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A kind of ear trumpet for the deaf, or the partially deaf.

Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

of caverns, and are produced by deposition from waters which have percolated through, and partially dissolved, the overlying limestone rocks.

he choir of a church, for one of the officiating clergy. It is inclosed, either wholly or partially, at the back and sides. The stalls are frequently very rich, with canopies and elaborate carving. The dignifird clergy, out of humanility, have called their thrones by the names of stalls. Bp. Warburton. Loud the monks i…

Partially cartilaginous.

Not fully compressed; partially or somewhat compressed.

Partially conformable.

Partially conscious; feebly conscious.

Partially horny.

Partially dilated.

Imperfectly or partially gelatinous.

Partially obtuse.

e (as potassium sulphydrate, KSH), or as a hydrate in which the oxygen has been wholly or partially replaced by sulphur.

Having the outer and middle toes partially united; -- said of certain birds related to the creepers.

Hence, a work of art of sacred subject, having a partially architectural character, as a solid frame resting on a bracket, or the like.

Money. [Cant] Beaconsfield. Block tin (Metal.), commercial tin, cast into blocks, and partially refined, but containing small quantities of various impurities, as copper, lead, iron, arsenic, etc.; solid tin as distinguished from tin plate; -- called also bar tin. -- Butter of tin. (Old Chem.) See Fuming liquor of Lib…

riftwood, rock, or skin, and a roof of skins of the walrus or seal. In Alaska it is often partially underground and covered with timber and turf. Topeks are also used by Indians of the lower Yukon region.

To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle. She feared his head was a little touched. Ld. Lytton.

Transmitting rays of light without permitting objects to be distinctly seen; partially transparent.

a center; to give circular motion to; to cause to revolve; to cause to move round, either partially, wholly, or repeatedly; to make to change position so as to present other sides in given directions; to make to face otherwise; as, to turn a wheel or a spindle; to turn the body or the head. Turn the adamantine spindle…