.

Having seven angles or sides. Heptagonal numbers (Arith.), the numbers of the series 1, 7, 18, 34, 55, etc., being figurate numbers formed by adding successively the terms of the arithmetical series 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, etc.

A plane figure of six angles. Regular hexagon, a hexagon in which the angles are all equal, and the sides are also all equal.

Having six sides and six angles; six-sided. Hexagonal system. (Crystal.) See under Crystallization.

In an hexagonal manner.

A hexagon. [Obs.] Bramhall.

Feeding on horseflesh; -- said of certain nomadic tribes, as the Tartars.

A hydragogue medicine, usually a cathartic or diuretic.

Eating green shoots, as certain insects do.

Leading to sleep; -- applied to the illusions of one who is half asleep.

Eating, or subsisting on, fish.

An image.

An introduction. [Obs.] Harris.

Introductory; especially, introductory to the study of theology.

That part of theological science directly preliminary to actual exegesis, or interpretation of the Scriptures.

A figure or polygon whose angles are equal.

One of the Lagomorpha.

A group of rodents, including the hares. They have four incisors in the upper jaw. Called also Duplicidentata.

shallow sound, channel, pond, or lake, especially one into which the sea flows; as, the lagoons of Venice.