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Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.

Having several leaves; -- used especially when several leaves or leaflets appear where normally there should be only one.

Having several or many leaflets.

inct subordinate parts, which, however, not being jointed to the petiole, are not true leaflets; -- said of leaves. Henslow.

ce a wren. Cowper. Now pounce him lightly, And as he roars and rages, let's go deeper. J. Fletcher.

To prog. [Obs.] P. Fletcher.

. Had from his wakeful custody purloined The guarded gold. Milton. when did the muse from Fletcher scenes purloin Dryden.

Pinnate, with four pairs of leaflets; as, a quadrijugous leaf.

Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole.

Having five leaflets. Gray.

Having five leaves or leaflets. Gray.

nice point; a subtilty; a debatable point. These are your quodlibets, but no learning. P. Fletcher.

Radiating; radiant. [Obs.] G. Fletcher.

e figure of a man on horseback stamped upon it. His moldy money ! half a dozen riders. J. Fletcher.

he ground. -- Roller bolt, the bar in a carriage to which the traces are attached; a whiffletree. [Eng.] -- Roller gin, a cotton gin inn which rolls are used for separating the seeds from the fiber. -- Roller mill. See under Mill. -- Roller skate, a skate which has small wheels in the place of the metallic runner; -…

Boisterous weather. [Obs.] Fletcher.

render sable or dark; to drape darkly or in black. Sabled all in black the shady sky. G. Fletcher.

A mark left upon a stem or branch by the fall of a leaf, leaflet, or frond, or upon a seed by the separation of its support. See Illust. under Axillary.

Aid; assistance; help. [Obs.] Give second, and my love Is everlasting thine. J. Fletcher.

To join in the festivities of Shrovetide; hence, to make merry. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.