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Pertaining to an engine. [Obs.] That one act gives, like an enginous wheel, Motion to all. Decker.

Having or producing nine pistils or styles; -- said of a flower or plant.

See Endogenous.

Adnate to the surface of the ovary, so as to be apparently inserted upon the top of it; -- said of stamens, petals, sepals, and also of the disk.

Producing epilepsy or epileptoid convulsions; -- applied to areas of the body or of the nervous system, stimulation of which produces convulsions.

ature of copper, or of the rust copper; resembling the trust of copper or verdigris; æruginous.

Euphonious. [R.]

Having no albumen about the embryo; -- said of certain seeds.

Pertaining to, or having the character of, an exogen; -- the opposite of endogenous.

See Exsanguious.

Exogenous.

Formed of various materials; mixed; as, a farraginous mountain. [R.] Kirwan. AA farraginous concurrence of all conditions, tempers, sexes, and ages. Sir T. Browne.

Caused or acting by witchcraft. [Obs.] "Fascinous diseases." Harvey.

Formed like, or resembling, a honeycomb.

Wicked; felonious. [Obs.] Spenser.

Partaking of iron; containing particles of iron. Boyle.

Possessed of properties similar to fibrinogen; capable of forming fibrin.

Having, or partaking of the properties of, fibrin; as, fibrious exudation.

Sounding like waves.

Pertaining to rivers; abounding in streama.