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A friend; -- a Spanish term applied in the Philippine Islands to friendly natives.

Spineless, as certain fishes.

The pineapple (Ananassa sativa).

An umbelliferous plant (Pimpinella anisum) growing naturally in Egypt, and cultivated in Spain, Malta, etc., for its carminative and aromatic seeds.

In Guam and the Philippines, an idol, fetich, or spirit.

attached to the pericarp to form the fruit, as in the checkerberry, the mulberry, and the pineapple.

linal vertebra (Anat.), one of the dorsal vertebræ, which in many animals has an upright spine toward which the spines of the neighboring vertebræ are inclined.

A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setæ, but is without shelly plates.

A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.

e heart of the Peloponnesus, whose people were distinguished for contentment and rural happiness.

A contriver, designer, or maker. The architects of their own happiness. Milton. A French woman is a perfect architect in dress. Coldsmith.

The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics. J. Grote.

Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.

The stone pine (Pinus Cembra).

In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant. Fast asleep the giant lay supine. Dryden. By whispering winds soon lulled asleep. Milton.

r (b) by a want of coordinating power in movements. Ataxic fever, malignant typhus fever. Pinel.

Same as Atropine.

Having omens or tokens of a favorable issue; giving promise of success, prosperity, or happiness; predicting good; as, an auspicious beginning. Auspicious union of order and freedom. Macaulay.

ut. 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.

In human beings, the hinder part of the body, extending from the neck to the end of the spine; in other animals, that part of the body which corresponds most nearly to such part of a human being; as, the back of a horse, fish, or lobster.