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The act of reducing a substance to a fine or impalpable powder. [Obs.] Johnson.

Divination by means of a cock and grains of corn placed on the letters of the alphabet, the letters being put together in the order in which the grains were eaten. Amer. Cyc.

Of or pertaining to an ambassador. H. Walpole.

t anxiety accompanied by painful constriction at the upper part of the belly, often with palpitation and oppression.

Old-womanish; imbecile. "Anile ideas." Walpole.

may be distinguished from the ordinary mosquitoes of the genus Culex by the long slender palpi, nearly equaling the beak in length, while those of the female Culex are very short. They also assume different positions when resting, Culex usually holding the body parallel to the surface on which it rests and keeping the…

With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve.

Clear or manifest to the understanding; plain; evident; obvious; known; palpable; indubitable. It is apparent foul play. Shak.

Proof; evidence. [Obs.] There is.. no more palpable and convincing argument of the existence of a Deity. Ray. Why, then, is it made a badge of wit and an argument of parts for a man to commence atheist, and to cast off all belief of providence, all awe and reverence for religion South.

An approach. [Obs.] The house has a corner arrival. H. Walpole.

Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

A strong scalpel used in the dissection of joints.

The antlers, or antlers and scalp, of a stag or buck.

Gold-devouring. [R.] H. Walpole.

To prove authentic; to determine as real and true; as, to authenticate a portrait. Walpole.

Deut. xxxii. 43. Avenge, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold. Milton. He had avenged himself on them by havoc such as England had never before seen. Macaulay.

is the second letter of the English alphabet. (See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 196,220.) It is etymologically related to p , v , f , w and m , letters representing sounds having a close organic affinity to its own sound; as in Eng. bursar and purser; Eng. bear and Lat. pear; Eng. silver and Ger. silber; Lat. cubitum and…

disease, to a cherry, etc. Barbados cherry (Bot.), a genus of trees of the West Indies (Malpighia) with an agreeably acid fruit resembling a cherry. -- Barbados leg (Med.), a species of elephantiasis incident to hot climates. -- Barbados nuts, the seeds of the Jatropha curcas, a plant growing in South America and el…

An herbaceous plant of the Barberry family (Epimedium alpinum), having leaves that are bitter and said to be sudorific.

In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.