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ticles or electrons, apparently the same in kind as those of the cathode rays, but having much higher velocities (about 35,000 to 180,000 miles per second).

The practice or habit of drinking too much; tippling. Blount.

Having largeness of size; of much bulk or magnitude; of great size; large. "He's too big to go in there." Shak.

Indurated clay, when much mixed with the oxide of iron. Kirwan.

A large species of barbel (Barbus bynni), found in the Nile, and much esteemed for food.

A morsel; as much as is taken at once by biting.

A sweet and juicy variety of European grape, of a dark purplish black color, much grown under glass in northern latitudes.

drawing, or the working of mathematical problems can be done with chalk or crayons. It is much used in schools.

ormerly inhabiting the country from the upper Missouri River to the Saskatchewan, but now much reduced in numbers.

certainly a great mischief; but a guide that blinds those whom he should lead is . . . a much greater. South.

r story, thus enabling the defenders to fire downward, and in all directions; -- formerly much used in America and Germany.

t the blood of; to exasperate. [Obs.] The auxiliary forces of the French and English were much blooded one against another. Bacon.

h an arrow or other projectile may be impelled by the force of the breath. It is a weapon much used by certain Indians of America and the West Indies; -- called also blowpipe, and blowtube. See Sumpitan.

Out of breath; tired; exhausted. "Their horses much blown." Sir W. Scott.

ddhists (Ficus religiosa), which is planted close to every temple, and attracts almost as much veneration as the status of the god himself. . . . It differs from the banyan (Ficus Indica) by sending down no roots from its branches. Tennent.

ring, a spring which gives out very hot water, or water and steam, often ejecting it with much force; a geyser. -- To be at the boiling point, to be very angry. -- To keep the pot boiling, to keep going on actively, as in certain games. [Colloq.]

Swelling words without much meaning; bombastic language; fustian. Bombastry and buffoonery, by nature lofty and light, soar highest of all. Swift.

ic for dresses, of which the warp is silk, and the weft worsted. Black bombazine has been much used for mourning garments. [Sometimes spelt bombasin, and bombasine.] Tomlinson.

As much as will fill a book; a book full. Shak. -- a.

Caliber; importance. [Obs.] Yet are they much too light for the bore of the matter. Shak.